Lyrics
(African American folk song)
Oh watch the stars, see how they run (repeat)
The stars run down at the setting of the sun.
Oh watch the stars, see how they run.
See also
- Country / Culture: US / African American
- Subject: stars
- Harmony: I, IV, V / Orff
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: anacrusis /
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: drmsld’
- Source: American Folk Songs for Christmas, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Loomis House Press, 1953
- PDF of song with chords + Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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