• Grade: Fourth
• Origin: USA – Folk Song
• Key: G Major
• Time: 2/4
• Form: ABaC
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ri ti ti ti| ti ti ti ri ti | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ri ti ri | ti ri ti ri ti ri ti ri |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la ti do re mi so
• Intervals: intermediate: so/do, do/mi/so ascending tonic arpeggio, so\mi, re\ti, re\so, so/ti
• Musical Elements: notes: eighth, sixteenth, pickup beat
• Key Words: USA history, St. Patrick’s Day, Irish holiday, Irish names, camp song, Scout song, whiskers, chin, grew, poor, again, growing a beard, growing whiskers, fishing, pin, caught, threw, begin, grew fat, grew thin, died; contractions: don’t (do not), chinigin (chin again)

Perpetual Song: Michael Finnegan is an example of a boundlessly long song, which can continue with numerous variations until the singer decides (or is forced) to stop. Students will enjoy creating additional verses.

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