What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
3 - 5
Tonal Center
re
Scale
Dorian
Range
M9
Tone Set
dRmfsltd'r'
Melodic Motive(s)
d'l.sm.r.r
l.l.lr.fl
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
ti-tiri Preparation
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
F
Partwork
Form Analysis
AA-2A'B
Form Type
Strophic with refrain
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti-tiri

Source

Frank Clyde Brown Recordings. Duke University Libraries Digital Collections RL00160-PD-0026_01_02



Informant/Performer
Thomas Leary, Olin, Iredell County, NC, 1939

State
North Carolina

Region
Appalachia

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Shanty


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Figures


Subject(s)
Occupations


Sub Subject
Sea

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