Syncopation, lowered mediant (3, Me) blue note, ascending and descending tonic arpeggios, and descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Dm).
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- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA - Folk Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: phrases: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ta | syncopation,
| ta ta/a/a _|_a/a/a/a |
ta ta ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta | syncopation, (_=tie)
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Me Mi So La - lowered/flat mediant, Me, (3, A flat - blue note)
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi\Do (M3), Do\La (m3), La/Do (m3), Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So\M/So (m3), So\Re (P4), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), Mi/Do/La descending submediant (vi, Dm), So/Mi (M6), La\Me augmented 4th (A4)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tied notes, syncopation, blue note, vocal slurs, variations on rhythms to match verse syllables, tonic arpeggios, submediant arpeggio
- Key Words: USA history, crawdad: (crawfish) fresh water shrimp, courting song, fishing song, boy/girl song, camp song, fishing line, fishing pole, fishing hole, slept, too, to, gate, gunny sack, pack, apple pie, watch, honey, change
- Recorder: intermediate: introducing A flat , blue note
blue note - a lowered/flatted note, especially the third or seventh note of a scale, in place of an expected major interval
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"Crawdad Song"
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| You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey, |
| You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe, |
You get a line and I'll get a pole
And we'll go down to the crawdad hole, |
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| Come on, get up, you slept too late, honey, |
| Come on, get up, you slept too late, babe, |
Come on, get up, you slept too late,
And the crawdad man done passed you gate, |
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3. |
| Three's a man with a gunny sack, honey, |
| Three's a man with a gunny sack, babe, |
Three's a man with a gunny sack,
Filled with all the crawdads he can pack, |
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| What will you do when the lake goes dry, honey, |
| What will you do when the lake goes dry, babe, |
What will you do when the lake goes dry?
Sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die, |
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5. |
| What will you eat when the crawdads die, honey, |
| What will you eat when the crawdads die, babe, |
What will you eat when the crawdads die?
Just have to change to apple pie, |
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