Poet: N/A
Source: Eight Folksong Arrangements
Date of Composition: 1976 (Apr. – Jun.)
Publication: Eight Folksong Arrangements
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: Shooing birds.
Range: F4 – G5
Tessitura: B4 – G5
Tempo: Very lively; 6/8
Duration: 00:53
Vocal Characteristics: A character song; starts on G5 and descends; requires some rhythmic and pitch independence; ascending glissando at the end
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Bouncy staccato octaves between hands; aggressive tremolo; cluster chords; flourish at the end
Additional Comments: For harp and voice; transcribed for piano by Colin Matthews in Benjamin Britten: Complete Folksong Arrangements. *Words and melody from Journal of the folk song society, II/6 (January 1905), p. 175.
*From the Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC1179