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In No. 80 there is a brief introduction preceding the refrain AB, and this 

 constitutes the prelude. The first and second verses begin alike but the second 

 is shorter and substitutes G for the two phrases E and F. No. 81 stands by itself 

 in that its prelude, A, B and an extension, is repeated in full a second time. 

 This may be, because of a fault in the record. The difference between the A 

 phrase and the C, which is the first phrase of the verse form C, D, is not really 

 so great as appears, while the D and B phrases are very much alike also. The 

 differences are very subtle, but none the less, seem to be fairly well separated 

 in the mind of the singer. 



The last little group contains three songs of types different from the ordinary 

 pisiks with or without preludes. In No. 82 we have A, B, and C phrases separ- 

 ated from a D phrase by a connective. This is repeated with a different connec- 

 tive joining the two parts. To the C phrases a few words are sung but the 

 remaining parts are all burden syllables. 



Song 83 is a two-part design, each part composed of two phrases, and the 

 entire melody is sung three times, with intervening connectives, each time 

 being modified somewhat. There are no refrains. The final phrase is cut off 

 by^an exclamatory passage. 



The last song. No. 84, is composed of phrases A, BC, BA, B. There are no 

 refrains although the last part of the B phrases might be called a coimective. 



Of the sixteen songs belonging to the undifferentiated group, eight are major, 

 six are minor and two are irregular in tonality. Two begin on the tonic of the 

 major scale or the third of the minor, five on the third of the major or fifth of 

 the minor, five on the fifth of the major or seventh of the minor. One begins 

 on the seventh of the major, another on the second, and two on the tonic of the 

 minor. 



Ten end on the third of the major or fifth of the minor, half and half. Two 

 end on the fifth of the major, one on the second and one is uncertain. Two end 

 on the tonic of the minor. 



The general levels are, two on the tonic of the major, three on its third and 

 four on the fifth of the minor which is the same tone, relatively; two on the 

 fifth of the major, one on the second and one uncertain. Two are on the tonic 

 of the minor and one is uncertain. 



Nine songs commence on the first beat of the measure, four on the last, one 

 on'the last half, and two on the last half of the first beat. The great majority 

 of them have mostly two-four metre, but there are several in which there are a 

 fairly large number of three-four measures and one which is chiefly three-four 

 and four-four. 



