738. COONSHINE
'Coonshine, Ladies, Coonshine.' Sung by Thomas Litaker, Trinity College, Durham, December 5, 1919, MS score and record. For another tune, but identical text cf. ANFS 181.
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y Coon - shine, la - dies, coon - shine.
Coon-shine on the floor.
1 O, my pa don't 'low me to coon - shine
And my ma don't 'low me to try.-
Git up in the de sly. mom - ing 'fore day,
Coon - shine on
Scale: Tetratonic (4). Tonal Center: g. Structure: abcb1c1b2 (2,2,2,2,2,2) = abb (4,4,4) = nmm1 = inverted barform. The epode partakes of the ending of m and m1. The tonal center is the lowest tone.