503. Standing on de Street Doin' No Harm

 

503

Standing on de Street Doin' No Harm

This is already printed in White ANFS 361. Cf. 'Went Down
Town/ above. The two lines correspond to the opening of 'Standin'
On de Corner' in Lawrence Gellert's Negro Songs of Protest (New
York, 1936), p. 21.

From Howell J. Hatcher, Trinity College student, December 5, 1919,
with music.

Standing on de street doin' no harm ;
Along come de i)olice caught me by the arm.

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503

Standing on de Street Doin' No Harm

'Standing on de Street Doin' No Harm.' Sung by Howell J. Hatcher,
Trinity College, Durham, December 5, 1919.

F-457
Stand - in' on de street do harm ;-

long came de the po - lice caught me by

Scale: Duotonic (2,3,4), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: abab (2,2,2,2)
=: aa (4,4). Circular tune (V). The tonal center is the highest tone.