Here's "Yella Gal" (Hugill/Harding's "Do Let Me Lone") from Brathwaite, Percy A. and Serena Brathwaite. _Folk Songs of Guyana: Queh-Queh, Chanties and Plantation Themes._ [self-published: Georgetown?], 1967. “Queh-Queh also sung as Chanty” YELLA GAL Refrain: Do leh me lone, Lulu, do leh me lone, Hurray, me yella gal, do leh me lone Do leh me lone, Lulu, do leh me lone, Hurray, me yella gal, do leh me lone Solo: Put me face pon Lulu face, Lulu faint away, oh Chorus: Hurray, me yella gal, Lulu faint away Solo: Ah put me han’ pon Lulu head, Lulu faint away, oh. Chorus: Hurray me yella gal, Lulu faint away. Solo: Ah put me han’ roun’ Lulu neck / An’ she faint away, oh Chorus: “then Refrain, etc.” Solo: Ah put me han’ roun’ Lulu waist, “etc.” Chorus: “then Refrain, etc.” Includes notation, including a harmonized (4-part) refrain. However, there appear to be numerous errors in the transcription where the rhythm doesn't make sense.
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