691. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
'I'll Be All Smiles Tonight.' Sung by Dr. I. G. Greer. No place or date given. The singer remarked: "Sentimental song of about 30-50 years ago." For identical or related texts cf. OFS iv 334; Ford 414-15; JAFL lix 442. Compare our melody with that of F-63S, which, melodically speaking, 13 closely related.
F-590
I'll deck my brow with ro3 - es. The loved one may be
there. The gems that oth - era gave me, Will shine with -
my hair. And e - ven them that know me, Will
think my heart is light,
Though my heart will break to-mor - row.
I'll be all smiles to - night.
I'll be all smiles to night, love,
I'll be all smiles to - night.
Though my heart may break to - mor - row,
I'll be all smiles, to - night.
For melodic relationship cf: ***MemM 117; Texas FS 138-40; also 295 (editor says: "song published 1879") ; **PTFLS 333, No. xiii; Ford 137, the general outline of the melody in both versions is quite alike. It is interesting to observe what the same tonal material as well as progressions results in when handled by different singers. Note the change in meter.
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: aba1cac (4,4,4, 4,4,4) =: aa1a1 (8,8,8). The first two measures of c are identical with those of b.