Recognize Do8\So as perfect fourth (P4) and So\Do as a perfect fifth (P5), tonic arpeggios, a major sixth (M6), and a tonic octave skip.
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- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA - African American Spiritual
- Key: D Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: staves: ABCB - song: ABA, refrain/verse/refrain
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta |
| ta/a ta ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi So La Do - pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: Do8\La (m3), La/Do8 (m3), Do8\So (P4), So\Do (P5), Do/Mi/So ascending tonic (I) arpeggio (D), So\Mi\Do descending tonic (I) arpeggio (D), Do/So (P5), Do\Do descending tonic octave skip, La\Do (M6)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beats, syncopation, two double barlines, tonic arpeggio, tonic octave skip, pentatonic scale, D.C. al Fine, Fine
- Key Words: USA history, African American history, Underground railroad, railroad song, spiritual, snowing, cold, train station, blind, cannot see, lame, cannot walk; contraction: I'll (I will); abbreviation: an' (and)
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"When the Train Comes Along"
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When the train comes along,
When the train comes along,
I'll meet you at the station
When the train comes along. |
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It may be snowing,
It may be cold,
But I'll meet you at the station,
When the train comes along.
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Refrain |
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I may be blind,
An' cannot see.
But I'll meet you at the station,
When the train comes along. |
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Refrain |
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I may be lame,
An' cannot not talk,
But I'll meet you at the station,
When the train comes along. |
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Refrain |
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