712. Old and Gray
'Old and Gray.' ('When I am Old and Gray'). Sung by Dr. I. G. Greer,
Boone, Watauga county, in 191 5 or 1916. This also belongs to the "Will
You Love Me in December?" category.
F-611
'Tis thee and not the ros - es, dear,
That I have learned to love,
Though now thine eyes are bright and clear,
And gen - tie as a dove.
Yet should thine eyes grow dim with age
I'll love thee all the way,
For 'tis the head and not the heart
That shall grow old and gray.
And I shall love thee and more As years shall passway.
We'll know each oth - er bet - ter, dear,
When we are old and gray.
Scale : Hexachordal. Tonal Center : d. Structure : aa1ba1ba1 (4,4,4,4,4,4) =
abb (8,8,8) ; the second half of b is the same as that of a. The whole is
based on inverted barform = nmrn1. The tonal center is the lowest tone.