Wayfarin’ Stranger
for lower voices a cappella
TTB American folksong arrangement
SKU: JBN-004
Categories: Choral Music, Lower Voices
Instrumentation: Choral
| Instrumentation: | A Cappella |
| Season or Event: | General |
| Descriptive Tags: | Music About Music, Nature, Poetry |
| Language: | English |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Voicing: | TBB, TTBB |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
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