777. Jimmie Suttonton

777

JiMMIE SUTTONTON

'Jimmie Suttonton.' Sung by Miss Hattie McNeill, Ferguson, Wilkes county, 1922. MS score and record. The latter produces nothing but noise, and contrary to the catalogue, there is no text. The variations given are those noted on the MS score, which, however, had a question mark attached. The whole song actually consists of two measures which, through repetition and pitch variation, furnish all of the melodic line. Rhythmically, there is, with the exception of the final cadence, no difference whatsoever. A related title 'Old Jimmie Sutton' in FSSM 46-7 is not related textually or melodically.

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Scale: Tetratonic (4). Tonal Center: c. Structure: aaabb1 (2,2,2,2,4); b is very closely related to a. There is an evident elision between the sixth and seventh measures ; the final note of the third phrase is also the first of the next phrase. The same holds true for the eighth and ninth measures. The tonal center is the lowest tone.