- Grade:
- Grade: Fifth (5)
- Origin: United States - African American Spiritual
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AB - Verse/Refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta | ta/a (ta) ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/a ti/ ri ti/ ri | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta/a | ta ta ti ti ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So8 (m3), So\Mi\Do descending tonic triad, So/Fa (m7), Do\La (m3), So/Do P4)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter; descending tonic triad, interval of a minor seventh So/Fa, syncopation, vocal slurs
- Key Words: United Sates history, African American history, spiritual, Bible story, Christmas, sacred, mountain, King David, Lord, Jesus Christ, seeker, night and day, watchman, Him (God)
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