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).