Life in her creaking shoes

Song TitleLife in her creaking shoes (Search)
Composer(s):George Butterworth
Author(s):William Ernest Henley
Keyword(s) & Features: Arriving; Blowing; Cadences; Calls; Coming; Creaking; Dew; Fickle; Flowing; Going; Growing; Hearts; Life; Love; Metaphor: Love as Wind; Mortals; Passage of Time; Quiet; Rivers; Roaring; Round; Shoes; Spirits; Stars; Wind
First LineLife in her creaking shoes goes (Search)
Average Duration2:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1911 - 1912 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7849
Larger WorkLove Blows as the Wind Blows (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/1/16/IMSLP405017-PMLP655890-Butterworth_Love_Blows_as_the_Wind_Blows.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/2AiBLbbW7eyjRZrs9xdYBP
Catalog DesignationLove Blows as the Wind Blows, no. 2 (Search)
Range: C4 - E5 (Search)
Original KeyA minor (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceVoice and string quartet (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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