Demo mode — real UI, fake students. Buttons show a preview toast instead of saving.

Back to demo dashboard
← Back to dashboard
A2.1·soul·3:45

Take Me to the River

Al Green · 1974

Take Me to the River by Al Green (1974) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

💡 Click the CC button on the player for synced captions.

⏱ Timestamps may not be synchronized — edit them via Personalize on the Songs menu.

Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • I wanna know
  • Won't you tell me
  • Am I allowed to stay here, here
  • Hey...

Echo the hook

  • Won't you wash me in the water
  • Wash me in the water
  • """""
  • Wash me in the water
knowwon'twash

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Al. Take me to the river

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

After all thethat you put me through

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Am Ito stay here, here

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I don't know why sheme so bad

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Love is athat I can't forget

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Can't takehey

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You stole my money and my cigarettes

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Won't you tell me

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Won't you cleanse my soul

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

My sweet sixteen, I will never regret

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Til I can't, til I can't

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Al ? . Take me to the river

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

You ? my money and my cigarettes

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Put my ? on the ground

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Love is a ? that I can't forget

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Can't take ? hey

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 23

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

"won't"

Exercise 24

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

  • Al Green . Take me to the river
  • Love is a notion that I can't forget
  • Won't you tell me

Exercise 25

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

  • A cousin of mine who's gone on
  • Am I allowed to stay here, here
  • Am I allowed to stay here, hey

Exercise 26

If you could ask Al Green one question about "Take Me to the River", what would it be and why?

knowwon'twashwater

Exercise 27

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

knowwon'twashwater

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Take Me to the River" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

knowwon'twashwater

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'd→
  • who's→
  • don't→
  • haven't→
  • wanna→
  • won't→

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Take Me to the River" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

knowwon'twashwater