687 Faithful Friend
'Faithful Friend.' Sung by Mrs. Alice Cooke, Boone, Watauga county, 1921 or 1922. There is also a ms score. Not all of the text could be understood. For a similar text cf. OFS iv 305, No. 792.
When first I saw yo«r smil - ing face
And youth was in its prime.
When like turn to like set free. —
And ev - er since I've found you've been a faith - ful
friend to me. — It mat - ters not wher - e'er I am,
Wher-er you may be-
If I have had a friend you've been that friend to me.
Scale : Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center : f. Structure : ababcb ('4,4,4. 4,4,4) ; the second half of c is closely related to a.