Editing Thirty-two-bar form (section)

=== Sectional verse ===
Some [[Tin Pan Alley]] songs composed as numbers for musicals precede the main tune with what was called a "[[Section (music)|sectional]] verse" or "introductory verse" in the terminology of the early 20th century. This introductory section is usually 16 [[Bar (music)|bars]] long and establishes the background and mood of the number, with a free musical structure, speech-like rhythms, and rubato delivery, in order to highlight the attractions of the main tune. Some verses contained a second set of lyrics intended to be sung between repeated performances of the main chorus. The sectional verse is often omitted from modern performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parlorsongs.com/insearch/lostverses/lostverses.php |title=The Lost Verses, Songs you Thought you Knew |last=Beil |first=Richard |date=January 2009 |website=parlorsongs.com |publisher=The Parlor Songs Academy |access-date=29 July 2018 |quote="Although the Tin Pan Alley song-type continued to include verses, these most often were much shorter, sometimes serving as little more than introductions. The song became, in most cases and for most purposes, coextensive with the chorus. And, as was quickly learned within the time-restrictive environment of recording in the 1920s, the new Tin Pan Alley song, uprooted from the stage, worked best without its verses, as a fragment of expression that was somewhat fluid."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.northernhighlands.org/cms/lib5/nj01000179/centricity/domain/260/ch4_stud.pdf |title=The golden age of Tin Pan Alley song, 1920s |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=www.northernhighlands.org |publisher=Northern Highlands Regional High School |access-date=29 July 2018 |quote=Verses were regarded as mere introductions by the 1920s, and today the verses of Tin Pan Alley songs are infrequently performed.}}</ref> It is not assigned a letter in the "AABA" naming scheme.

The introductory verse from "[[What'll I Do]]" by Irving Berlin is as follows:
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Gone is the romance that was so divine,<br>'tis broken and cannot be mended<br>You must go your way, and I must go mine,<br>but now that our love dreams have ended...
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