Sailor-boy

Song TitleSailor-boy (Search)
Composer(s):Benjamin Britten (arr.)
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (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 LineWe go walking on the green grass (Search)
Average Duration1:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1956 - 1958 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=17008
Larger WorkFolk Songs Volume 6: England (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (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 LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationFolk Songs Vol. 6 no. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: F#4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyD Major (Search)
Premiered ByPeter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar; June 17, 1958 (Search)
NotesAlso available in medium key. Originally for voice and guitar, but arranged for voice and piano by Richard Walters (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceVoice and guitar (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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