749. Mike and Jerry
'Mike and Jerry.' Sung by W. H. Lander, Trinity College, Durham, December 5, 1919. MS score and record. The singer comes from Greenwood county, S. C. The words in parentheses are spoken, and are only approximately in the pitch suggested by the stems without actual notes attached to them. For a related text cf. F-641.
F-648
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Mike and Jer - ry go
ing down the mam line (South-em)
Oh, they saw it come by (here) nev - er got no coal
noi (water) Must - 'uv' been a gas
line (bum - er)
For he never stopp'd by (here).
Scale: Ditonic (2). Tonal Center: f. Structure: aa^a^a^aZa^ (2,2,2,2,2,2) == aa^aS (4,4,4). Every phrase cadences on III. The tonal center is the lowest tone.