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Georgia on My Mind

Ray Charles · 1960

Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles (1960) — 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

  • Just an old sweet song
  • Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
  • I said a Georgia
  • Georgia

Echo the hook

  • Other arms reach out to me
  • Other eyes smile tenderly
  • Still in peaceful dreams I see
  • The road leads back to you
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Theday through (the whole day through)

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Just an oldsong

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Asthrough the pines

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Other eyestenderly

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Still indreams I see

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh Georgia, noI find

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I said a Georgia

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Still in peaceful dreams I see

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I said Georgia

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

No peace, no peace I find

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The whole day through the whole day through

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

The ? day through (the whole day through)

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

A ? of you (a song of you)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Other ? smile tenderly

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Oh Georgia, no ? I find

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Other eyes ? tenderly

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 "georgia" in the whole song?

"georgia"

Exercise 23

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

"mind"

Exercise 24

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

  • I said Georgia
  • Just an old sweet song
  • Still in peaceful dreams I see

Exercise 25

Compare "Georgia on My Mind" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Georgia on My Mind", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Georgia on My Mind" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

"Georgia on My Mind" was released in 1960. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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