714. Over the Garden Wall
'Over the Garden Wall.' Sung by Mrs. Ewart Wilson, Pensacola, Yancey county, September 1929. For additional texts cf. OFS iv 392, No. 867 ; JAFL Lix 458; SFLQ IV 180-1. According to the information given in OFS iv, this song was sung in England when Charles J. Finger was a boy.
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once stood un - der alac tree
O - ver the gar - den wall.
She whis-pered and said she'd be true to me,
O - ver the gar - den wall. She had beau - ti - ful eyes and
beau - ti - f ul hair; She was not ver - y tall, so she
stood on a chair And man - y a times I kissed her there.
O - ver the gar - den wall.
Over the garden wall,
The pret - ti - est girl of all
nev - er shall for get how her kiss - es felt
O - ver the gar - den wall.
Scale : Heptachordal. Tonal Center : c. Structure : abcded (4,4,4,4,4,4) ; e is
slightly related to b. The tonal center is the lowest tone.