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and the extra measure in the first phrase of the second part of the second verse. 

 The extra measure in the first part of the third verse, which is a rest, should 

 not be considered as part of the song and probably would not occur in another 

 rendition, for the singer was becoming out of breath and many little irregular- 

 ities toward the end of the song bear testimony to this fact. The actual suc- 

 cession of beats as found in the phrases is not regular, however, even though 

 the measures that contain them are fairly so. Although the refrain has but one 

 phrase while the verse part has two, it is sufficiently long so that with the con- 

 nective it becomes as long as the other part. 



The song begins on the third degree of the scale on the first beat of the 

 measure and presumably, if finished, would end on the same tone. This is the 

 general level. 



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