The striking feature in this song is the subdivision of the verse into three 

 parts, each with its appropriate refrain, and the separation of these parts by 

 connectives, one between the refrain of the first part and the second part of the 

 verse and a different one between the refrain of the second part and the third 

 part of the verse. The odd point is that between the last refrain of the first 

 verse and the second verse there is no connective. It is interesting that in the 

 first verse the same words are used for the first and third refrains, only the latter 

 is a little shorter, but the music in each case is different. On the other hand, in 

 the third part of the first verse the second phrase of the refrain is modelled 

 melodically on the first phrase of the second part of the verse. It is unfortunate 

 that the second verse was unfinished for it would be interesting to see if the same 

 peculiarities prevailed there. At the beginning of the second verse, the first 

 measure was inaudible, although the text gives the words. 



The song begins on the second degree, if we regard the tonality as E major, 

 and on the &st beat of the measure. According to the third refrain in the first 

 verse it would end on the fifth degree, below the tonic, since we do not count 

 the he as part of the song nor as an actual pitch. There are two levels apparent, 

 one on the second degree and one on the fifth in the octave below the tonic. 



