Sailor-boy
Song Title | Sailor-boy (Search) |
Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Cecil Sharp |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Blacksmiths; Boys; British; Chins; England; English; Fair; Folk Song; Grass; Green; Guitars; Inviting; Maidens; Marrying; Noses; One Octave or Less; Partners; Pretty; Sailing; Sailors; Walking; Wind; Wives; Wooing |
First Line | We go walking on the green grass (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1956 - 1958 (Search) Circa |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=17008 |
Larger Work | Folk Songs Volume 6: England (Search) |
Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Britten-Benjamin-Folksong-Arrangements-vol-6-high-voice-guitar/602260 |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1z9c7EeWU3CgPcNV7plKLM?si=CndsD-6yRfeaQjRG75g2yw |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Folk Songs Vol. 6 no. 2 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | F#4 - F#5 (Search) |
Original Key | D Major (Search) |
Premiered By | Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar; June 17, 1958 (Search) |
Notes | Also available in medium key. Originally for voice and guitar, but arranged for voice and piano by Richard Walters (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Voice and guitar (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |