321. Dear Annie; I Left My Love in England

 

 

321. Dear Annie; I Left My Love in England

'Dear Annie.' Sung by Mrs. G. L. Bostic. Recorded at Mooresboro, Cleveland
county, on Aubust 7, 1939. The pause in measure 6 is somewhat shorter than
indicated.

 

To

 

know it was wrong

 

to

 

leave her,-

 

leave a - gainst her will,-

 

But blame me not, dear

 

fond

 

An - nie;


ly love you still.


Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aba^c (2,2,2,2) =
aai (4,4).

 

Incomplete first stanza:

 

.... my heart's most broken,
And I have wondered why,
I'm left without a token
Without one Annie's smile.