Bought Me a Cat #1
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
K - 2
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Tetratonic
Range
P5
Tone Set
Drm s
Melodic Motive(s)
d.m.d.m
d.ms.mr.d
Melodic Elements
re Practice
Melodic Context
m-r-d
Rhythmic Element(s)
ti-tiri Practice
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
B
Partwork
Form Analysis
abc
Form Type
Cumulative
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti-tiri
tiri-ti
tim-ri
rest

Source
Library of Congress AFS 3226 B1. Collected by Sidney Robertson and Laurence Powell.

Informant/Performer
Mrs. Emma Dusenbury, Mena, AR, 1936.

State
Arkansas

Region
Ozarks

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Children's song


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Animals


Sub Subject
Cat

Alternate Titles

General Comments
Also in Seeger, Ruth Crawford, American Folk Songs for Children.