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I Got a Woman

Ray Charles · 1954

I Got a Woman by Ray Charles (1954) — 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

That's good to me, oh yeah!
Said I got a woman, way over town
Good to me, oh yeah!
She gives me money when I'm in need

Echo the hook

Just for me, oh yeah!
She saves her loving, early in the morning
Just for me, oh yeah!
She saves her loving, just for me

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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Well... I got away over town

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Yeah, she's a kind ofindeed

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

She saves herearly in the morning

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Neveror fusses

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Neverin the streets

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Isthere now in her home

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well... I got a woman, way over town

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She gives me money when I'm in need

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I got a woman, way over town

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She saves her loving, just for me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's there to love me

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Well... I got a ? way over town

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, ? a kind of friend indeed

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

She's ? to love me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Never ? in the streets

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Oh! She is my ? don't you understand

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 "woman" in the whole song?

"woman"

Exercise 23

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

"town"

Exercise 24

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

I got a woman, way over town
She saves her loving, just for me
Well... I got a woman, way over town

Exercise 25

Who in your life would you dedicate "I Got a Woman" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 26

Compare "I Got a Woman" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "I Got a Woman", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

that's→
i'm→
she's→
don't→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "I Got a Woman" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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