Oh! Susanna

• Play the complete first verse and chorus in cut time.
• Keep dotted quaver–semiquaver pairs clear through the fermata.

Composer: Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

Source: Peters/Willig, 1848, plate 2157, pp. 3–4; public domain. This original reading differs from familiar later versions.

Original: G major down M2: soprano E4–D5; native alto B-flat major, A4–G5.

Prepare semiquavers in Lesson 25.

Notes Used: E4, F4, G4, A4, Bb4, C5, D5

Notes Used: A4, Bb4, C5, D5, Eb5, F5, G5

Time Signature: 2/2 · Key: F major

Time Signature: 2/2 · Key: Bb major

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