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Rockabye

Clean Bandit · 2016

Rockabye by Clean Bandit (2016) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • I'm gonna rock you
  • Rockabye, baby, don't you cry
  • Somebody's got you
  • Rockabye, baby, rockabye

Echo the hook

  • Oh, na
  • Oh, na
  • Oh, na
  • Yeah, na, na, na, na, na
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Sheat nights, by the water

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

She's goneso far away

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

She justa life for her baby

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Nobodylike you"

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

So,baby, rockabye

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

In thebar, can't find him nowhere

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She works at nights, by the water

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She just wants a life for her baby

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm gonna give you all of my love"

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're gonna grow and have a good life

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm gonna rock you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

She ? at nights, by the water

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

She just ? a life for her baby

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You're gonna ? and have a good life

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Rockabye, baby, ? you cry

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Trying to ? him warm

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 "rockabye" in the whole song?

"rockabye"

Exercise 23

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

"baby"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'm gonna do what I've got to do"
  • I'm gonna rock you
  • Yeah, na, na, na, na, na

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Rockabye" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • she's→
  • gonna→
  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • i've→
  • don't→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

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

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