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The American Folk Song Collection
I'm Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
5 - 8		 Tonal Center
do
Scale
Blues		 Range
P8
Tone Set
l, Drmam sl		 Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
  
 
Original Starting Pitch
G 		Partwork
Form Analysis
ABCA		 Form Type
Strophic with refrain
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti
tim-ri
ta-a-a
anacrusis

Source

Library of Congress AFS 4103 B1. Collected by Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin.



Informant/Performer
Gussie Ward Stone, Arvin FSA Camp, CA, 1940

State
California

Region
West

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Lament


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Historical


Sub Subject
Immigration

Alternate Titles
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

General Comments

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