Old King Cole by Jean Ritchie Song Details

On July 15, 2016, the song "Old King Cole" was released by Jean Ritchie. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:11, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The song is number 8 out of 25 in Classic Folk Songs for Kids from Smithsonian Folkways by Various Artists. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, Old King Cole is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Old King Cole by Jean Ritchie is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 115 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a moderate tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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