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(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding · 1968

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding (1968) — 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

  • Watching the tide roll away
  • Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
  • Wastin' time
  • I left my home in Georgia

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Watching the tide roll away
  • Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
  • Wastin' time
sittin'dockroll

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Sittin' in thesun

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Watching theroll in

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Headed for thebay

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And look likegonna come my way

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Everything stillthe same

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Sittin' heremy bones

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I left my home in Georgia

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So I guess I'll remain the same, yes

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Sittin' in the mornin' sun

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Watching the tide roll away

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Sittin' in the ? sun

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And then I ? 'em roll away again, yeah

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? my home in Georgia

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Watching the tide ? away

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

So I ? I'll remain the same, yes

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 "sittin'" in the whole song?

"sittin'"

Exercise 23

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

"dock"

Exercise 24

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

  • Headed for the 'Frisco bay
  • Sittin' in the mornin' sun
  • So I guess I'll remain the same, yes

Exercise 25

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

sittin'dockrollwatching

Exercise 26

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

sittin'dockrollwatching

Exercise 27

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was released in 1968. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

sittin'dockrollwatching

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'll→
  • i'm→
  • i've→
  • gonna→
  • can't→
  • won't→

Exercise 29

If you had to summarize "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

sittin'dockrollwatching

Exercise 30

Compare "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

sittin'dockrollwatching