Week 1 - Lesson #1 - Oh My Darling, Clementine

Dear children,

Welcome to the first lesson of the academic year. Congrats to all of you for having made it thus far! So, let's maintain a proper notebook for our Western Music class this year and cover it nicely in RED. Write the lyrics (words) of all the songs that are uploaded here each week. Write proper titles of the song with date. I will check your notebooks when we resume school.

Note to parents: please note the changes made in the post. Since there is no assigned notebooks for Western Music, please do not write down the songs in any notebook. Refer to this lesson/blog for the song lyrics. As much as possible, kindly make your children learn and memorise the songs given in each lesson. You must also have received the syllabus booklet. All the songs are already there in the booklet under the Western Music curriculum. Kindly refer to the same.

Learning outcome:

1. Learn a folk song
2. Understand the meaning of new words in the song

Today's song is "Oh, My Darling Clementine"

Write down the lyrics in your notebook

Oh My Darling, Clementine

[Verse 1]

In a cavern, in a canyon,

Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty niner,
And his daughter Clementine

[Chorus]
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

[Verse 2]
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxes, without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine. -- [Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine. -- [Chorus]

[Verse 4]
Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine. -- [Chorus]

[Verse 5]
How I missed her! How I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
But I kissed her little sister,
I forgot my Clementine. --  [Chorus]

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Are you able to sing without the music now?

Have you written down the lyrics in your notebook? 

Learn the song by heart and sing without looking at the video or the notebook.

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Oh, so many new words in just one song! Did you see that some words in the songs are underlined? Can you find the meaning of those words and write it down in the notebook after you have written down the song? 

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Send me a thumbs up 👍 in the comment section below if you've seen this lesson. Write your Name, Class with section and Roll No. 

If you have any questions, kindly post it in the comments section below.

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Please Note: Do not write the full song in one day! Write it over a course of one week. Write one verse a day and learn the song. The purpose of your writing is so that you don't forget the song after a few months. And even if you do, we can always go back to the notebook and check it again. 

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