770. Way Back in Heaven

770. Way Back In Heaven

'Way Back In Heaven.' Sung by Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county, 1921-22.
F-669

 heav'n don't you want to go?

Way back in — heav'n, don't you want to go?
Way back in —heav-en, don't you want to go? —
Oh, yes, I want to go.

Scale: Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center: a. Structure: abab1ab1c (2,2,2,2,2,2,2) = aa1a1b (4,4,4,2). Whether the psychological urge to "go" caused the singer to contract the last phrase, is, of course, not possible to state.