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Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



In spite of the fact that this song is called an aton it has all the character- 

 istics of the pisik with syllabic but not musical prelude. The song proper is a 

 melodic expansion of the "prelude" and there are almost innumerable variations 

 of the measure b. The positive down-beat beginning of the refrains is note- 

 worthy as contrasted with the weak beginnings of the verses. The syncopation 

 at the beginning of the first refrain throughout is interesting. The song begins 

 on the last half of the final beat of the measure and on the fifth degree of the 

 major scale. It ends on the same tone which is quite prevalent in the song but 

 the level is on the third degree. 



