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Mannish Boy

Muddy Waters · 1955

Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters (1955) — 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

  • I'm a man (yeah)
  • I spell M, A, child, N
  • That represents man (yeah)
  • No B, O, child, Y

Echo the hook

  • I'm a rollin' stone (woo)
  • I'm a man (yeah)
  • I'm a hoochie coochie man
  • Sittin' on the outside
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Everythin' gon' bethis mornin'

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Mysaid I'ma be

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

We'relots of fun

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Thatman (yeah)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm a fullman (oh, yeah)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm acoochie man

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now when I was young boy

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But now I'm a man

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're having lots of fun

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I spell M, A, child, N

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a rollin' stone woo

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Everythin' gon' be ? this mornin'

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? man alive

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? M, A, child, N

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

That spell ? boy

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm a ? coochie man

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 "spell" in the whole song?

"spell"

Exercise 23

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

"child"

Exercise 24

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

  • Everythin' gon' be alright this mornin'
  • I make the moon
  • That represents man (yeah)

Exercise 25

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

  • I'm a man (yeah)
  • Now when I was young boy
  • Wasn't that a man (yeah)

Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "Mannish Boy" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 27

Compare "Mannish Boy" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • we're→
  • wasn't→

Exercise 30

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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