510. Share 'Em


510
Share 'Em

This fragment, fairly unintelligible as it stands, the editor has
not found elsewhere. Does "share" mean "share" or does it mean
"shear"?

'Share 'Em.' Reported by Mrs. C. C. Murphy of Ivanhoe, Sampson
county, as sung by her father, J. N. Corbett, who learned it after the
Civil War near Bainbridge, Georgia.

Oh, I din' ka' how you share 'em
So you share 'em eben ;
Share yo' sheep and blankets —
Share 'em, share 'em, share 'em !

If you want er see dem pretty gals

Look on Mon'lyn's Baniel —

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510
Share 'em

'Share 'em !' Sung by J. N. Corbett, reported by his daughter, Mrs. C. C
Murphy of Ivanhoe, Sampson county. No date given. This may serve as
a good example of what people, well meaning, no doubt, will commit when
trying to do what they are not qualified to do. There is no text on the MS
score as reproduced here. The music does not fit the text given in HI 565;
it is completely distorted. For another text cf. FSF 184.

F-459

 

Scale : Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center : f. Structure : Because of the
amateurish notation it is not possible to give any definite form. It probably

 

is ab, but how many measures a has and how many b, is almost anybody's
guess.