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Peter Gore-Symes
Four British Folksongs(sArB)
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Dedicated to Anna
The Oak and the AshTraditional Br itish Folksong
The numerous variants of this song aro thought to have come either fromNorthumbria orthe North Yorkshire Moors region. but may indeed have Scottish origins. The air also surfacesin the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, and in Playford's "Dancing Master" of 1650 (where it is titled"Goddesses").By the 18th century it had permutated into the well-known "The Oak and theAsh". Sir Walter Scott, in his novel "Rob Roy", makes the narrator of the tale (FrancisOsbaldiston), in recounting the recollections of his childhood, tell how his Northumbrian nurse(old Mabel) amused him bysinging the ditties of her native countrie, and specifically names "O!the Oak and the Ash and the Bonny Ivy Tree" as a Northumbrian ballad.
1. A North Country Maid up to London had strayedAlthough with her nature it did not agree;
So she wept and she sighed and bitterly she criedOh I wish once again for the North Country.(CHORIJS: For the Oak and the Ash and the Bonnie Ivy Tree
They all flourish at home in the North Country.
2. While sadly I roam, I regret my dear homeWhere the lads and young lasses are making the huy;Where the birds sweetly sing and the merry bells do ringAnd the maidens and meadows are pleasant and gay (CHORUS).
3. No doubt if I please I could marry with ease;
Where maidens are fair many lovers will come;But he that I wed must be North Country bred,And earry me back to my own country (CHORLIS).
J-60(Arr.) Peter Gore-Symes 20A9,2011
(lesl - )
SOPRANO
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f- '- #C"Coun-try Maid,
A North Coun-try Maid up to Lon - don had strayed; Al-though with her na - ture it
Lon don had strayedo with her nX =#?ture rt
BASS
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did not
tempo
Which made her re- pent - and so bit - ter- lv la- mentl oh! ra- gree;
A
a
a
wish once a - gain for the Northc-
Coun try; J Oh the Oak
her re - pent- and so bit - ter- ly la-merff?ont
and the Ash and the
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North Coun try.
North Coun try.
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closed mouth humming
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fTv While sad-ly I roam, I re-gret my dear home, where the
Sweet- ly sing, and the
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-fking the huy; Where the birds sweet-ly sing;
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lads and young lass es are iirak ing the huy;
the Huy; and the
mer {ry bells do ring, and the maid - ens and mea - dows are pleas - ant and gay.f-/ For the
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Ware pleas ant and gay.
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Dedicated to Marie
Rosebud in JuneTraditional Somerset Folksong
Many broadsheet folksong texts - and poetry - of the 17th and 18th centuries
tended to romanticize and sentimentalizethe imagined world of the rural lowerclesses. Similarly, artists were fond of painting idealised cottage scenes as a formof escapism from the "dark satanic mills" of industrial towns. [n "Rosebud in June"
there is none of the frequent darkness and bitterness of allegorical political lyrics ofearlier times. This innocent but passionate Somerset melody, with its hints of West
Country accent in its rhyming, was thought to bestow blessings on flocks and crops.
It's a Rosebud in JuneAnd violets in full bloom;And the small birds singingLove songs on each spray.We'll pipe and we'll sing, love,We'll dance in a ring, love,When each lad takes his lass
All on the green grass;
And it's "All to plough"Where the fat oxen graze low,And the lads and the lasses
To sheep-shearing go.(An.) Peter Gore-Symes 2009,2011
(lesr - )
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SOPRANO
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(mm) (ah)
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BASS
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And the small- birds
poco rit. tempo,-,
sing - ing) (ah)f-/ We'll- pipe- and we'll w@n)sing tou:,
T-t" We'll- dance- in
a
(ah)sing - ing)
sing ing love songs on each spray;
poco rit.
(ah)
(ah)
tempo
mf" green
green
(ah)
grass; it's "All-And
,
And it's "All-ring, love;
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\-/takes his lass. All- it's "All-fnno/wt
"n each lad on the gree-ny grass;
And it's "All-
to
lads- and the
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Vplough"-
plough-
plough-
fat- ox en
(ah)\,
gtaze_
gtaze
graze low;
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go!
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go!
low; And
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to low;
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lass eS'
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to- sheep shear - ing
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go!
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lass - es sheep shear - ing
Dedicated to Ir{icolette
Bonny atMornTrad it ional Northumbr ion F ol ks ong
"Bonnie at Morn" was originally an instrumental melody for the charismaticnorth-eastern bagpipe. Words were added later, but singers often still enjoythe habit of extemponzing characteristically wide bagpipe-like omaments. Thesong tells the story of an exasperated mother who lovingly chides her childrenfor sleeping in too long and neglecting their farm duties.
1. The sheep are in the meadow and the coh's [:cow] in the corn,Thou's o'wer laing in thy bed, Bonny at Mom. [repeat these two lines](cHoRrJs) Canny at night, bonny at morn
Thou's o'wer laing in thy bed, Bonny at Morn.
2. We're aJaid idle with the keeping of the baim [:baby]The lad will nae work and the lass will nae lairn. [repeat these two lines](cHoRUS)
3. The birdie's in the nest and the trout is in the burn [-stream],Thou hinders thy mother at every turn. [repeat these two lines](cHoRrJS)
(An.) Peter Gore-Symes 2A09,2011(resl - )
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BASS
in thy
dim. 1a
mr-mpbed."Bon-nv at Mdrn.
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Bon-ny at
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Thou's-
Bon-ny at
ryBon ny at
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ny at Morn.
doloroso
id - le with the keep-ing of the bairn; The| , | ,inil,
lad will nae- work" and the
we're a laid-
lairn; 4n,\,
lass will nae
lass will nae
wlass will nae
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will
subito dolce
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wer laing
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bir-die's in the nest- and thetrout is in the
eve ry- turn !
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t e- ve ry- turn !-
4' every turn;
frn" bir - die's in the
dim.
nest-\-/
and the trout's- in the burn; Thou-\-,-
dershin - thy- mo-ther at
crescendo allargando
turn;
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(ah)
frun- ny- at night, Bon ny at- Morn;
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Dedicated to Dale
Searchittg for LambsTradit ional Brit is h F olkson g
This was described by Cecil Sharp, that inveterate collector of British folk music, as
"the most perfect folksong". Mostly in a catchy 5-beat pattern of 2+3, its timeless storyof "boy-meets-girl" is self-explanatory: never was a courtship quite as metoric as this.
1. As I went out one May morning,One May morning betime,I met a maid from home had strayedJust as the sun did shine.
2. What makes you rise so soon, ffiy dear,
Yourjourney to pursue?Your pretfy little feet they tread so sweet,Strike off the morning dew.
3. I'm going to feed my father's flock,His young and tender lambs,That over hills and over dales
Lie waiting for their dams.
4. O stay! O stay! you handsome maidAnd rest a moment here,For there is none but you aloneThat I do love so dear.
5. How gloriously the sun doth shine,How pleasant is the air;I'd rather rest on a true love's breastThan any other where.
6. For I am thine and thou art mine;No man shall uncomfort thee.We'll join our hands in wedded bandsand-a married we shall be.
Con moto .:7A
time,mor- ning,
BASS
(ah)- (be time)
p(ah)
shine.- What makes you ri- se so
,J rymet a maid- from- home had stray'd, Just as the sun- did
(met maid) (home had strayed) (as sun- did shine)
closed mouth hum
(ah)
p(ah)
(mm)
soon my dear? Yourjour-ney to- pur - sue? Your pret-ty lit-tle feet- they- tread so sweeto Strike
closed mouth hum
(pur - sue) (tread so sweet)
going to feed my fath-er's flocko Hisyoung and ten- der lambs, That
._Jfath-er's ock) (ten - der lambs)
.Jo-ver hills- and ov-ver dales,- Lie wait-ing for-their dams.
\-: \,hills- wait- ing for their dams.
stay, O stay, you
mfirr['m
mor - ning dew.
off the mor - ning dew.
off mor-ning dew.
"tf o
'!f'g stay, o
T3-r
hand- some maid and rest a mo- ment
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33 poco rall e dim... a tempo
rnr|(rest
\-/I do love so dear.
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p(mm
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love so dear. (glor - ious ly)
,J tf-dear.- How glor - ious - ly-- thedo love so sun doth
r-3
shine,
A,
here, For there is none but
(sun doth shine)
3
(sun doth
3
How plea-sant is- the
shine) Plea-sant is- the
you a-lone, That
A,
pyou a- lone that
p'----.-z f(mm mm-mm
Iove sof7\'/Y4
dear.u How glor-ious ly- the- sun doth shine;
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ra-ther rest
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ra-ther rest
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reast
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oth-er where
-
breast- oth- er where
No man shall un-com-fort thee:
f;,
fro,
We'll join our
We'll join our
funa thou art mine;
f\J 7-
u and- thou art mlne:
arn thine
am thine No man- shall un-com-fort thee;
poco rall e dim Adagio poco o poco rall e cresc.......
fnshal I u'-be
!
6-hands
hands
wed ded bands; and-a mar ried
and-a mar ried
\--./and-a mar ried we_ shall
shall- be!
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wed - ded bands: and-a mar - ried we- shall- be!