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Jim Along Josie
This song has roots in oppression. More info Blackface Minstrel songs Minstrel show Decolonizing the Music Classroom article article Taking Racist Songs Out of Music Education Find different songs
Oliver Twist
Lyrics (Folk song) Oliver Twist, you can’t do this,So what’s the use of trying?Touch your knees, touch your toes,Clap your hands and away you go. Recorder Notes E, G, A Motions See ideas in the download below. See also Activities: ...
Old Ark’s a Moverin’
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) RefrainOld ark’s a-moverin’ a-moverin’, a-moverin’Old ark’s a-moverin’ and I thank God. Old ark she reel, old ark, she rock,Old ark a-sittin’ on the mountaintop. (Refrain) See also Culture: African American Spirituals Subject: boats Form: ABA Harmony: ...
Syncopation: Songs & Visuals
Songs with Syncopation Alabama Gal All ‘Round the Brickyard All Around the Green Apple Tree All Around the Racetrack All Night All Day Artza Alinu Ay-Zuzuma Ballin’ the Jack Bee and the Pup Black Snake Bo Bo Ski Watten Tatten ...
Great Big House in New Orleans
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. Great big house in New Orleans,Forty stories high,Every room that I been inFilled with pumpkin pie. 2. Went down to the old mill stream,To fetch a pail of water;Put one arm around my wife,The other ...
Miss Mary Mack
Lyrics (Folk song) Miss Mary Mack Mack MackAll dress in black, black, blackWith silver buttons, buttons, buttonsAll down her back, back, back.She asked her mother, mother, motherFor fifty cents, cents, centsTo see the elephant, elephant, elephantJump over the fence, fence, ...
The Wheels on the Bus
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round,The wheels on the bus go round and round, All through the town. 2. The drive on the bus says, “Move on ...
This Lady She Wears a Dark Green Shawl
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. This lady she wears a dark green shawl, a dark green shawl, a dark green shawl.This lady she wears a dark green shawl, I love her to my heart. 2. Now choose you a partner, ...
Careless Love
Info Careless Love was one of the best known pieces in the repertory of the Buddy Bolden band in New Orleans, Louisiana in the early 1900s, and has remained a jazz standard and blues standard. (source) Lyrics (American folk song) ...
Lula Gal
Lyrics (Folk song) Lula Gal, Lula Gal, Lula Gal, Lula Gal,Tie my shoe, boy, tie my shoe.Tie my shoe, boy, tie my shoe. RefrainJawbone walk and a jawbone talk.Jawbone eat with a knife and fork.Left my jawbone in the corner ...
