- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA - Folk Song
- Key: D Major
- Time: 2/2, cut time, also shown in 4/4
- Form: AaBC
- Rhythm: intermediate*: | ti ri ta ti | syncopation,
| ta ti ti | ta/a_|_a ta | ti ta ti | syncopation
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Fa (P4), La\Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation in 2/2 time, tied notes, arpeggio, perfect fourth, vocal slur
- Key Words: USA history, counting song, counting two-nine, carry, river, train, brought, love, still true, anymore, survive, trix, heaven, Pearly Gate, mine, sacred; contractions: I'm (I am), gonna (going to), can't cannot); abbreviation: ridin' (riding)
* How do the lyric syllables change the beat divisions and rhythms in measures eleven and twelve (11,12)?
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