Chase the Squirrel #1
Song Analysis
Grade Level
2-5
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Pentatonic
Range
M6
Tone Set
s,l, Drm
Melodic Motive(s)
m.mr.d.d
rd.l,.dl,.s,
s,l,.d.mr.d
Melodic Elements
so, Tuning
Melodic Context
s,-l,
Rhythmic Element(s)
tim-ri Preparation
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
C
Partwork
Form Analysis
A(ab)Av(ac)
Form Type
Strophic with refrain
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
syn-co-pa
tim-ri

Source
Botkin, Benjamin A., The American Play-Party Song., Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1937. 161.

Informant/Performer
Raburn Linton, Mountain Park, Kiowa County, OK, 1926-27

State
Oklahoma

Region
South

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Play-Party


Game Types
Line


Sub-Game Types
Line/Double


Sub-Game Types

Figures
Swing


Subject(s)
Animals


Sub Subject
Squirrel

Alternate Titles

General Comments
Also in Erdei, Peter and Katalin Komlos, 150 American Folk Songs