The Oak and the Ash - Oostenbrug, Wytze

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"The Oak and the Ash is an Old English ballad notated by Roud in 1367. It is based on the ballad Rosemary Lane."

◈ Genre → Folksongs

♯ Key A major

⁄ Time Signature 6/8

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range A2 – F#5

♩ Tempo andantino (80)

◷ Duration ~4 min

¶ Language → English

Measures 107

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 6

CPDL # 80525

Editor Wytze Oostenbrug

Posted 2024-05-06

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – F#5

Alto

C4 – D5

Tenor

D#3 – G4

Bass

A2 – D4

¶Lyrics / Text

4. The Oak and the Ash English Folksong, ballad — Roud (1367) Based on the ballad Rosemary Lane A North Country maid up to London had strayed, Although with her nature it did not agree. She wept and she sighed, and so bitterly she cried, "How I wish once again in the North I could be! Oh the oak and the ash, and the bonny ivy tree, They flourish at home in my own country "While sadly I roam I regret my dear home, Where lads and young lasses are making the hay. The merry bells ring and the birds sweetly sing, The meadows are pleasant and maidens are gay. Oh the oak and the ash, and the bonny ivy tree, They flourish at home in my own country. "No doubt, did I please, I could marry with ease, For where maidens are fair many lovers will come, But the one whom I wed must be North Country bred, And tarry with me in my North Country home. Oh the oak and the ash, and the bonny ivy tree, They flourish at home in my own country.”