The First Mercy

Song TitleThe First Mercy (Search)
Composer(s):Peter Warlock (pseudonym of Philip Heseltine)
Author(s):Bruce Blunt
Keyword(s) & Features: Advent; Afraid; Asses; Awakening; Babies; Bethlehem; Birth; Born; Bright; Calling; Children; Christian Worship Service; Christmas; Company; Creatures; Creeping; Eyes; Feet; Frightening; Gestures; Guarding; Hands; Houses; Hushing; Jesus; Loving; Mangers; Men; Mercy; Mice; Moths; Nativity of Jesus; Night; Oxen; Peace; Peeping; Quiet; Shadows; Sleeping; Sounds; Spaces; Stars; Swallows; Sweet; Walls; Wings
First LineOx and ass at Bethlehem (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1927 (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/5/5c/IMSLP250921-SIBLEY1802.19204.4607-39087012010544score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5Kcv1UP7Xx8XpFslFsr5Ln?si=pBKf3U8aTaOCAy03art20A
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Range: F4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyG minor (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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