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ry) tl" Rhythms of American English for Students of English as a Second Language CAROLYN GRAIJAM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS New York, 1978 O:dord University Press 2OO Madison Avenue NewYork, NY lOOl6 USA Walton Street Oxford OX2 6DP England OXFORD ls a trademark of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Graham, Carollm. Jazz chants. l. Engllsh language-Study and teaching-Forel$n students. 2. Engltsh language-spoken Eng;lish. 3. Muslc in education. I. Tifle. PE 1t28.A2G68 428',.3',4 7A-785 ISBN 0-19-502407-9 Copyrtght @ 1978 by Oxford Unlverstty Press, Inc, Atl rtghts reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrleval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronlc, mechanlcal. photocopying, recording' or otherwise, without the prior permisslon of Oxford Untversity Press, Inc. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise clrculated without the publisher's prior consent ln any form of bindin$ or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Printing (last digit):20 l9 18 17 Prlnted in the United States of America. Jazz Chans@is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press. Dedicated to Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton and to my friend and colleague, Professor Robert Rainsbury, whose spirited performances of the Jazz Chants helped bring them to life. New York City I978 Acknorryledgments The Author and the English Language Teaching Departrnent gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following people who provided the choral response for the tape recording of JAZZ CHANTS. James Anderson Carol Lemonda Berry Laurie Likoff Joyce Marion Britt Pat Loewe Ellen Chodosh Janice Lorimer iortia Clark Jean Shapiro Max Cubbon Gerald Sussman Alice DePace Robert Tilley Sue Ann Dowd Chet Wargocki Michael Fetta Neal Wheeler Contents What Is a Jazz Chant? ix How a Jazz Chant Works x Presenting a Jazz Chant Step-by-Step xiii Presenting the Poems xiv Structure Key xv Chants and Poems: SH/ SFI/ BABY'S SLEEPING ! 3 BrG MOATH JOHN BROWN 5 RAIN 7 *SALLY SPEAKS SPAJV/SH, BUT NOT VERY WELL andHOW'S HIS ENGLISH? 9 ll IT'S GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE TALL ?REES 13 SELFISH 15 *WHAT ARB YOA GOING TO DO AT TWO? MEET ME IN THE MORNING r7 TAKING CREDIT 19 *A BAD DAY and MARE BAD LUCK 2l PERSONAL 0UES"IOiVS 23 DO YOU KNOW MARY? 25 DEPARTURE AND RETARN HOME 27 *ON A DIET 29 TWELVE CANS OF TUNA FISH RAG 31 PANIC ON BEING LATE 33 OACH! THAT HURTS! 35 *WOULD YOU WALK TO CHINA IF YOU HAD THE TIME? 37 MNOR DEClSrOrVS 39 I GAVE IT AWAY 4l BAIVKER'S WIFE'S BLUES 43 *TELL ME YOUR NAME and SA/VD 45 LATE AGAIN 47 WARNING 49 FR/EJVDS 51 EASY SOLUTIO/VS 53 LOVE SONG 55 * Asterisks indicate Poems ON THE ROCKS 57 *THE BEACHES OF MEXICO 59 I'M SORRY, BUT .,. 61 BABY BOBBY 63 *IT'S LIKE WINTER TODAY 65 MY FEET HURT 67 MAMA KNOWS BEST 69 *THE FRED POEMS 7l BIG BILL BELL 73 WAKE UP! WAKE UP! 75 *WELL, HE EATS LIKE A PIG 77 YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER 79 About the Author 80 v111