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This is a rather unusual form, in that there are three parts to each verse 

 and each has its own refrain. There is no prelude and no connective between 

 the second and third parts of the verse although there are connectives between 

 the first and second and between the verses. Refrains 1 and 2 are totally- 

 different although the second resembles a little the last phrase of the first refrain. 

 The third is composed of the material of the two previous refrains, introduced 

 by a new phrase H. The interesting point is that the H is substituted for C of 

 the first refrain which is really an extension of the first verse, while H is an 

 independent phrase. The two phrases which constitute the latter part of the 

 first refrain are, in the case of the third, separated, and the material which 

 constitutes the second refrain, that is, the F phrase, is placed between them so 

 that the complete third refrain is H, D, F, DA. 



The song begins on the third of the minor scale, or the tonic of the 

 major, on the first beat of the measure. It is unfinished, the last measure 

 that can be heard being the first of Refrain 2. We should suppose, however, 

 that the end is on the first degree of the minor as it is in the third refrain of 

 the first verse. 



