• 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 | syncopation, | ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta ta ta | ta/a ta | ti ta/ ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta | syncopation
• 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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