Spirituals/Code Songs -Underground Railroad

Fifth-Grade CODE MAP SONG PROJECT LINK & SET-UP DIRECTIONS:

*CLICK LINK BELOW TO OPEN the project Google doc.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QUMaiyAYhz2lO7GoCF9bJ93pUnwhnh2fpfYv_1tBkgQ/edit?usp=sharing

*Once the google doc is open on your screen, go up to FILE, on the top left hand of your screen, in the FILE window drop down menu, select- MAKE A COPY

*A save box will open on the middle of your screen, and where it is highlighted, you will

re-NAME the doc to say: 5A FIRST NAME, LAST NAME - code song, then hit OK

*This will now create your own version of this doc in your google drive, allowing you to fill out information for your song, save, and have access to your project from your device!

*Be sure you close the original sample copy, then begin working in YOUR new titled copy in your own drive, so your work is saved as you go.

*We will work on this periodically in class, so you will have guided help along the way!

SAMPLE FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z6wEQkin0zaweJcK-buIsGavJ04ozfL2VjiHoMKrlhw/edit?usp=sharing

The Story of Follow the Drinking Gourd (by Jeanette Winter)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWfFr76fmY

Sing-along to Follow the Drinking Gourd:

Harriet Tubman

Explanation and images of Follow the Drinking Gourd song and route:

ADDITIONAL SPIRITUALS WITH HIDDEN CODES/MEANINGS:

Wade In the Water- Sweet Honey in the Rock

WADE IN THE WATER (w/ukulele chords)

Am / / /

Wade in the water.

E7 / Am /

Wade in the water, children.

Am / / /

Wade in the water.

Am / E7 / Am

God's gonna trouble the water.

Verse 1-

Am /

Who are those children all dressed in red?

Am E7 / Am

God's a-gonna trouble the water

Am /

Must be the children that Moses led

Am E7 / Am

God's gonna trouble the water. (To Chorus)

Verse 2-

Am /

Who's that young girl dressed in white

Am E7 / Am

God's a-gonna trouble the water

Am /

Must be a child of Israelites

Am E7 / Am

God's gonna trouble the Water. (To Chorus)

Verse 3-

Am /

Jordan's water is chilly and cold.

Am E7 / Am

God's a-gonna trouble the water.

Am /

It chills the body, but not the soul.

Am E7 / Am

God's gonna trouble the water. (To Chorus)

Verse 4-

Am /

If you get there before I do.

Am E7 / Am

God's a-gonna trouble the water.

Am /

Tell all of my friends I'm coming too.

Am E7 / Am

God's gonna trouble the water. (To Chorus)

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot- The Plantation Singers

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (w/ukulele chords)

C / F C

Swing low, sweet chariot

C / G7 /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

Swing low, sweet chariot

C G7 / C /

Coming for to carry me home

C /

I looked over Jordan,

F C

and what did I see

C / G7 /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

A band of angels coming after me

C G7 / C /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

Swing low, sweet chariot

C / G7 /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

Swing low, sweet chariot

C G7 / C /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

I'm sometimes up and sometimes down

C / G7 /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

But still my soul feels heaven bound

C G7 / C /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

Swing low, sweet chariot

C / G7 /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

Swing low, sweet chariot

C G7 / C /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

If you get there before I do

C / G7 /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

Tell all my friends I'm coming, too

C G7 / C /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

Swing low, sweet chariot

C / G7 /

Coming for to carry me home

C / F C

Swing low, sweet chariot

C G7 / C /

Coming for to carry me home

Go Down, Moses (Let My People Go)- The Harlem Gospel Singers

Underground Railroad escape routes-