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Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Refrain 



V. 1. 



Refrain 



V. 2. 



No. 102. Record IV. C. 89a 



The Longspur's Incantation 



Bb major to Gb major tonality 



The refrain and the verse are nearly alike musically but note the slight 

 difference that is consistently carried out, which separates them. The extension 

 of the refrain, which is not quite regular for all three, might be considered as a 

 connective, especially as the song has so many of the characteristics of the 

 dance songs, but it is not quite like the ordinary connective and as it could be 

 classed equally well as an extension it seemed better to so designate it. The 

 song begins on the tonic, with the down-beat, if we consider that it starts in B 

 major, but this same tone in the space of a few measures becomes the third of 

 the new key. It seems to-be the general level and is the last tone as well. 



