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Bye, Bye, Baby

Informant/Performer: Source:
Mrs. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Thomas Cecil J. Sharp
Dooley, VA 1918 English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians
London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1932

Bye, bye, ba -ba

by, - by, bye;

My lit -ba
tle -ba
by, - by, bye.

Background Information
Mrs. Thomas, the singer, who was 85 years old, lived by herself in a small log cabin in the woods. When we came
upon her she was singing to sleep her grand-niece, a little baby of 2 months old. It made a lovely picture, and the
crooning song, though very simple, sounded very beautiful.

SONG ANALYSIS RHYTHM SET

ta
Grade Level Tonal Center
K-2 do
ti-ti
Scale Range
Tetratonic P5
ta-a
Tone Set Melodic Motive(s)
Drm s m.md..d.d
r.r.d.d
r.s.s.s

Melodic Elements Melodic Context

re r-s

Rhythmic Element(s)
half note

Starting Pitch Partwork

B 2- part arrangement -
Sourwood Mountain

Form Analysis Form Type

A A' Question-answer

Source Song Type(s) Subject(s)

Sharp, Cecil J. English Folk Lullaby Sleep/Waking
Songs from the Southern
Appalachians. Maud
Karpeles, ed. London: Oxford Game Types Sub Subject
University Press, 1932.
Reprint, 1973. II: 341.
Sub-Game Types Alternate Titles
Informant/Performer
Mrs. Sarah Ann Elizabeth
Thomas, Dooley, VA, 1918 Sub-Game Types General Comments
Also in Erdei, Peter and
State Figures Katalin Komlos, eds. 150
Virginia American Folk Songs.

Region
Appalachia

Origin
Anglo-American

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