234 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 53 



Southern Dance Songs ^ 



No. 119 (Catalogue No. 404) 



Sung by E^niwub''e 



VoicB J r= 144 

 Dkcm J = 120 



(Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19) 



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Analysis. — In this song the metric unit of the drum is slower than 

 that of the voice. The melody contains all the tones of the octave, 

 an unusual feature in songs of minor tonality. In one measure we 

 find C sharp, which characterizes the key of D minor in musical 

 usage. The other measures contain C natural, giving a whole tone 

 between 7 and 8 (see Nos. 9, 50, 85, 100, 124). The rhythmic unit 

 consists of two parts, the first of which contains four measures and is 

 based on the descending fifth D-G, while the second part contains a 

 short answering phrase on D in the lower octave. The melody is 

 unusually pleasing and effective. 



1 See pp. 45,129. 



