Mama, Buy Me a Chiny Doll
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
PK - 2
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Hexachord
Range
M6
Tone Set
Drmfsl
Melodic Motive(s)
m.m.ls.r
m.m.mr.d
r.rf.mr.d
s.rm.d.d
Melodic Elements
re Practice
Melodic Context
s-r
Rhythmic Element(s)
ti-tiri Practice
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
D
Partwork
Form Analysis
aa'a'b
Form Type
Strophic with refrain
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ta-a
ti-tiri

Source
John Quincy Wolf Collection. Lyon College, Batesville, AR.

Informant/Performer
Almeda Riddle, Heber Springs, AR, 1959

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
Animals


Sub Subject
Pig
Horse

Alternate Titles
Mommy Buy Me A Chiney Doll

General Comments
Also in Erdei, Peter and Katalin Komlos, eds. 150 American Folk Song to Sing, Readn and Play.