• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: Ireland – Traditional, circa. 1883
• Key: G Major
• Time: 3/4
• Form: phrases: ABA/B (third phrase is a combination of A and B) song: AB – verse/chorus
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta/ ti | ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta ta ta | ta/a ta | ti ta/ ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta |
• Pitches: beginners: so do re mi fa so
• Intervals: beginners: so/do (P4), do/mi\do (M3), re/fa\re (m3), re\so (P5), mi/so (m3)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, verse/chorus, melodic rhythm patterns, two double barlines; composition: chorus is composed of music from the first and last line of the verse
• Key Words: world geography: Dublin, Ireland; folk tales, USA holiday: St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween; wheeled, wheelbarrow, broad, narrow, cockles (saltwater clams), mussels (fresh/saltwater clams), fishmonger (fisherman/fisherwoman), wonder, died, alive, father, mother, through, fever, ghosts, streets; abbreviation: ’twas (it was)
• Recorder: intermediate: syncopation on the second half of the first beat (& of 1)

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