772. When in Death I Calmly Recline
'When In Death I Calmly Recline.' Sung by Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county, 1921 or 1922. For a related text with quite a few peculiarities cf. ASoWS 84, No. 129.
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I calm - ly When in death-cline,-
bear my heart to my mis - tress dear; I tell her it
lives- on smiles and wine — Of the bright -est hue while she
lingers near. Bid her not shed one tear of sor-row, To
sul - ly heart bril - liant and light;
But bear me drops ofthe red grape bor - row And
bathe the rel
From morn till night. —
For melodic relationship cf : ***ASoWS 84, No. 129; **ASb 155.
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: ababcdc'b (2,2,2,
2,2,2,2,2) ; d is related to c. Over-all form: aabb^ (4,4,4,4), the ending of b^
is the same as that of a.