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 2. If

I I

lay me die be -

downJo foreI

sleep, wake,

An - gels watch-ing o -ver

me, my

ftr-

Pray the Inrd my Pray the L.ord my

soulsoul-

to keep, to take,

An - gels wabh-ing

o - ver

me.

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

SwingLow, Sweet Chariot

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 song. The largergroupwould Encourage soloor smallgroupsingingin this call andresponse phrases. Youngerchildrenmay wish to learnonly the refrain in which alwayssingthe response phrases feel could be on the words,"All night, all day." To help students the casethe call pattern(short-long,short long) on the correctrhythm. havethem clap or patschthe syncopated "me, my Lord" words may enjoy singingtlre refrain of this songwith the refrain of "Swing Low, Sweet Older students Chariot." Be surethat both songsare in the samekey. PLAYING chordson the beat. The F bells for this threechordsongandplay the designated Use resonator could is F A C. B-flat chordis B-flat D F. C7 chordis C E B-flat. Youngerstudents chord play the melody outlining the F chord(C F A F) on half noteseachtime the wordsAII night,all day we stxrg. chords. the Anothertime, accompany songwith the autoharpon designated CREATING with rhythm and bell Add finger cymhls or trianglesto the resonator accompaniment experiment play a rhythm suchasthis, J I J in patternsfor each. As an idea, resonator bells could measure, the finger cymbalsor trianglescouldplay only on the stong beat(count 1). and each the 7 In measures and 15,play J J j J to accommodate C7 chordon the 4th beat. "All nighq all for may enjoy creatingidenticalbody movements the phrases Youngerstudents day" which will helpthemnoticethe repetitionof the melodyaswell asthe words. Otherbody the movements could describe angels. LISTENING how they might havebeenusedto express of Listen to recordings variousspiritualsto determine ue the feelingsofthe singers.Someexamples Battle of Jericho,Every TimeI Feel theSpirit, He's I Got the WholeWorld in His Hands,Sometimes Feel Like a MotherlessChil{ andll'hen the SaintsGo Marching In. CURRICULUM INTEGRATION songs werea greatprt of the singrngrepertoireofthe black slavesin the early Call andresponse worked,a soloistwould makeup wordsfor verse daysof the UnitedStates.While everyone response.Often common would continueto singthe unchanging after verseandthe othersingers had soundingwordswere in codethat only the slavescould understand.The slavemasters no in that could give the people werebeingcommunicated thoseverses ideathat importantmessages evenhelp slavesescape. comfort and sometimes

All Night, All Day