734. Snuff Box

 

734 Snuff Box

'Snuff Box.' Sung by Miss Beulah Miller. No place or date given. The original recording was made by Dr. Amos Abrams. For another text of.
JAFL III 290. Still another text, sung to this editor in person by Mrs. James York of Mocksville, Davie county, June 17, 1956, which she learned from her father, John P. Weatherman of Davie county, is given below. 

F-633

 I'm al - ways put - ting pep - per in my dad - dy's

 snuff box And it sight for to see.

 He coughs and he sneez - es and I thought he'd take a fit,

Moth - er swore that's what was al - ways tick - el - ing me. 

Tick - el - ing me, tick - el - ing me,
Moth - er swore that's what was al - ways tick - el - ing me.

Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abacddc1 (2,2,2, 2,1,1,2) = aa1b (4,4,4) = mmin = barform. The ending of n is like that of ml ; by itself, it is a miniature barform.

I've been tickled by a wasp,
I've been tickled by a yellow bee.
The way he cut a shine
It was a sight to see.

Well, he coughed and he sneezed
And I thought he'd have a fit.

Then he took me out and then he tickled me.