A Robin Sang - Jennifer Bastable

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"A setting for five voices and soloist (soprano or mezzo-soprano) of Francis Ledwdge's poem Home. This was one of his last poems, written in July 1917: the very month he was killed in action at Ypres."

◈ Genre / Form → Folk Song

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 6/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced

↕ Range G2 – F#5

¶ Language → English

Measures 53

Texture Homophonic

Parts 5

Instruments SATB

Pages 6

CPDL # 87678

Editor Jennifer Bastable

Posted 2025-12-04

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – F#5

Mezzo

D4 – E5

Alto

B#3 – G4

Tenor

G4 – D5

Bass

G2 – B#3

¶Lyrics / Text

A burst of sudden wings at dawn, Faint voices in a dreamy noon, Evenings of mist and murmurings, And nights with rainbows of the moon. And through these things a wood-way dim, And waters dim, and slow sheep seen On uphill paths that wind away Through summer sounds and harvest green. This is a song a robin sang This morning on a broken tree, It was about the little fields That call across the world to me.