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Thread #17760   Message #4127945
Posted By: GUEST,John Bari
04-Dec-21 - 01:16 AM
Thread Name: Origins/Meaning: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Subject: RE: Origins/Meaning: Follow the Drinking Gourd
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].