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In Sandburg, 1927, The American Songbag, a note says it is a fragment of a spiritual heard in Texas in the early 1880s by Charley Thorpe of Santa Fe. (source)
Lyrics
(American folk song)
1. By’m bye, By’m bye.
Stars shining, number, number one, number two, number three,
Good Lawd, by’m bye, by’m bye, Good Lawd, by’m bye.
2. By’m bye, By’m bye.
Stars shining, number, number four, number five, number six,
Good Lawd, by’m bye, by’m bye, Good Lawd, by’m bye.
Oh, my! By’m Bye, By’m Bye
Oh, my! By’m Bye.
3. …number seven, number eight, number nine…
Recorder notes D, E, F#, G, A, D’
See also
- Culture: African American Spirituals
- Subject:Â lullabies
- Harmony: chords I IV V
- Melody: high & low / D,E,F#,G,A,D’
- Rhythm: short & long / fermatas
- Sources: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948 /Â The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcourt Brace and Company, 1927
YouTube
- Song with chords in 2 keys (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
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