268. Bill Miller's Trip to the West

268
Bill Miller's Trip to the West

A fragment, looking back to Civil War times ; at least the con-
tributor, E. J. Norris, has noted on the manuscript : "Bill Miller
from Wilkes county, captain in the Confederate Army, and killed."

When I got there I looked around ;
No Christian man or church I found.

 

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Bill Miller's Trip to the West

'Bill Miller's Trip to the West.' Sung by Mrs. E. J. Norris. Recorded as ms

score; no place or date given. In the general melodic outline of the first 2

 


measures and their repetitions this tune reminds one of the Russian folk melody
'Volga Boat Song.'


Scale: Mode II, plagal. Tonal Center: e. Structure: abaa^ca (2,2,2,2,2,2).