708. Molly Darling

708. Molly Darling

'Molly Darling.' Sung by Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county, 1921-22. For additional versions cf. Ford 330; FSoA 82; BSM 279-80; other titles: 'Put Me in My Little Bed' and 'O, Birdie.'

F-607

Won't you tell me, Moll - ie darling,
That you love none else but me?

For I love you Moll - ie dar - ling,

You are all this world to me.

Moll - ie fair - est, dear - est,
Look up dar-ling, tell me this If you love me.

Moll - ie dar - ling, Let your an-swer be a kiss.

For melodic relationship cf. *FSoA 82, second and third measures only.

Scale : Heptachordal. Tonal Center : e-flat. Structure : abacdeac (2,2,2,-
2,2,2,2,2) = aa^ba^ (4,4,4,4) = Reprisenbar. The tonal center is the lowest
tone.