She's like the swallow (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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Editor: Edward Pullin^{create page} (submitted 2011-06-06).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 22 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original key: C minor

General Information

Title: She's like the swallow
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Unison

Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1934

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Original text and translations

English text

She's like the swallow that flies so high
She's like the river that never runs dry
She's like the sunshine on the lee shore
I love my love and love is no more.

'Twas out in the garden this fair maid did go,
A-picking the beautiful primerose;
The more she plucked the more she pulled,
Until she got her aperon full.

It’s out of wild roses she made a bed
A stony pillow for her head
She laid her down no word she spoke
Until this fair maid's heart was broke.