Middle School Lesson 33
Play a line, then echo.
Continue until you have sung verse 1.
Play the video again and sing the whole song.
Learn the body percussion shown below.
Perform the body percussion while singing the chorus.
Sing the pitch letter names.
Try playing the song on an instrument.
A link to a glockenspiel is given below.
During the Civil Rights Movement, different words were written using a similar melody. It was called "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus." This recording was sung by Bettie Mae Fikes from the Smithsonian Folk Ways Album "Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966."
This is a YouTube link.
If the link doesn't work, search internet for "Pete Seeger If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus".
These are questions to think about as you listen to the 1929 performance.
Click on the slide to open the YouTube link. If the link doesn't work, search internet for "Georgia Field Hands, Oh Mary Don't You Weep no More".
These are questions to think about as you listen to the Bruce Springsteen performance.
Click on the slide to open the YouTube link. If the link doesn't work, search internet for "Bruce Springsteen Oh Mary Don't You Weep no More".
This worksheet is given as a printable in Supporting Resources.
Complete the worksheet, or have a discussion about similarities and differences in the two performances.
Media Transcript
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This is a YouTube link.
If the link doesn't work, search internet for "Bruce Springsteen biography".