Sunday, June 7, 2020

"Little Girl"

The first two lines of "Little Girl" are "Little girl, don't you be brought down / Cheer up, I'll turn your frown sunnyside up," and the "down" and "up" are illustrated through the melodies to which they're sung.  "Be brought down" is sung to descending notes (D C# A), and "up" is sung with an ascending melisma (E F# G#).