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Ode to a Washerwoman

"Ode to a Washerwoman" Lyrics, Text Format

Running eighth notes with three major thirds (M3) and three minor thirds (m3).

 

Description

  • Grade: First
  • Origin: Traditional Folk Song
  • Key: E Flat Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABAC
  • Rhythm: beginners: running eighth notes
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do (M3), Do\So, So/Do, Do/Mi (M3), Mi/So (m3), Fa\Re (m3), Re\So, So/Re, Re/Fa (m3), Fa/La (M3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: eighth; running eighth notes, pickup beat, intervals of a third
  • Key Words: laundry, washing clothes, washerwoman, dances, sings, washes


“Ode to a Washerwoman” 

Here’s a woman, a woman, a good washerwoman,
A woman, a woman, a good washerwoman,
A woman, a woman, a good washerwoman.
She dances and sings as she washes the clothes.
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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

"O Cone, O Come, Emmanuel," Lyrics, Text Format
"O Cone, O Come, Emmanuel," Lyrics, Text Format

Minor tonality pitched in G Major, submediant arpeggios,
with Latin and English text.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: Latin, “O Antiphons” – translated: John Neale (1818-1866), Henry Coffin (1877-1954)
  • Key: E minor (pitched in G Major)
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: phrases: ABCA AB – song: AB, verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: La/Do/Mi ascending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em), Re/Fa (m3), Mi\Do\La descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em), La/Do (m3), Re\Ti (M3), La/Re (P4), Re\La (P4), So/Do (P4), Do/So8 (P5), So8\Mi (M3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; pickup beat, verse/refrain
  • Key Words: Biblical history: Isaiah 7:14; world geography: Sinai; sacred, Emmanuel (God with us), ransom, captive, Israel, Mourns, Evil, appear, rejoice, wisdom, nigh, knowledge, might, ancient, law, majesty, awe, thou, stem, foe, deliver, trust, power, Key of David, sigh, dayspring, drawing nigh, disperse, gloomy, shadow, flight, desire, nations, bind, strife, quarrel, cease, mankind, peace; abbreviations: ev’ry (every), vict’ry (victory), heav’nly (heavenly)
  • Recorder: intermediate: introducing F#, minor tonal center, tonic arpeggios (i, Em)

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”“Veni Emmanuel” 
Latin
 English
1.
Veni, veni, Emmanuel,
Captivum solve Israel,
Qui gemit in exilio,
Privatus Dei filio.
 1. O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
 Refrain:
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.
 Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
2.
Veni, O Sapientia,
Quae hic disponis omnia,
Veni, viam prudentiae
Ut doceas et gloriae.
2.
 O come, Thou Wisdom, from on high,
And order all things far and nigh;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.
Refrain
 Refrain
3.
Veni, veni, Adonai, qui
Populo in Sinai
Legem dedisti vertice
In maiestate gloriae.
 3. O come, o come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times did give the law,
In cloud, and majesty, and awe.
Refrain
 Refrain
4.
Veni, O Iesse virgula,
Ex hostis tuos ungula,
De spectu tuos tartari
Educ et antro barathri.
 4. O come, Thou Rod of Jesse’s stem,
From ev’ry foe deliver them
That trust Thy mighty power to save,
And give them vict’ry o’er the grave.
Refrain
 Refrain
5.
Veni, Clavis Davidica,
Regna reclude caelica,
Fac iter tutum superum,
Et claude vias inferum.
 5. O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav’nly home,
Make safe the way that leads on high,
That we no more have cause to sigh.
Refrain
 Refrain
6.
Veni, veni O Oriens,
Solare nos adveniens,
Noctis depelle nebulas,
Dirasque mortis tenebras.
 6. O come, Thou Dayspring from on high,
And cheer us by thy drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death’s dark shadow put to flight.
Refrain
 Refrain
7.
Veni, veni, Rex Gentium,
Veni, Redemptor omnium,
Ut salvas tuos famulos
Peccati sibi conscios.
 7. O come, Desire of the nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Bid every strife and quarrel cease
And fill the world with heaven’s peace.
Refrain
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O Come, All Ye Faithful”

"O Come, All Ye Faithful" Lyrics, Text Format

Old English Christmas carol with intermediate intervals and range.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fourth
  • Origin: England – John F. Wade, 1751
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AB, verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
    | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do\So/Do, Re\So, So/Mi, Mi\Ti, So/So (dominate octave skip), Mi\Do, Re\Ti, Do/Fa
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; vocal slur, pickup beat
  • Key Words: world geography: England, Bethlehem; languages: English, Latin; sacred, birth of Jesus, 18th century, faithful, triumphant, King, angels, God, exultation, citizens, heaven, Lord, appearing, adore; old English: ye (you), yea (yes); abbreviation: giv’n (given)
  • Recorder: intermediate: playing in G major, introducing F#


“O Come, All Ye Faithful” 
1.
 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him born the King of Angels:
Refrain:
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
2.
 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above;
Glory to God, in the highest;
Refrain
3. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing!
Refrain
LATIN
4. Adeste fideles læti triumphantes,
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte,
Regem angelorum;
Refrain:
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Dominum.
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O Canada!

"Who Buil the Ark?," Lyrics, Text Format

Syncopated rhythms, natural (raised) subdominant (Fi)
and dominant (Si).

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: Canada – National Anthem
    music: Calixa Lavallée – 1880
    words: Robert Stanley Weir – 1908, revised 1980
  • Key: E Flat Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: through composed
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation,
    | ta/a/a ta | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ti/ ri | syncopation,
    | ta/ ti ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a ta/a |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So Si La Ti Do – natural (raised) subdominant (Fi), raised dominate (Si)
  • Intervals: intermediate: m2: Fi/So, So\Fi, Si/La; M2: Mi/Fi; m3: Mi/So, So\Mi, Do\La, La\Fa; P4: So\Re, Do/Fa, Re/So, So/Do8; P5: So\Do, Re/La, La\Re
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; syncopation, natural (raised) subdominant (Fi) and dominant (Si), melodic rhythm patterns, vocal slurs
  • Key Words: world geography: Canada; world languages: French; native land, patriot, command, glowing, earth science: true north, God, glorious, guard; Old English: thee (you)
  • Recorder: advanced: playing in F Major, playing B flat and C sharp

“O Canada!” 

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
French
Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l’épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Translation:
O Canada!
Land of our forefathers,
Thy brow is wreathed with a glorious garland of flowers.
As is thy arm ready to wield the sword,
So also is it ready to carry the cross.
Thy history is an epic
Of the most brilliant exploits.
Thy valour steeped in faith
Will protect our homes and our rights
Will protect our homes and our rights
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Obedient

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
At Home

"Obedient" Lyrics, Text Format

Running eighth notes racing to find the tonic Do.

 

Description

  • Grade: First
  • Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: beginners: running eighth notes
  • Pitches: intermediate: Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
  • Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Fa\Re
  • Musical Elements: note: eighth; rest: eighth; tempo: allegro moderato/moderately fast (86-109 BPM), dynamics: forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo, pickup beat, tied notes
  • Key Words: character education, minding, swiftly, patter, suppose, obey, spryer, flood, leaves

 


“Obedient” 
1.

Just see that child running!
How swiftly he goes!
How fast his feet patter!
What can be the matter?
And what is his hurry?
What do you suppose?
So swiftly he goes!
2.

His mother has called him,
He runs to obey!
He could not be spryer,
For flood or for fire.
When ever she calls him
He leaves off his play
And runs to obey!
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Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow

"Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow" Lyrics, Text Format

Syncopation for voice and beginning keyboard.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: USA, England – Game Song
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: AA chorus/verse
  • Rhythm: intermediate: syncopation: | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ta/ | ti ti ti ta ti |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: beginners: Do/Fa, Mi\So, Re/Fa
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation
  • Key Words: USA and world geography, USA, England, game song, farming, sowing seeds, oats, peas, beans, barley, erect, ease, stamps, claps, view, lands, water seeds, hoe the weeds, harvest seed
  • Keyboard: beginners: five finger exercise for right, left, and two hands together

“Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow” 
Chorus:
Oats, peas, beans and barley grow,
Oats, peas, beans and barley grow,
Do you, or I, or anyone know,
How oats, peas, beans and barley grow?
1.

First the farmer sows his seed,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.
Chorus
2.
 Next the farmer waters the seed,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.
Chorus
3.

Next the farmer hoes the weeds,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.
Chorus
4.

Last the farmer harvests his seed,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.
Chorus
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Nursery Rhymes

"Nursery Rhymes" Lyrics, Text Format


Introducing the sharped 4th (Fi), the sharped 5th (Si), the flat 7th (Te), with running eight notes, and arpeggios.

 

Description

    • Grade: Third
    • Origin: words: William Jerome – music: Jean Schwartz
    • Key: C Major
    • Time: 6/8
    • Form: AB
    • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | running eighth notes, |ta/a ti | ta/a (ti) |
    • Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa Fi So Si La Te Ti Do Re – raised 4th (Fi), 5th (Si); lowered 7th (Te)
    • Intervals: advanced: La\Mi, La\Re, So\Do, Re/Fi/La/Do (DM7) ascending arpeggio, La/Do, La/Re, Te\La, La\Si/La, Do\La, So\Mi, Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio, So/Do
    • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth, running eighth notes, sharp 4th, sharp 5th, flat 7th (Fi, Si, Te), tied notes
    • Key Words: nursery rhymes, diddle, cat, fiddle, cow, moon, old mother Hubbard, cupboard, cheese, spoon, Little Jack Horner, corner, wheat, fist, wrist, feet

William Jerome (William Jerome Flannery, (September 30, 1865 – June 25, 1932)[1] was an American songwriter, born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York of Irish immigrant parents.
Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 – November 30, 1956) was a Hungarian-born American songwriter.

 


“Nursery Rhymes” 

Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle,
The cow ran away with the moon,
While Old mother Hubbard fell into the cupboard,
The cheese ran away with the spoon.
Little Jack Horner, He sat in the corner,
Till he got a corner in wheat,
He stuck in his fist and he pulled out his wrist,
While the cat ran away with his feet.
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Now We Shall A-Feasting Go

"Now We Shall A-Feasting Go," Lyrics, Text Format


Straight and dotted syncopation, practicing the higher register,
begin singing in two parts.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fourth
  • Origin: Iceland – Folk Song
  • Key: A minor – pitched in C Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABaCCC
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | |ta (ta) |
    | ti/ ri ti ti | dotted syncopation | ta/a |
    | ti ri ti ti ti | straight syncopation | ta/ (ti) |
  • Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa – extended high register practice
  • Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Mi\Do/Mi, Re\La, Ti/Mi (diminished fourth, d4=M3), La/Mi (perfect fifth, P5)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, dotted and straight syncopation, two part, singing in parts, fermata, minor tonality where the tonic is the sixth (La) of the relative major: C; tempo: allegretto: moderately fast (98–109 BPM), poco meno mosso: little less rapid (slower)
  • Key Words: world geography: Iceland, sacred, Christmas, holiday season, European history, holiday feast, feasting, free, care, King Pipin, Olof, daughter, fair, dance, sing, merrily, putting, aside; Christmas Tide, abbreviation ev’ry (every)

“Now We Shall A-Feasting Go”

 

Now we shall a-feasting go,
Free from ev’ry care,
Singing of King Pipin,
And Olof, his daughter fair;
Let us dance merrily,
Putting time aside.
Who knows where we dance,
The coming Christmas tide?

 
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Now Let Me Fly

"Now Let Me Fly," Lyrics, Text Format

Intermediate syncopation, pentatonic scale, and
multiple tied notes to promote breath support.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ta/a/_|_a/a/a ta | syncopation, (_=tie), | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta/a/a (ta) |
    | ta ta ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta/a | syncopation, | ta ta ta/a | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | syncopation
  • Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do\La (m3), So/Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, G), La/Do (m3), Mi\So (M6)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation, tonic arpeggios, D.C. al Fine, Fine, refrain/verse/refrain, two double barlines
  • Key Words: USA history, African American history, sacred, chariot wheel, working, Promised Land, shake her hand, hypocrite, street, teeth, lie; contractions: gonna (going to), ain’t (is not); abbreviations: partic’lar (particular), ’bout (about), shakin’ (shaking); Southern US dialect: yonder (a place down the way), wanta (want to), de (the)
  • Recorder: intermediate: tonic arpeggios, long tied notes promote breath support

“Now Let Me Fly” 
Refrain
Now let me fly,
Now let me fly,
Now let me fly way up high,
Way in the middle of the air.
1. Way down yonder in the middle of the field,
See me working at the chariot wheel.
Not so partic’lar ’bout working at the wheel,
But I just want to see how the char’iot feels.
Refrain
2.
 I got a mother in the Promise Land,
Ain’t gonna stop till I shake her hand.
Not so partic’lar ’bout shakin’ her hand,
But I just wanta get up in de Promise Land.
Refrain
3. Meet that hypocrite on the street
First thing he does is show his teeth.
Next thing he does is to tell a lie
And the best thing to do is to pass him by.
Refrain
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Now is the Month of Maying

"Now is the Month of Maying," Lyrics, Text Format

Syncopation in cut time (2/2), raised subdominant (Fi),
with dominate octave skips and dominate arpeggios.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: England – Thomas Morley 1595 – “Ballett”*
  • Key: G Major 
  • Time: 2/2 – cut time (also shown in 4/4)
  • Form: AB
  • Rhythm: advanced: 2/2: | ti ti ti/ ri | syncopation,
    | ta ti ti | ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta ti ri | syncopation, | ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta (ti) ti |
    | ta (ti) ti ri | syncopation, | ti ri ti ri ti ri ti | syncopation, | ta/a |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So – raised/sharp subdominant (4, Fi)
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do/Mi (M3), Mi/Fi(M2), So\Re (P4), Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio (V, D), So/So ascending dominate octave skip, Fa\Re (m3), Re/So (P4), So\Fi/So (m2), Re/Fa (m3), Do/So (P5), So\So descending dominate octave skip
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, multiple repeat signs, multiple endings, syncopation on 2/2 (cut time), dominate arpeggios, dominate octave skip, raised subdominant (4, Fi),note: each stanza is repeated twice 
  • Key Words: world geography: England; music history: Thomas Morley (1557-1602), Ballett, Seasons, Maying, merry, lads, playing, Spring, gladness, Winter, sadness, upon, greenly grass, bagpipes, nymphs (young female): Old English: doth (does), bonny lass (pretty girl), trend (dance)
  • Recorder: advanced: introducing C sharp (C#), dominate arpeggios, dominate octave skip, counting 2/2 – cut time

*Ballett (2 t’s): 17th-century dance-like vocal composition similar to the madrigal in style.


“Now is the Month of Maying” 
1.
 Now is the month of maying,
When merry lads are playing,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
Fa la la la la la la.Each with his bonny lass
Upon the greeny grass.
Fa la la la la.
Fa la la al al al al, la la la la la.
2.
 The Spring, clad all in gladness,
Doth laugh at Winter’s sadness,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
Fa la la la la la la.And to the bagpipe’s sound
The nymphs tread out their ground.
Fa la la la la.
Fa la la al al al al, la la la la la.
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