666. I Have No Mother Now

666 I Have No Mother Now
'I Have No Mother Now.' Sung by Miss Susie Hageman, Beech Creek,  Avery county, in 1922. For another version cf. OFS iv 46, No. 612.

Tears from mine eyes are start - ing — ,
And sor - row shades my brow.
Oh wea - ry was our part - ing —
I have no moth - er now.

Scale : Hexachordal, plagal. Tonal Center : c. Structure : aba1c (2,2,2,2) =  aa1 (4,4).