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Black Velvet

Alannah Myles · 1989

Black Velvet by Alannah Myles (1989) — 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

  • Black velvet and that little boy's smile
  • Black velvet with that slow southern style
  • A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
  • Black velvet if you please

Echo the hook

  • If you please
  • If you please
  • If you please
blackvelvetplease

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Mississippi in theof a dry spell

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Mama'swith a baby on her shoulder

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Blackand that little boy's smile

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Up inthe music's like a heatwave

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Mama'sin the heart of every schoolgirl

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Black velvet and thatboy's smile

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

White lightning, bound to drive you wild

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you please

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Black velvet and that little boy's smile

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Mississippi in the ? of a dry spell

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The sun is ? like molasses in the sky

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Black velvet with that ? southern style

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Mama's ? in the heart of every schoolgirl

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Black velvet with that slow ? style

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 "black" in the whole song?

"black"

Exercise 23

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

"velvet"

Exercise 24

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

  • Black velvet with that slow southern style
  • Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
  • White lightning, bound to drive you wild

Exercise 25

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Black Velvet" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

blackvelvetpleaselittle

Exercise 26

If you could ask Alannah Myles one question about "Black Velvet", what would it be and why?

blackvelvetpleaselittle

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Black Velvet" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

blackvelvetpleaselittle

Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Black Velvet", what would happen instead?

blackvelvetpleaselittle

Exercise 29

"Black Velvet" was released in 1989. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

blackvelvetpleaselittle

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Black Velvet" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

blackvelvetpleaselittle