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Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?

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Analysis

Song Analysis

Grade Level 3- 5	Tonal Center do
Scale Major	Range P8
Tone Set Drm sltd'	Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements	Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
Original Starting Pitch F#	Partwork
Form Analysis ABCD	Form Type Strophic

Rhythm Set

ta
ti
ti-tiri
tiri-tiri
ri-tim
eighth rest
anacrusis

Source
Library of Congress AFS 5132 A2. Collected by Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin.

Informant/Performer
Russ Pike, Visalia, CA, 1941.

State
California

Region
West

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Dialogue

Game Types

Sub-Game Types

Sub-Game Types

Figures

Subject(s)
Love and Courtship

Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
Oh, Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me Now?

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