Lyrics
(Jamaican folk song)
Refrain
Hill and gully rider, Hill and gully. (repeat)
1. Took my horse and come down, Hill and gully,
But my horse done tumble down, Hill and gully.
And the nighttime come a-tumblin’ down, Hill and gully.
2. Oh, my knees they shake down…
An’ my heart starts quakin’ down…
An’ I run ’til daylight breakin’ down… Refrain
3. That’s the last I set down…
Pray the Lord don’ let me down…
Ain’t nobody goin’ to get me down… Refrain
See also
- Country: Jamaica
- Subject: horses
- Form: ABA / call & response
- Harmony: I, IV, V / Orff
- Melody: low so & low la / low do / improvisation / repeated tones
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: syncopation
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: s,l,drmsl
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- Printable & Digital Visuals
- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas + Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
