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GUEST,John Bari Origins/Meaning: Follow the Drinking Gourd (141* d) RE: Origins/Meaning: Follow the Drinking Gourd 04 Dec 21


For the record, here's the tune for Parks' chorus shown on the cover of the 1928 pamphlet, with "16" for 16th notes, "4" for quarter notes, "4." for dotted quarter notes, and "2" for half notes:

\time 2/4
f16 g4. d16 |
f4 g4 |
f2\fermata |
f16 g4. d16 |
f4 g4 |
f4.\fermata g4 g4 |
a4 a4 |
g2\fermata |
f16 g4. d16 |
f4 g4 |
f2\fermata [6th bar sic].


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