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.