612
AIosES Smote the Waters
With music. From Mrs. Maude M. Sutton, Lenoir; undated. From "A group of religious songs sung by some people in the southern part of the Bhie Ridge. I got these songs from hearing my aunts and my father imitate tliem. I never went to the little chapel of Shiloh, where they learned them. The tunes are much like negro tunes." The text is given in Mrs. Sutton's long note accompanying her version of 'The Little Family,' (see Little Family; text follows).
Moses smote the waters and the children they passed over,
Moses smote the waters and the sea gave way.
Oh, children, ain't you glad you left that sinful army?
Oh, children, ain't you glad the sea gave way?
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612.
Moses Smote the Waters
'Moses Smote the Waters.' MS score contributed by Mrs. Maude Minnish
Sutton, Lenoir, Caldwell county, between 1921 and 1925. Almost the identical
text, although to a different tune can be found in SHIS 86, No. 104.
F-525
Mos - es smote the wa - ters and the chil - dren they passed
o - ver, Mos - es smote the waters and the sea gave
way. Oh, chil - dren, ain't you glad you left the sin - ful
ar - my? Oh, chil - dren, ain't you glad the sea gave way?
For melodic relationship cf. **OFS ii 374, No. 290, first two measures
and ending.
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: abacdedf
(2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2) = aa^bbi (4,4,4,4).