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My mother did so before me
Song Title
My mother did so before me (
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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 Line
I am a brisk and bonny lass, (
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Year of composition
1905 (
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Link to English Text Online
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56625/56625-h/56625-h.htm#No_116_MY_MOTHER_DID_SO_BEFORE_ME
Musical Form
Strophic (
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Original Language
English (
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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 composer
Medium/High voice
Range:
D4 - F#5 (
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Original Key
D Major (
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Contributor
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