Sweet Polly Oliver
| Song Title | Sweet Polly Oliver (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Traditional |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Beds; Brothers; Brown; Bursting; Captains; Caring; Cherishing; Clothing; Doctors; Dressing; False; Fathers; Finding Love; Folk Song; Following; Hair; Heads; Joyful; Living; London; Lovers; Loving; Marriage; Morning; Mothers; Nurses; Nursing; Oliver; Polly; Proving; Reviving; Saving; Sergeants; Soldiers; Stories; Story; Strange; Sweet; Tears; True Love; Wars; Wasted; Wives |
| First Line | As sweet Polly Oliver lay musing in bed (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1945 - 1946 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16961 |
| Larger Work | Folk Songs Volume 3: British Isles (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/59hDDz8ew8r5gN1Zz45G09 |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Folk Songs vol. 3 no. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | C#4 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Joan Cross (Search) |
| Premiered By | Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano; September 26, 1945 (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in medium key (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |