Poet: Traditional (Dorset)
Source: Volume 6: England
Date of Composition: 1956 (pre May 6)
Publication: Boosey & Co., Ltd., 1961
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Easy
Subject: A proclamation of love.
Range: C4 – E5
Tessitura: D4 – E5
Tempo: Gently moving; 3/4
Duration: 01:07
Vocal Characteristics: Moving melody; leap of a min. 7th; one high lying phrase
Piano Difficulty Level: Easy
Accompaniment Characteristics: Constantly moving eighth notes with the beginning of phrase starting on differing beats; irregular phrasing
Additional Comments: For guitar and voice; transcribed for piano by Richard Walters in Benjamin Britten: Complete Folksong Arrangements.