I recently learned the bass part for the cover of Del Shannon's "Little Town Flirt" that's included as a bonus track on the CD re-issue of Discovery. I wrote it out in notation and put the chords in above the staff, but - as always - there's the disclaimer that I may have something wrong.
Looking into the song reminded me of some old notes I'd forgotten about, and I also found a few new things.
"Around" and "by" in the line "She plays around with ev'ry guy that goes by" are sung with melismas (E D E D C and A B A B A B A G respectively), musically giving a sense of breadth for "around" and of movement for "by." "Apart" in the line "When she starts to tear it apart" is sung with a melisma (E C A) for a sense of the word's meaning, and "go" in the line "That's when she'll let you go" is sung with a melisma (C D) for a sense of movement, although more metaphorical.
All of these features are also in Del Shannon's original, although some of the articulations are a bit different.
