syncopation
Jazz Resources
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Wake Me
Lyrics (Folk song) Wake me! Shake me!Don’t let me sleep too late.Gonna get up early in the morning,Gonna swing on the golden gate! See also Harmony: homophony / Orff arrangements / chords I, IV, V Melody: high & low / do, re, ...
Oh, Won’t You Sit Down
Lyrics (African American Spiritual)  Oh won’t you sit down,Lord, I can’t sit down, (repeat twice)‘Cause I just got to heaven,got to look around. See also Culture: African American Spirituals Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I V Melody: mi, re, do / G,A,B ...
African American Spirituals & Songs
Spirituals Ain’t I Glad I’ve Got Out the Wilderness Ain’t That Rockin’ All Night All Around the Maypole All My Trials All Night, All Day Amen Angel Band Babylon’s Falling Balm in Gilead Blow Your Trumpet Gabriel Bob-A-Needle By’m Bye ...
My Paddle’s Keen and Bright
Lyrics (Margaret Embers McGee, 1918) My paddle’s keen and bright,Flashing with silver,Follow the wild goose flight,Dip dip and swing See also Subject: rowing Harmony: partner songs with Land of the Silver Birch / Orff arrangements / chords i & V Meter: 4 Rhythm: syncopation ...
Weevily Wheat
Lyrics (Folk song) Don’t want your weevily* wheat,Don’t want your barley.Take some flour in half an hourTo bake a cake for Charlie. Five times five is twenty-five,Five times six is thirty,Five times seven is thirty five,Five times eight is forty. ...
Li’l Liza Jane
Version 1 Lyrics (Countess Ada De Lachau, 1916) I’ve got a house in BaltimoreLil’ Liza JaneStreet car runs right by my doorLil’ Liza JaneOh Eliza, Lil’ Liza JaneOh Eliza, Lil’ Liza Jane See also Country: Northeastern states (U.S.) Subject: jazz ...
