719. Sadie Ray

719. Sadie Ray
'Sadie Ray.' Sung by C. K. Tillett, Roanoke Island, December 29, 1922. Midgett text. For another version with almost identical text but not tune cf. OFS IV 282.

F-618

In the cool and shad - y wood - land
Where the rip - pling stream - lets flow,
Dwelled a maid - en fair — and love - ly,
It was in the long — a - go. '

Scale: Mode III. Tonal Center: b-flat. Structure: abab1 (2,2,2,2) = aa1 (4,4). The tonal center is the lowest tone.