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A1.2·blues·2:59

Sweet Home Chicago

Robert Johnson · 1936

Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson (1936) — 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

  • Back to the land of California
  • To my sweet home Chicago
  • Oh, baby, don't you want to go?
  • Oh, baby, don't you want to go?

Echo the hook

  • Crying baby
  • Honey, don't you want to go?
  • Back to the land of California
  • To my sweet home Chicago
babydon'twant

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

To myhome Chicago

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mloaded, baby

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mI gotta go

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You're gonna get youall in a trick

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Friend-boy sheyou one time

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mto California

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, baby, don't you want to go?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm booked, I gotta go

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You gonna keep monkeyin' 'round here friend, boy

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She sure gonna do it again

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm going to California

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Oh, ? don't you want to go?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

To my ? home Chicago

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? loaded, baby

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You're gonna get you ? all in a trick

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? to California

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 "baby" in the whole song?

"baby"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

  • Honey, don't you want to go?
  • Oh, baby, don't you want to go?
  • She sure gonna do it again

Exercise 25

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

babydon'twantcalifornia

Exercise 26

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

babydon'twantcalifornia

Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Sweet Home Chicago", what would happen instead?

babydon'twantcalifornia

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • gotta→
  • gonna→
  • you're→

Exercise 29

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

babydon'twantcalifornia

Exercise 30

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

babydon'twantcalifornia