762. The Road is Rocky

762. The Road is Rocky 

'The Road is Rocky.' Sung by a road gang. MS score. No place or date given. Negro fragment. Cf. ANFS 112 and 264, also F-542.

F-661

The road is rock - y, Lord - y,-

But it won't be rock - y long.-

Scale : Triadic, plagal. Tonal Center : g. Structure : ab (4,4) ; both phrases share the same ending. Every phrase cadences on V. Circular tune (V).