Lyrics
(African American folk song)
Hold my mule while I dance Josey,
Hold my mule while I dance Josey,
Hold my mule while I dance Josey,
Oh Miss Susan Brown.
Wouldn’t give a nickel if I couldn’t dance Josey…
Had a glass of buttermilk and I danced Josey…
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- Country / Culture: US / African American
- Harmony: I, IV, V
- Melody: pentatonic / C,D,F,G,A,C’,D’
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
(see member content below) - Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: s,l,drmsl
- Source: Silver Burdett Music, Book 2, Silver Burdett Company, 1981
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