Softly waft, ye southern breezes
| Song Title | Softly waft, ye southern breezes (Search) |
| Composer(s): | James Hook |
| Author(s): | Anonymous |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Anxious; Birds; Breezes; Chasing; Fate; Fear; Mates; Melismas; Nature; Personification: Birds; Personification: Nature; Personification: Wind; Sensations; Soft; Southern; Speaking; Tarrying; Tender; Tidings; True Love; Turtledoves; Wafting; Wind |
| First Line | Softly waft, ye southern breezes (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1817 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1285991 |
| Musical Form | Modified ternary (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://books.google.com/books/about/Reliquary_of_English_Song_Series_2_1700.html?id=Y6kQAAAAYAAJ |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
| Range: | G4 - Bb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Reliquary of English Song, Vol. 2 (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |