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Georgie- McNeill (NC) c.1921 Brown 38(4)

Black Jack David- Church (NC) 1939 Brown 4B1

Black Jack David- Church (NC) 1939 Brown 4B1

[First stanza from Brown Collection; Vol. 4 music.

R. Matteson 2015]

B(1) Black Jack David.' Sung by Mrs. J. Church. Recorded at Heaton, Avery county, August 10, 1939. Mr. Brown notes, "The Churches live at the foot of Oak Ridge, near Pogy Mountain." The first six measures of thsi melody are nearly identical to 37B.

For melodic relationship cf. ***SharpK i 228-9. No. 31G and H (the melodic line of measures 1-2 and 5-6 only). Scale: Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center : f. Structure: aba1cd (2,2.2.2.2) = ab (4,6) ; the second phrase is internally mcremented.