598. I Wanter Jine de Ban'

598
I Waxter Jine de Ban'

From Mrs. C. C. Murphy, Ivanhoe, Sampson county, "as sung by her
father, J. N. Corbett, who learned it after the Civil War near Bain-
bridge, Ga." ; undated. Cliorus as in Allen SS, p. 95.

Chorus:

Oh. I wanter jine de ban'!
Oh. I wanter jine de ban'!

I Two togedder ! .\\\ I wanter jine de P.an' !
Put on de er new shoes.

 (1(1 up in hcahfii and talk alxml llic news!
C)h, 1 wanlcT jinc dc Uan' !
Argy \vi(l dc l""a(l(k'r an' er chalter wid df Son
And' talk alxnU dc w^yV what y<iu jcs" conic funi.

2 Oh. vou iMoscs, don' you get los' ;

Stretch dat rod an' come along across.

( )h. 1 wanter jine de Ban'!

1 got an ol' aunty in de i'romiscd Land!

She went over dere to feed deni laniljs.

An' I wanter jine de Ban' !
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598

I Wanter Jine de Ban'
'I Wanter Jine de Ban'.' MS score after J. N. Corbett's singing, contributed
by his daughter, Mrs. C. C. Murphy, Ivanhoe, Sampson county. No date
given. For additional texts cf. BANS 11 127 and NSSUS 145.

 

F-517

2. Oh, you Mos - es, don'-  you get los'; Stretch dat


rod an' come a - long  Oh,

 want - er

 
Jine   de Ban'!

 
got an ole' aunt  de  Prom-ised Land! She went o

 ver dere to feed dem lambs.

 
An'  I want - er jine de Ban'! Oh, I want-er jine de

 Ban'! Eb - ry - bod - y! An' I want - er jine de Ban'!

For melodic relationship cf. *'*SS 95, No. 116, measures 7-8 and our
first four, also the thirteenth.

Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: aalbaaibcbl
(2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2) = aab (6,6,4), basically a barform: mmn, of which each
strophe and antistrophe is a barform. The endings of m and n are closely
related.

( )h, 1 wanter jine de Ban'!

El)r)-hody !

An' 1 wanter jine de Ban' !