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The Lads in their hundreds
Song Title
The Lads in their hundreds (
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Composer(s):
Arthur Somervell
Author(s):
A. E. Housman (Alfred Edward)
Author Underrepresented Group
LGBTQ+ (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Barns
;
Brave
;
Bright
;
Carts
;
Chaps
;
Death
;
Departing
;
Dying
;
Elbows
;
Fairs
;
Farewell
;
Fellows
;
Fields
;
Fortunate
;
Friendly
;
Girls
;
Glory
;
Graves
;
Handsome
;
Hearts
;
Honor
;
Honoring
;
Hundreds
;
Lads
;
Leaving
;
Liquor
;
Ludlow
;
Men
;
Mills
;
Old
;
Remembering
;
Returning
;
Soldiers
;
Staring
;
Talking
;
Towns
;
Wars
;
Wishing
;
Youth
First Line
The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in to the fair (
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Average Duration
3:00 (
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Year of composition
1904 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8383
Larger Work
A Shropshire Lad (
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Musical Form
Modified strophic (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fa/IMSLP529227-PMLP181824-ASomervell_A_Shropshire_Lad.pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/4e5p4euCTnE257YvFGHm4i?si=fE4K3UTBQr670jVYE4oZOQ
Link to IPA Source
https://www.ipasource.com/product/the-lads-in-their-hundreds-to-ludlow-come-in-for-the-fair/
Difficulty Level
College (
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Catalog Designation
A Shropshire Lad, no. 10 (
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Range:
Db4 - F5 (
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Original Key
Ab Major (
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Contributor
JEM (
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