The sailor's wife - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | The sailor's wife - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Henry Thacker Burleigh |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
| Author(s): | Mary Stewart Cutting |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Absence; Absent Love; Beating; Billows; Children; Clutching; Cold; Crests; Dreams; Faces; Fear; Hair; Hands; Home; Longing; Love; Loving; Missing; Navy; Prayers; Returning; Sailing; Sailors; Sand; Seas; Separation; Sick; Sleeping; Starving; Thundering; Voyages; Warmth; Watching; Waves; Wet |
| First Line | Come home to love (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1917 (Search) Circa |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200187138.0/?sp=1&st=slideshow#slide-1 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/4hCU7JXIwQjxVMAIrxEaju |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
| Range: | Eb4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Ab Major (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | G. Ricordi (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |