Poet: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
Source: Six songs
Date of Composition: 1926 (28 Nov.)
Publication: manuscript; not available for performance
Vocal Difficulty Level: Moderately Easy
Subject: Love song in nature
Range: C3 – F4
Tessitura: C3 – C4
Tempo: Allegro; 4/4
Duration: 01:20
Vocal Characteristics: Scottish folk song; syncopation; short phrases; descending lines from highest notes
Piano Difficulty Level: Easy
Accompaniment Characteristics: Chordal; quarter notes on beats one and three; sustained bass line at times; sixteenth-note run to represent birds in the poetry