451. I Went Down to My Gal's House Las' Night
From Howell J. Hatcher, Trinity College student in 1920, of Mt. Airy,
Surry county, with music — "Sung by an old Negro on farm." In White
ANFS 334 (without music).
I went down to my gill's house las' night.
She met me at the doh.
She knocked me in the head with a rollin" pin
And I ain't been back no moh.
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451. I Went Down to My Gal's House Las' Night
'I Went Down to My Gul's House Las' Night.' Sung by Howell J. Fletcher,
Trinity College, Durham, 1920. For the first two lines of text cf. APPS
319 'Susan Jane.'
F-418
I went down to my gul's house las' night.
She met me at the doh.
She knocked me in the head
with roll - ing pin An' I ain't been back no moh.
Scale: Mode III. Tonal Center: c. Structure: abc (3,3,2). The evident
elisions in the third, fourth, and sixth measures would account for the odd
structure. Another clear case where the musical structure does not match
that of the text. Circular tune (V).