Lessons and Music

Company Lesson Leaders Instruction

We are pleased with the reception from DUP members for the new series of lessons based on our museum collections and hope that lesson leaders will share the same enthusiasm as they meet with leaders in the camps.

The role of a Company Lesson Leader should be to serve as a resource person for Camp Lesson Leaders. They should choose portions of the text they find particularly interesting to their audiences. It is never necessary to bring in outside information as all lessons contain enough information and pictures to provide information that will interest our members. Pictures included in the text may be copied and enlarged. Photos may also be ordered from our excellent Photo Department at the museum.

The Company Lesson Leader should present a summary of the lesson at company meetings and serve as a mentor for the Camp Lesson Leader.

Suggest ways to present the lesson.

Suggest pictures to use with the lesson.

Suggest parts of the lesson of particular interest to local camps.

Be enthusiastic about the lesson content.

Note: At the end of the year lessons are re-read by the Lesson Committee and corrections are made of any errors which have inadvertently appeared in the text before the annual volume with its index is printed. We appreciate being notified before the end of June of any errors detected by Daughters in the contents of lessons. Errors noted after June 30 cannot be corrected.

Lessons

Month	Lesson Title	Song Title	Song Page
September 2011	The Jeremiah Willey Cabin, Bountiful, Utah	Grandfather's Clock	114-115
October 2011	Womanly Wisdom: Jewels from the Young Woman's Journal	The Last Rose of Summer	263
November 2011	The Pioneer Musical Instruments Room	The Lily of the West	149
December 2011	A Pioneer Christmas
January 2012	The Pioneer School Room	Reuben and Rachel	47
February 2012	The ZCMI Room	Goodbye, My Lover, Goodbye	154
March 2012	The Relief Society Magazine	The Girl I Left Behind Me	62
April 2012	Hair Art	The Merriest Girl That's Out	132
May 2012	Pioneer Quilts	No Sir	131

Music Information For Lesson (September 2011) The Jeremiah Willey Cabin, Bountiful, Utah
September 2011: "Grandfather's Clock," pp. 114-115 One of the favorite songs found in our Pioneer Songs book is "Grandfathers' Clock." Henry C. Work, the composer of this song, had great success with sentimental ballads. He was a self-taught musician who wrote many songs. However, "Grandfather's Clock" was his last successful song and his greatest commercial success. It was written in 1876 and that year it was one of the two most popular songs in America, the other being "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen." Grandfather's Clock has four verses so you may want to sing the first two verses then the chorus, then the last two and chorus. You may remember that we featured this song in March 2004.
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Music Information For Lesson (September 2011) The Jeremiah Willey Cabin, Bountiful, Utah

September 2011: "Grandfather's Clock," pp. 114-115
One of the favorite songs found in our Pioneer Songs book is "Grandfathers' Clock." Henry C. Work, the composer of this song, had great success with sentimental ballads. He was a self-taught musician who wrote many songs. However, "Grandfather's Clock" was his last successful song and his greatest commercial success. It was written in 1876 and that year it was one of the two most popular songs in America, the other being "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen." Grandfather's Clock has four verses so you may want to sing the first two verses then the chorus, then the last two and chorus. You may remember that we featured this song in March 2004.

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Music Information For Lesson (October 2011) Womanly Wisdom: Jewels from the Young Woman's Journal
October 2011: "The Last Rose of Summer," p. 263 Thomas Moore, the author of this song, as an Irish poet and a friend of Byron and Shelley. He was born in 1790 and lived until 1852. The poem was written in 1805. Moore, in his preface to Irish Melodies referred to the touching language of his country's music and the ancient melodies he loved. He concludes in his preface by saying, "I now take leave of the Irish Melodies, the only work of my pen, as I very sincerely believe, whose fame (thanks to the sweet music in which it is embalmed) may boast a chance of prolonging its existence to a day much beyond our own." This poem has been recited, sung, played, and loved for 206 years!
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Music Information For Lesson (October 2011) Womanly Wisdom: Jewels from the Young Woman's Journal

October 2011: "The Last Rose of Summer," p. 263
Thomas Moore, the author of this song, as an Irish poet and a friend of Byron and Shelley. He was born in 1790 and lived until 1852. The poem was written in 1805. Moore, in his preface to Irish Melodies referred to the touching language of his country's music and the ancient melodies he loved. He concludes in his preface by saying, "I now take leave of the Irish Melodies, the only work of my pen, as I very sincerely believe, whose fame (thanks to the sweet music in which it is embalmed) may boast a chance of prolonging its existence to a day much beyond our own." This poem has been recited, sung, played, and loved for 206 years!

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Music Information For Lesson (November 2011) The Pioneer Musical Instruments Room
November 2011: "The Lily of the West," p. 149 "The Lily of the West" is a traditional American Folk song that is probably of Irish origin. Its earliest appearance was in 1839. The song is about a man who travels to Louisville and falls in love with a woman named Mary, Flora, Molly or Nelly (depending on the version). He catches her being unfaithful to him, and in a fit of rage stabs the man she is with and is subsequently imprisoned. In spite of this, he finds himself still in love with her. The version in our Pioneer Songs has only three of the five verses so we are spared the consequences of jilted love. This song appeared in English broadside ballads for more than 100 years. Broadsides were discussed in our May 2010 music commentary.
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Music Information For Lesson (November 2011) The Pioneer Musical Instruments Room

November 2011: "The Lily of the West," p. 149
"The Lily of the West" is a traditional American Folk song that is probably of Irish origin. Its earliest appearance was in 1839. The song is about a man who travels to Louisville and falls in love with a woman named Mary, Flora, Molly or Nelly (depending on the version). He catches her being unfaithful to him, and in a fit of rage stabs the man she is with and is subsequently imprisoned. In spite of this, he finds himself still in love with her. The version in our Pioneer Songs has only three of the five verses so we are spared the consequences of jilted love. This song appeared in English broadside ballads for more than 100 years. Broadsides were discussed in our May 2010 music commentary.

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Music Information For Lesson (December 2011) A Pioneer Christmas

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Music Information For Lesson (January 2012) The Pioneer School Room
January 2012: "Reuben and Rachel," p. 47 "Reuben and Rachel" is a traditional song with words written by Harry Birch and melody by William Gooch. It was originally published in 1871. While the words have changed over time, Gooch's music remained popular into the 1940s when it was taught to American school children as their first roundelay (round). The song has gained popularity as a children's song. 1871 was a memorable year for published and performed music. Published popular music included: "Onward Christian Soldiers, " "The Blue and the Gray," and "Reuben and Rachel." Classical music included Tchaikovsky's "String Quartet #1 in D" and the opera "Aida" by Verdi. As noted in our Pioneer Songs book on page 47, "Reuben and Rachel" may be sung as a duet, with ladies and men alternating through the verses. Or, it may be used as a roundelay (round), the second part entering after the first part has sung two measures.
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Music Information For Lesson (January 2012) The Pioneer School Room

January 2012: "Reuben and Rachel," p. 47
"Reuben and Rachel" is a traditional song with words written by Harry Birch and melody by William Gooch. It was originally published in 1871. While the words have changed over time, Gooch's music remained popular into the 1940s when it was taught to American school children as their first roundelay (round). The song has gained popularity as a children's song. 1871 was a memorable year for published and performed music. Published popular music included: "Onward Christian Soldiers, " "The Blue and the Gray," and "Reuben and Rachel." Classical music included Tchaikovsky's "String Quartet #1 in D" and the opera "Aida" by Verdi. As noted in our Pioneer Songs book on page 47, "Reuben and Rachel" may be sung as a duet, with ladies and men alternating through the verses. Or, it may be used as a roundelay (round), the second part entering after the first part has sung two measures.

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Music Information For Lesson (February 2012) The ZCMI Room
February 2012: "Goodbye, My Lover, Goodbye," p. 154 This song is probably a sea shanty. Sea shanties originated on ships of many different countries then spread throughout the seas. Shanties served both as a mental diversion and synchronized teamwork as sailors raised or trimmed sails or raised the anchor. They also provided an outlet for sailors to express their opinions in a manner that could not cause punishment. Most songs involved a lead singer and a choral response. Our song on page 154 lends itself to this format; the lead singer would sing "the ship goes sailing down the bay" and the chorus of sailors would sing "goodbye, my lover, goodbye" and so on through the verses. The chorus sung after the last stanza can be sung and parts divided as you wish. The rhythm of these songs was important. The demise of shanties happened when steamships replaced sailing ships.
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Music Information For Lesson (February 2012) The ZCMI Room

February 2012: "Goodbye, My Lover, Goodbye," p. 154
This song is probably a sea shanty. Sea shanties originated on ships of many different countries then spread throughout the seas. Shanties served both as a mental diversion and synchronized teamwork as sailors raised or trimmed sails or raised the anchor. They also provided an outlet for sailors to express their opinions in a manner that could not cause punishment. Most songs involved a lead singer and a choral response. Our song on page 154 lends itself to this format; the lead singer would sing "the ship goes sailing down the bay" and the chorus of sailors would sing "goodbye, my lover, goodbye" and so on through the verses. The chorus sung after the last stanza can be sung and parts divided as you wish. The rhythm of these songs was important. The demise of shanties happened when steamships replaced sailing ships.

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Music Information For Lesson (March 2012) The Relief Society Magazine
March 2012: "The Girl I Left Behind Me," p. 62 There is much folklore associated with this tune. One source states the tune was popular as far back as Queen Elizabeth Ist reign and was played whenever a regiment left town or a man-of-war set sail. Another source states the tune was known in America as early as 1650 and was a traditional fife tune, imported from England with the title "Brighton Camp." The name Brighton Camp is used in the second line of the song. The tune became popular during the American Revolution. It was first published in Dublin in 1791. The girl mentioned in our song is named Sally whereas the girl in another version is named Betsey. This material was found in Lesley Nelson Popular Songs in American History website.
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Music Information For Lesson (March 2012) The Relief Society Magazine

March 2012: "The Girl I Left Behind Me," p. 62
There is much folklore associated with this tune. One source states the tune was popular as far back as Queen Elizabeth Ist reign and was played whenever a regiment left town or a man-of-war set sail. Another source states the tune was known in America as early as 1650 and was a traditional fife tune, imported from England with the title "Brighton Camp." The name Brighton Camp is used in the second line of the song. The tune became popular during the American Revolution. It was first published in Dublin in 1791. The girl mentioned in our song is named Sally whereas the girl in another version is named Betsey. This material was found in Lesley Nelson Popular Songs in American History website.

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Music Information For Lesson (April 2012) Hair Art
April 2012: "The Merriest Girl That's Out," p. 132 In 1898 at the age of 6, Gladys Moncrieff, known as Australia's queen of song, sang this piece in Queens Theater in Bundaberg, Australia. She was born in Queensland and as a child and an adult toured Australia giving concerts. She was affectionately called "Our Glad." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Moncrieff The tune was later considered an American folk song.
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Music Information For Lesson (April 2012) Hair Art

April 2012: "The Merriest Girl That's Out," p. 132
In 1898 at the age of 6, Gladys Moncrieff, known as Australia's queen of song, sang this piece in Queens Theater in Bundaberg, Australia. She was born in Queensland and as a child and an adult toured Australia giving concerts. She was affectionately called "Our Glad." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Moncrieff The tune was later considered an American folk song.

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Music Information For Lesson (May 2012) Pioneer Quilts
May 2012: "No Sir," p. 131 There is not much material or background on this song. It is an Ozark folk tune. In the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection, the words were found under the title "No Sir, No Sir," and a recording of the song as sung by Mary Jo Davis in Fayetteville, Arkansas. http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1406 In the Wolf Folklore Collection of Folk Music, the words were found under the titles of "No Sir" and "Oh No, John" as sung by Mrs. W.R. Osborn. http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/osborneno1238.html It would be interesting to know how this song arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. It is a fun, whimsical song arranged by Alfred M. Durham.
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Music Information For Lesson (May 2012) Pioneer Quilts

May 2012: "No Sir," p. 131
There is not much material or background on this song. It is an Ozark folk tune. In the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection, the words were found under the title "No Sir, No Sir," and a recording of the song as sung by Mary Jo Davis in Fayetteville, Arkansas. http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1406 In the Wolf Folklore Collection of Folk Music, the words were found under the titles of "No Sir" and "Oh No, John" as sung by Mrs. W.R. Osborn. http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/osborneno1238.html It would be interesting to know how this song arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. It is a fun, whimsical song arranged by Alfred M. Durham.

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