Lemady
| Song Title | Lemady (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Traditional |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Lover; Admiring; Arising; Birds; Bouquets; Charming; Day; Dear; Early; Eyes; Fair; Fields; Flowers; Folk Song; Green; Growing; Happiness; Harps; Ivory; Lasses; Lemady; Lilies; Love; Lovers; Loving; Meadows; Midsummer; Morning; Music; Nature; Pink; Pipes; Playing; Pleasant; Posies; Roses; Singing; Sweet; Tunes; Walking |
| First Line | One midsummer's morn as I were a-walking (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1976 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16698 |
| Larger Work | Eight Folksong Arrangements (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/8-Folksong-Arrangements-High-Voice-Harp/617447 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1fHjt1OdmOwpkaZ4EWuQNa?si=0mqgx4YITaGAzRmR5E36Lg |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Eight Folksong Arrangements, no. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | B3 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | B Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Peter Pears, tenor; Osian Ellis, harp; November 10, 1977 (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in medium key. Originally for voice and harp, but arranged for voice and piano by Colin Matthews (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Voice and harp (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |