Li'l Gal / My Man - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project

Song Title Li'l Gal / My Man - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search)
Composer(s):H. Leslie Adams
Composer Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Author(s):Paul Laurence Dunbar
Author Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Lover; Balmy; Beating; Birds; Breasts; Breezes; Brewing; Clothing; Dialect; Doors; East; Expressing; Faithfulness; Fellows; Fine; Fooling; Gals; Hearts; Honest; Honesty; Honey; Humming; Knowing; Ladies; Lands; Little; Locusts; Love; Lovers; Loving; Men; Mocking; Mockingbirds; Nature; Not Knowing; Rags; Reasons; Reckoning; Seasons; Sighing; Singing; Sorry; Sounds; Southern Dialect; Spring; Stewing; Trees; Trouble; True; Wearing; Weather; Weaving; West; Wooing
First LineOh, de weathah it is balmy an’ de breeze is sighin’ low, (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1988 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/lil-gal-my-man/
Larger WorkThe Wider View (Search)
Musical FormTernary (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB3c9zKC1Dk
Catalog DesignationNo. 3 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: D4 - Ab5 (Search)
Original KeyAb Major (Search)
NotesDepending on the preference of the singer, either phrase may be used to address the speaker's lover. (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceCreative Arts Inc. (Search)
Sources CitedAfrican Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search)
ContributorDr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search)
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