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    1. This document provides information about the African American spiritual "All Night, All Day". It includes the lyrics and music notation. 2. The song encourages solo or small group singing in a call and response style. Younger children may sing just the refrain, while older students can sing the full song and combine it with the refrain of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". 3. Accompanying the song can be done with resonator bells, autoharp, finger cymbals, or triangle played with rhythmic patterns. Body movements can also accompany the lyrics.

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    1. This document provides information about the African American spiritual "All Night, All Day". It includes the lyrics and music notation. 2. The song encourages solo or small group singing in a call and response style. Younger children may sing just the refrain, while older students can sing the full song and combine it with the refrain of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". 3. Accompanying the song can be done with resonator bells, autoharp, finger cymbals, or triangle played with rhythmic patterns. Body movements can also accompany the lyrics.

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    1. This document provides information about the African American spiritual "All Night, All Day". It includes the lyrics and music notation. 2. The song encourages solo or small group singing in a call and response style. Younger children may sing just the refrain, while older students can sing the full song and combine it with the refrain of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". 3. Accompanying the song can be done with resonator bells, autoharp, finger cymbals, or triangle played with rhythmic patterns. Body movements can also accompany the lyrics.

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    AllNightAllDay PDF

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    davide ricciardi
    1. This document provides information about the African American spiritual "All Night, All Day". It includes the lyrics and music notation. 2. The song encourages solo or small group singing in a call and response style. Younger children may sing just the refrain, while older students can sing the full song and combine it with the refrain of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". 3. Accompanying the song can be done with resonator bells, autoharp, finger cymbals, or triangle played with rhythmic patterns. Body movements can also accompany the lyrics.

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    AllNight, All Day

    African-American Spiritual

    An - gels watch-ing o - ver me, my Lord.-

    all- day, An - gels wabh-ing o - ver me.

    l. Now I lay me downJo sleep, An - gels watch-ing o -ver me, my ftr-


    2. If I die be - fore- I wake,

    Pray the Inrd my soul- to keep, An - gels wabh-ing o - ver me.


    Pray the L.ord my soul- to take,

    This songpaxflre$well with "Swing Low SweetChariot" on the Refrain only.

    SwingLow, SweetChariot

    REFRAIN F

    Swing low, cha - ri-ot Com-in' for to car - rv me home;

    \--
    Swing low, cha - ri-ot, Com'in' for to car - ry me
    SINGING
    Encouragesoloor smallgroupsingingin this call andresponsesong. The largergroupwould
    alwayssingthe responsephrases. Youngerchildrenmay wish to learnonly the refrain in which
    "All night, all day." To help studentsfeel the
    casethe call phrasescould be on the words,
    correctrhythm. havethem clap or patschthe syncopatedpattern(short-long,short long) on the
    words"me, my Lord"
    "Swing Low, Sweet
    Older studentsmay enjoy singingtlre refrain of this songwith the refrain of
    Chariot." Be surethat both songsare in the samekey.

    PLAYING
    Use resonatorbells for this threechordsongandplay the designatedchordson the beat. The F
    chordis F A C. B-flat chordis B-flat D F. C7 chordis C E B-flat. Youngerstudentscould
    play the melody outlining the F chord(C F A F) on half noteseachtime the wordsAII night,all
    day we stxrg.
    Anothertime, accompanythe songwith the autoharpon designatedchords.

    CREATING
    Add finger cymhls or trianglesto the resonatorbell accompaniment andexperimentwith rhythm
    patternsfor each. As an idea, resonatorbells could play a rhythm suchasthis, J I J in
    each measure, and the finger cymbalsor trianglescould play only on the stong beat (count 1).
    In measures 7 and 15,play J J j J to accommodate the C7 chordon the 4th beat.
    "All nighq all
    Youngerstudentsmay enjoy creatingidenticalbody movementsfor the phrases
    day" which will helpthemnoticethe repetitionof the melodyaswell asthe words. Otherbody
    movementscould describethe angels.

    LISTENING
    Listen to recordingsof variousspiritualsto determinehow they might havebeenusedto express
    the feelingsofthe singers.Someexamplesue Battle of Jericho,Every TimeI Feel theSpirit, He's
    Got the WholeWorld in His Hands,Sometimes I Feel Like a MotherlessChil{ andll'hen the
    SaintsGo Marching In.

    CURRICULUM INTEGRATION

    Call andresponsesongswerea greatprt of the singrngrepertoireofthe black slavesin the early


    daysof the UnitedStates.While everyoneworked,a soloistwould makeup wordsfor verse
    after verseandthe othersingerswould continueto singthe unchangingresponse.Often common
    soundingwordswere in codethat only the slavescould understand.The slavemastershadno
    ideathat importantmessages werebeingcommunicatedin thoseversesthat could give the people
    comfort and sometimesevenhelp slavesescape.

    All Night, All Day

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