Goosey, Goosey, Gander

Introducing divisions for a dotted eighth note followed by a sixteenth note. Challenging intervals will require your best readers.

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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Late 16th-century Nursery Rhyme
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABaC
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta |
| ti ti ti ti ta ti/ ri | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti ta/a |
Pitches: advanced: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, La/Do, Do\So, So\Mi, Re/Fa\Re, Re\Ti, Mi/La, La\Fa
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; excellent for introducing a dotted eighth sixteenth division, uncommon intervals
Key Words : prayers, wander, up, down, stairs, lady’s chamber, old, left, goose, gander

**“Goosey, Goosey, Gander”**
Goosey, goosey, gander, Where shall I wander? Up stairs and down stairs And in my lady’s chamber. There I met and old man Who would not say his prayers, So I took him by the left leg, And threw him down the stairs.

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Good Weather

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Fair Days and Stormy

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Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AaB
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Fa/La, La\Ti, Do/Mi, Do/La, Fa\Re, Re\La
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; tempo: allegretto giocoso/moderately quick, merrily/funny; dynamics: forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: weather, earth science, yellow, sunbeams, noisy, raindrops, snowflakes, float, fly, wind, roaring, rain, snow, joy

**“Good Weather”**

		1.	When the yellow sunbeams come, “Ha, ha, ha!” laughs Baby; When the noisy raindrops drum, “Ha, ha, ha!” laughs Baby. Sun and wind and rain and snow, Joy in all does Baby know.

		2.	When the snowflakes float and fly, “Ha, ha, ha!” laughs Baby; When the wind goes roaring by, “Ha, ha, ha!” laughs Baby. Sun and wind and rain and snow, Joy in all does Baby know.

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Goodnight to You All

A three part round in 3/4 time stepping down from La to Do.

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Grade: First
Origin: English Round
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/La, Mi\Do, Do\So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; stepping down from 6 (La) to 1 (Do), singing in parts, round/canon
Key Words: round, canon, lullaby, goodnight, sweet, sleep, silence, surround, slumber, deep

**“Goodnight to You All”**
Goodnight to you all and sweet be your sleep; May silence surround you, your slumber be deep, Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

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Good Night Ladies

One for the boys! Reading the F/bass clef.

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Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta/a | ti ta/a/a/ | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation , | ta/a/a/a |
| ti/ ri ti ti ti ti ta | syncopation, | ti ti ta ti ti ta | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ti ta/a | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do/Mi (M3), Do/Fa (P4) Mi/So (m3) So\Mi (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; syncopation, tied notes (15 beats), reading the F clef, reading the bass clef
Key Words: USA college song, camp song, scout song, merrily we roll along; contraction: we’re (we are); abbreviation: o’re (over)

**“Good Night Ladies”**
Good night, ladies! Good night, ladies! Good night, ladies! We’re going to leave you now. Merrily we roll along, Roll along, roll along. Merrily we roll along, O’re the deep blue sea. Farewell, Ladies! Farewell, ladies! Farewell, ladies! We’re going to leave you now.

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Goodnight

Learning to sing in three parts with an Old English round.

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Grade: Third
Origin: England – Old Round
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: staves: ABC – song: through composed
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
| ta (ta) ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/La, Mi\Do, Do\So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; rest: quarter; pickup beat, three part round, singing in parts
Key Words: world geography, England, round/canon, singing in parts, evening prayer, sacred, angels, watch, keep, sweet, sleep, goodnight

**“Goodnight”**
Goodnight to you all, and sweet be your sleep; May angels around you their silent watch keep; Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

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Good Morning, Merry Sunshine

Introducing the raised 4th (Fi), challenging intervals, and longer phrases for greater breath support.

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Grade: Second
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCc
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ta ti | syncopation, |ta/ ti | ti ri ti ri ti ti |
Pitches: advanced: Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So La – introducing the raised 4th (Fi)
Intervals: advanced: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Ti/Re, Re/Fa, Fa\Ti, Fa\Re, Do/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat
Key Words: earth science, movement of the sun, movements of the moon, stars, sunshine, shined, ceased, playing, staying, East, waken, birds and bees

**“Good Morning, Merry Sunshine”**

		1.	Good morning, merry sunshine, How did you wake so soon? You’ve scared the little stars away, And shined away the moon; I saw you go to sleep last night, Before I ceased my playing, How did you get way over here, And where have you been staying.

		2.	I never go to sleep dear, I just go ’round to see My little children of the East, Who rise to watch for me. I waken all the birds and bees, And flowers on my way. Then last of all the little child Who stayed out late to play.

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Good Christian Men Rejoice!

Syncopation in 6/4 time, feeling duple meter in 6/4 time,
repeated melodic rhythm patterns.

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Grade: Fifth
Origin: German/Latin, English translation: John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Key: F Major
Time: 6/4 unusual time signature
Form: ABBC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta ta/a ta | syncopation,
| ta/a ta ta/a/a | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta/a/a |
| ta/a/a/a/a |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: beginners: m3: Mi/So, So\Mi; M3: Do/Mi; P5: Mi\So, Do/So
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; pickup beat, tied notes; 6/4 time: (slower version of 6/8) feeling duple meter (2) in 6/4 (dotted half), melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: world geography: Germany, England; old language: Latin; sacred, Christian, rejoice, Jesus Christ, ox and ass, manger, heart and soul, voice, bliss, forever, fear, grave, peace, blest, everlasting; Old English: ye (you), hath (has); abbreviations: ope’d (opened), heav’nly (heavenly)

**“Good Christian Men Rejoice!”**

	1.	Good Christian men, rejoice with heart and soul and voice! Give ye heed to what we say: News! News! Jesus Christ is born today; Ox and ass before him bow and he is in the manger now. Christ is born today, Christ is born today.
	2.	Good Christian men, rejoice with heart and soul and voice! Now ye hear of endless bliss: Joy! Joy! Jesus Christ was born for this; He hath ope’d the heav’nly door and man is blest forever more. Christ was born for this, Christ was born for this.
	3.	Good Christian men, rejoice with heart and soul and voice! Now ye need not fear the grave: Peace! Peace! Jesus Christ was born to save; Calls you one and calls you all to gain his everlasting hall. Christ was born to save, Christ was born to save.

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Goodbye Old Paint

Practicing the interval of a 6th, La\Do/La and cowboy diction
(dropping the last letter of the word).

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Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – Cowboy Song
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: staves: AABB song: ABA, refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta | ta/a ti ti | ta ta ta |
| ta/ ti ta | ta ta ti ti |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: La\Do/La, So\Mi, Do\So/Do, Do/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, two double barlines, refrain/verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, USA geography, Cheyenne, Montana, cowboy vocabulary, stirrup, pony, bridle; abbreviations: ol’ (old), leavin’ (leaving), stan’ (stand), riddin’ (ridding), leadin’ (leading), Montan’ (Montana), han’ (hand); contraction: I’m (I am), won’t (will not)

**“Goodbye Old Paint”**

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			Goodbye, ol’ Paint, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne, Goodbye, ol’ Paint, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne.
		1.	My foot in the stirrup, my pony won’t stan’, I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne an’ I’m off for Montan’.
			Refrain
		2.	I’m riddin’ ol’ Paint and I’m leadin’ ol’ Dan, Goodbye, little Annie, I’m off for Montan’.
			Refrain
		3.	My foot in the stirrup the bridle in han’. I’m a-leavin’ Cheyenne an’ I’m off for Montan’.
			Refrain

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Good-Bye My Riley O

Syncopated rhythms, tonic and dominate arpeggios, and a
dominate octave skip make African American History fun!

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Grade: Third
Origin: African American Song – Georgia Sea Island Singers
Key: G Major
Time: 6/8
Form: staves: ABAC – song: AB verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ | ta/ (ta/) |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Do/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\So descending dominate octave skip
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: dotted quarter, syncopation fermata, verse/refrain, tonic arpeggio, dominate arpeggio, dominate octave skip
Key Words: African American History, Georgia Sea Island Singers, USA history, USA geography, Georgia, South Carolina, coastal plain, Mobile Bay, world geography, Liverpool, London; abbreviation: goin’ (going)

Georgia Sea Island Singers: formed in the early 1900’s, African Americans performing songs of the Gullah culture – low country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.

Riley is thought to have been a slave owner who treated his slaves well and was missed when he traveled from his plantation.

**“Good-Bye My Riley O”**

	1.	Riley, Riley, where are you?
		Refrain:
		O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O!
	2.	Riley gone to Liverpool.
		O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O!
	3.	Riley gone to London Town.
		O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O!
	4.	Riley gone to Mobile Bay.
		O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O!

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Goober Peas

Extending the vocal range with challenging tonic arpeggios
and octave skips.

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Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – Georgia, Confederate Civil War Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: rhythm: AAABCB – pitches: ABaCDC
song: AB (verse/refrain)
Rhythm: beginners: | ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta | ta/a | ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Re Mi Fa So Si La Ti Do Re Mi
– raised dominant, extended range
Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Do\La, La\Si/La, Do\So\Mi descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi8, La/Do, Ti/Re8, Do\So/Do, Do\Mi, Mi/So, Fa/La, La\Re, Mi/Miascending octave skip
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; verse/refrain, syncopation, raised dominant (Si)
Key Words: US history, US Civil War, Confederate States, Georgia, Yankees, Rebels, soldiers, mule, custom, enchanting, goober peas (peanuts), General, battle, row [rou] (a loud noise or uproar), rifles, Georgia Militia, interesting, rhymes, mighty, rags, fleas, kiss, wives, sweethearts, rations, scanty, wearing; abbreviations: d’ya (do you), subject’s (subject is); possessive: summer’s; colloquial: enchanting-er (more enchanting) , grinders (teeth)

**“Goober Peas”**

		1.	Sitting by the roadside, on a summer’s day, Chatting with my messmates, passing time away; Lying in the shadow underneath the trees, Goodness how delicious, eating goober peas.
			Refrain:
			Peas, peas, peas, peas, eating goober peas. Goodness how delicious, eating goober peas.
		2.	When a horse-man passes, the soldiers have a rule To cry out their loudest, “Mister here’s your mule!” But another custom, enchanting-er than these Is wearing out your fingers, eating goober peas.
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		3.	Just before the battle, the General hears a row He says “The Yanks are coming, I hear their rifles now. He turns around in wonder, and what d’ya think he sees? The Georgia Militia, eating goober peas.
			Refrain
		4.	I think my song has lasted almost long enough. The subject’s interesting, but the rhymes are mighty tough. I wish the war was over, so free from rags and fleas We’d kiss our wives and sweethearts, and gobble goober peas.
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		5.	But now we are in prison and likely long to stay, The Yankees they are guarding us, no hope to get away; Our rations they are scanty, ’tis cold enough to freeze,— I wish I was in Georgia, eating goober peas.
			Refrain

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