The Turtle-Dove - Bastable, Jennifer

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"A setting of traditional words, in two versions: for mezzo-soprano or soprano soloist and SATB accompanying choir, or the same music adapted for SSATB choir. The unaccompanied folk-song version is also given. Through-composed folk-songs are relatively uncommon, but certainly do exist."

◈ Genre / Form → Folksongs

♯ Key F minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range B-2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 54

Texture Homophonic

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 6

CPDL # 80762

Editor Jennifer Bastable

Posted 2024-05-23

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soloist

C4 – F5

Soprano

E#4 – F5

Alto

A-3 – B-4

Tenor

G4 – E-5

Bass

B-2 – A-3

¶Lyrics / Text

Fare thee well, my dear, I must be gone, And leave you for a while. If I roam away I’ll come back again, Though I roam ten thousand mile, my dear, Though I roam ten thousand mile. Ten thousand mile, ‘tis a very long way, That from you I must go, Where there’s many a dark and a dismal night, And the stormy winds do blow, my dear, And the stormy winds do blow. And don’t you see that little turtle-dove Sitting on the yon high tree, And a making moan for the loss of his love? As I will do for thee, my dear, As I will do for thee. So when this you see, remember me, And bear it in your mind, And be not like the weather-cock, That changes with the weather and the wind, my dear, That changes with the weather and the wind.

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