Shule Agra
| Song Title | Shule Agra (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Timothy Hoekman |
| Author(s): | Traditional |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Alive; Arms; Begging; Black; Blue; Boys; Bread; Darling; Day; Dead; Death; Death of a Loved One; Dreary; Dying; Easing; Eyes; Finding; Flight of the Wild Geese; Going; Hair; Hearts; King James II; Lads; Loss; Love; Multiple Languages; Petticoats; Red; Routing; Safe; Separation; Sorrow; Stout; True; Wars; Wild Geese; Wishing; Woes; Words; World |
| First Line | His hair was black, his eye was blue (Search) |
| Average Duration | 5:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 2010 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Three Irish Folksongs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Three-Irish-Folksongs-Shule-Agra-Pretty-Girl-w-Clarinet-101727.html?sid=8daa11ee6fac050b7bceaf62f84cc705 |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/High voice |
| Range: | Db4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Bb Minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | Carla Connors, Frank Kowalsky, and Timothy Hoekman (Search) |
| Notes | The King James referenced in verse 4 is James II, the Catholic king of England who was defeated by William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. "Wild Geese" refers to an Irish brigade that fought for the Jacobite cause in Ireland and followed King James to France after their defeat. (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Classical Vocal Reprints, Catalog No. CVR 4549 (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Voice, Clarinet, and Piano (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , Timothy Hoekman (Search) |