The Lover's Ghost - Vaughan Williams, Ralph

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"Five English Folk Songs, No. 4 Note in original publication: The words of this song (which is from the collection of the late H. E. D. Hammond) have been amplified from two broad-side versions."

⌛ Period → 20th Century ◈ Genre → Folksongs

♯ Key C# minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range F#2 – G#5

♩ Tempo larghetto (60)

◷ Duration ~7 min

¶ Language → English

Measures 54

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 77854

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-12-05

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

C#4 – G#5

Alto

G#3 – C#5

Tenor

C#3 – G#4

Bass

F#2 – C#4

¶Lyrics / Text

Well met, well met my own true love; Long time I have been absent from thee, I am lately come from the salt sea, And ‘tis all for the sake, my love, of thee. I have three ships all on the salt sea, And one of them has brought me to land, I've four and twenty mariners on board, You shall have music at your command. The ship wherein my love shall sail Is glorious for to behold, The sails shall be of shining silk, The mast shall be of the fine beaten gold. I might have had a King's daughter, And fain she would have married me, But I forsook her crown of gold, And ‘tis all for the sake, my love of thee.