Oh What a Beautiful Morning lesson

Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Music by Richard Rodgers, lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright © 1943 by Williamson Music


There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high as an elephant's eye,
An' it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky. [An' = And climbin' = climbing

Chorus:
Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I've got a wonderful feeling, [I've got = I have got]
Everything's going my way. [Everything I want and everything I'm doing is
going OK for me.]

Repeat chorus

All the cattle are standing like statues,
All the cattle are standing like statues,
They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by.
But a little brown mav'rick is winking her eye. [a maverick = someone who does things
that nobody seems to want to do.]
Repeat chorus

All the sounds of the earth are like music,
All the sounds of the earth are like music,
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree, [It doesn't = correct English]
And an ol' Weepin' Willer is laughin' at me. [an old weeping willow]

Repeat chorus

1. What rhymes do you hear and see? Write them on the following lines:

a. ________ __________
b. ________ __________
c. ________ __________
d. ________ __________

2. What similes (like, as comparisons) do you see in the lyrics?

a. ___________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________

3. So + adjective + that clause (subject & verb)
So makes the adjective more than it is.
Not just busy, but extra busy

a. I was so busy yesterday (that) I couldn’t come to school.
adj. s v v

b. My husband is always so tired (that) he falls asleep in front of the TV.
adj. s v

c. He is so tall (that) he almost reaches the ceiling.
adj. s v

Now, you write two sentences using
So + adjective + that clause (subject & verb)

d._________________________________________________________

e. _________________________________________________________