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A2.1·blues·3:40

Pride and Joy

Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983

Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan (1983) — 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 with the chorus

  • She my sweet little baby
  • I'm her little lover boy
  • Yeah, I love my baby, my heart and soul
  • Love like ours, it won't never grow old

Sing it again — final chorus

  • She my sweet little baby
  • I'm her little lover boy
  • Yeah, I love my lady
  • She's long and lean

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Mylovin' cause the sun to shine

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

An' she's mylittle thang

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

She my sweetbaby

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm her littleboy

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Love like ours, it won'tgrow old

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Well, I love my baby like thewine

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

An' she's my sweet little thang

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She my sweet little baby

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's my sweet little thang

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yeah, I love my lady

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

My ? lovin' cause the sun to shine

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

She my ? and joy

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, I love my ? my heart and soul

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I'm her little ? boy

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Stick with her ? the end of time

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 "little" in the whole song?

"little"

Exercise 23

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

"sweet"

Exercise 24

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

  • My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine
  • She my sweet little baby
  • Stick with her until the end of time

Exercise 25

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

  • An' she's my sweet little thang
  • She my pride and joy
  • She's my sweet little thang

Exercise 26

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

littlesweetbabyshe's

Exercise 27

"Pride and Joy" was released in 1983. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

littlesweetbabyshe's

Exercise 28

Imagine you are making a short film with "Pride and Joy" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

littlesweetbabyshe's

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you've
  • she's
  • i'm
  • won't
  • you'll

Exercise 30

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

littlesweetbabyshe's