4th Grade Spring Concert Information
Mr. Tambourine Man
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Arranged by Kyle Gray Young
Hey! Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to Hey! Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you. Take me for a trip upon your magic swirling ship As my feet begin to step, Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin'. I'm ready to go anywhere into my own parade Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it. Hey! Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to Hey! Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you. |
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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman) is one of the most well-known and influential songwriters from Minnesota. While growing up in Duluth and Hibbing, MN, he developed an interest in music and formed several bands. While attending the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, he adopted the name Bob Dylan and became interested in the American folk music revival. He dropped out of college to move to New York City in the early 1960s. His songs quickly became very influential as anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements and he has continued to be an important figure in music for more than five decades. He is still producing new music and touring.
"Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man" was written early in Dylan's career in 1964 after a trip with friends to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The Byrds released their version of the song in 1965, which increased its popularity. This arrangement, which is similar to the version by The Byrds, is shorted from Dylan's original.
"Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man" was written early in Dylan's career in 1964 after a trip with friends to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The Byrds released their version of the song in 1965, which increased its popularity. This arrangement, which is similar to the version by The Byrds, is shorted from Dylan's original.
Chicken Shuffle
By Holdingford 4th Graders
Arranged by Kyle Gray Young
VERSE 1 (by Ms. Swanson/Ms. Smith's Class)
I had a strange dog that sat on a log. It sat next to a frog and they were in the fog. CHORUS (by Ms. Swanson/Ms. Smith's Class) I like to take a walk, But then I start to talk, To my dog about chickens, They go, "bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk!" While pecking at my sock. VERSE 2 (by Ms. Swedziak/Ms. Smith's Class) I really like cheese but it makes me sneeze! And that's why I hate it, it makes me throw a fit! CHORUS RECORDER VERSE VERSE 3 (by Ms. Theis/Ms. Smith's Class) The hot sauce was spicy but I wish it was icy. I didn't like the food because I wasn't in the mood. CHORUS While pecking at my sock. While pecking at my sock. |
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Students worked with songwriter Kyle Gray Young to compose their own fourth grade song. Each class wrote one verse of rhyming lyrics and students came up with a melody to go with those lyrics. Kyle then put each class's piece of the song together and added accompaniment to make it the song that you'll hear. This song has a country feel with fun lyrics and a recorder verse!
Hail! Minnesota
Music by Truman Rickard (1881-1948)
Words by Truman Rickard (1881-1948) and Arthur Upson (1877-1908)
Minnesota, Hail to thee!
Hail to thee our state so dear! Thy light shall ever be, A beacon bright and clear. Thy sons and daughters true, Will proclaim thee near and far. They will guard thy fame, And adore thy name; Thou shalt be their Northern Star! Like the stream that bends to sea, Like the pine that seeks the blue! Minnesota, still for thee, Thy people strong and true. From the woods and waters fair, From their prairies waving far; At thy call they throng, With their shout and song, Hailing thee their Northern Star! |
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This song was originally written by two University of Minnesota students in 1904 and 1905. Truman Elwell Rickard wrote the song for a play being performed at the University called "The Apple of Discord, A Travesty." It included a verse about the president of the university, Cyrus Northrup. President Northrup requested that the references to him be removed from the song, which Arthur Upson did in 1905. It then became the university's alma mater song. In 1945, it was suggested that "Hail! Minnesota" be adopted as the state song. With permission from the university and Rickard (Upson had died) and a change of the line "Hail to thee our college dear" to "Hail to thee our state so dear," these two verses of the song were adopted as the official song of Minnesota by Minnesota legislature on April 19, 1945.
From http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/mn_hail_mn.htm
From http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/mn_hail_mn.htm