American dances .-
Old Betty Larkin
( Hop around, skip around, Old Betty Larkin ; Needles in a haystack ; Steal, steal, Old Betty Larkin ; You take mine, and I'll take another )
Edition
Ref. :
HL 43509059
(6 p.)
, "Music of Alice Parker"
Type of material:
Full score
Copyright :
c1990 by Jenson Publications
Other titles on the same score:
On the Galilee
; That raging canoe
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
20th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Folk music ; Folk dance
Type of Choir:
SA OR SS (2 boy choir OR children OR girls choir OR women voices )
Instrumentation:
Keyboard
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
D dorian
Duration:
1.5 min.
Number of verses:
4
Origin:
USA
Musicological Sources:
Piano accompaniment may be augmented by guitar, banjo, bass, harmonica, spoons, and/or other light percussion ; This arrangement from the cantata "Gift from the sea" ; Traditional American
Source of text:
Traditional