742. Hikin' Down de Main Line
'Hikin' Down de Main Line.' Sung by Thomas Litaker, Trinity College,
Durham, 1919. The singer learned this from a Negro on his father's place in
Cabarrus county. For similar texts cf. ANFS 298, and F-648.
F-64I
Hikin' down the main line, Gas - o - line
bum - er don't stop here, don't stop here.
Scale: Tetratonic (4). Tonal Center: g. Structure: abc (2,2,2); c is
augmentation of the last measure of b. Every phrase cadences on I. The
tonal center is the lowest tone.