693. I Loved You Better Than You Know

693. I Loved You Better Than You Know
'I Loved You Better Than You Know.' Sung by Miss Hazel Halsey, Piney Creek, Allegheny county, in 1922. A practically identical text can be found in OFS IV 215, No. 738. The Ozark version has a chorus, while ours has none. The very beginning of our tune is a slight variation of 'Home, Sweet Home.'

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Our hands are clasped the last for - ev - er,
Perhaps we'll nev - er meet a - gain,
I loved you as I loved no oth - er,
this part - ing fills my heart with pain.

You-ask and free - ly I for - give you,
This hap - py past I must for - get,
And as wan - der on in sor - row,
I hope that you'll be hap - py yet.

Scale : Heptachordal. Tonal Center : c. Structure : abcdabcd (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2) = abab (4,4,4,4). The tonal center is the lowest tone.