685. Essie Dear

685. Essie Dear
'Essie Dear.' Sung by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Turkey Creek, Buncombe  county. No date given.
F-S84

 I am wait - ing in the wild - wood, Es - sie, dear, Be -

side the streams that mur - mur sweet and low,

In nook we've known from child - hood, Es - sie, dear,
Where we of - ten roamed in, man - y days go.
Where the birds are sing- ing in the trees —
Where joy-ous car-ols ech - o through the dell
And the vi-olets are smil-ing in the  breeze.
Their hap - py, hap - py tale of love they tell.

Scale: Hexatonic, (4) plagal. Tonal Center: b-flat. Structure: abacdeac  (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2) = aa1ba1 (4,4,4,4) = Reprisenbar.