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All Along the Watchtower

Jimi Hendrix · 1968

All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix (1968) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • All along the watchtower
  • Princes kept the view
  • While all the women came and went
  • Barefoot servants too

Sing it again — final chorus

  • All along the watchtower
  • All along the watchtower
alongwatchtowerthere

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Said theto the thief

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

None willon the line

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

"Noto get excited"

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But you and I, we've beenthat

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Thegetting late"

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

While all thecame and went

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't get no relief

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The thief, he kindly spoke

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Said the joker to the thief

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Plowmen dig my earth

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Nobody offered his worth"

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

"There must be some ? of way out here"

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

None will ? on the line

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

"There are ? here among us

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

The ? getting late"

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Outside in the ? distance

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "along" in the whole song?

"along"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "watchtower" in the whole song?

"watchtower"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Princes kept the view
  • Said the joker to the thief
  • The thief, he kindly spoke

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • "There's too much confusion
  • And this is not our fate
  • Barefoot servants too

Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

alongwatchtowertherethief

Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

alongwatchtowertherethief

Exercise 28

"All Along the Watchtower" was released in 1968. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

alongwatchtowertherethief

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's→
  • can't→
  • we've→

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "All Along the Watchtower" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

alongwatchtowertherethief