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Over in the Meadow
Song Analysis
Grade Level
PK - 1
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Hexachord
Range
M6
Tone Set
Drmfsl
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
C
Partwork
Form Analysis
ABCB'
Form Type
Strophic
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
tai
eighth rest
anacrusis

Source
Campbell, Olive Dame and Cecil J. Sharp. English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1917. 315.

Informant/Performer
Mrs. Jane Gentry, Hot Springs, NC, 1916

State
North Carolina

Region
Appalachia

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Children's song


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Figures


Subject(s)
Animals
Birds


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
Sing, Said the Mother

General Comments
Title in source is "Sing, Said the Mother ." Rhythm values have been halved from the original, which is notated in 2/2.