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Proud Mary

Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1969

Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969) — 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

  • Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
  • Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
  • Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans
  • But I never saw the good side of the city

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Workin' for the man ev'ryand day

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Then Ilost one minute of sleepin'

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Worryin' 'bout the waymight've been

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Rollin',rollin' on the river

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Cleaned a lot ofin Memphis

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Bet yafind some people who live

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then I never lost one minute of sleepin'

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Left for a job in the city

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Worryin' 'bout the way things might've been

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Workin' for the man ? night and day

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Worryin' ? the way things might've been

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Proud ? keep on burnin'

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Cleaned a lot of ? in Memphis

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Big wheels ? on turnin'

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 "rollin'" in the whole song?

"rollin'"

Exercise 23

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

"river"

Exercise 24

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

  • Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
  • Left for a job in the city
  • People on the river, happy to give

Exercise 25

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

  • Big wheels keep on turnin'
  • Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
  • Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Proud Mary" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gonna→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

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

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