321. Dear Annie; I Left My Love in England
'Dear Annie.' Sung by Mrs. G. L. Bostic. Recorded at Mooresboro, Cleveland
county, on Aubust 7, 1939. The pause in measure 6 is somewhat shorter than
indicated.
To
know it was wrong
to
leave her,-
leave a - gainst her will,-
But blame me not, dear
fond
An - nie;
ly love you still.
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aba^c (2,2,2,2) =
aai (4,4).
Incomplete first stanza:
.... my heart's most broken,
And I have wondered why,
I'm left without a token
Without one Annie's smile.