My mother did so before me

Song TitleMy mother did so before me (Search)
Composer(s):Cecil James Sharp (arr.)
Author(s):Traditional
Keyword(s) & Features: Adoring; Air; Beaus; Beauties; Beauty; Bliss; Bonny; Bright; Brisk; Brocade; Comely; Courtship; Day; Delight; Delighting; Diamonds; Dresses; Dying; Eclipsing; Faces; Feeling; Fine; Firing; Flirting; Fools; Glory; Good; Hearts; Hours; Humor; Husbands; Inviting; Kissing; Lasses; Leisure; Love; Lovers; Maids; Managing; Marriage; Married; Men; Merry; Metaphor: Jewelry as Spring; Metaphor: Love as Fire; Mistresses; Mothers; Night; Parks; Past; Perfection; Plays; Pleasing; Power; Ruling; Shining; Snares; Snarling; Sparks; Speaker: Woman/Feminine; Spring; Stories; Subjection; Suitors; Swains; Sweet; Sweethearts; Talking; Teasing; Walking; Wasting; Weddings; Wives
First LineI am a brisk and bonny lass, (Search)
Year of composition 1905 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/56625/56625-h/56625-h.htm#No_116_MY_MOTHER_DID_SO_BEFORE_ME
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56625/56625-h/56625-h.htm#No_116_MY_MOTHER_DID_SO_BEFORE_ME
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/High voice
Range: D4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyD Major (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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