Saturday, September 21, 2019

"She's Coming Home"

I found two significant melismas in the first verse of "She's Coming Home."  "Away" in the line "I thought my love for her had gone away" is sung with a melisma (E F# E) for a sense of movement, and "So" in the line "Well, I remember how I loved her so" is sung with a melisma (B A G#) for a sense of degree.