684. Enoch Arden

684. Enoch Arden
'Enoch Arden.' Sung by Mrs. N. T. Byers, Zionville, Watauga county.  The text for the ms score was furnished July 24, 1922. The score gives  only the chorus, but the same tune repeated will also serve for the stanza.
F-583

Chorus

 Good - bye, An - nie dar - ling,
Break off from thy sor - row,  
'Tis  sad that our part - ing must be; —
I'll sail the seas o - ver,
I'll cross the wide o - cean,
I'll sail the seas o - ver for thee. —

Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure: abab (2,2,2,2) = aa (4,4).  Circular tune (V).