Tom Bowling
| Song Title | Tom Bowling (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Charles Dibdin |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Beauty; Blithe; Bodies; Darling; Death; Departing; Duty; Dying; Eulogies; Fair; Faithful; Friends; Funerals; Grieving; Hearts; Howling; In Vain; Jolly; Kind; Kings; Life; Melancholy; Memories; Mirth; Mourning; Pleasant; Rare; Remembering; Rest; Singing; Soft; Soul; Tempests; Tom; Virtue; Words |
| First Line | Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1959 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=4670 |
| Larger Work | Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/complete-folksong-arrangements-sheet-music/7863141 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0AanL9Wb5NH18bStYjMEsO?si=p2_HbJRRSDO8jb9w4lSMew |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | Eb4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano; June 1959 (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in medium key. This set of songs was published posthumously in 2000. This song is not tecnically considered a folksong (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |