The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117272   Message #2524970
Posted By: Artful Codger
26-Dec-08 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: Unresolved Songs
Subject: RE: Unresolved Songs
"Le long de la mer" (ends on the fourth)
"Texas Rangers" (fifth)

Many, many songs commonly sung in two parts (the "accompaniment" a third below most of the time) end on the the third. I've noticed this particularly in Slavic and Spanish songs of this type.