My First Patriotic Songs, Pre-Reading

Designed for those students who have had only a few weeks of study and consequently have limited skills in note-reading. Most of these pre-reading solos are in the middle C position and all of the pieces include a duet part for parents or the teacher.

Song List : 

• America - Henry Carey (composer); Smith (lyricist)
• America, the Beautiful - Katherine L. Bates (lyricist); Samuel Ward (contributor)
• Battle Hymn of the Republic - Howe (lyricist); Traditional (source)
• The Caisson Song - Edmund L. Gruber (contributor)
• Yankee Doodle - Traditional (source)
• Yankee Doodle Boy - George M. Cohan (composer)