Fare Ye Well My Darlin’
Premiered in June 2018 by San Francisco Choral Artists, “Fare Ye Well My Darlin'” is an arrangement of an American folksong, perhaps dating from the Civil War, collected in South Carolina. A soldier bids farewell to his beloved, informing her that he has enlisted to fight in the war.
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Language: | English |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
| Instrumentation: | A Cappella |
| Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Descriptive Tags: | American, Ballad, Civil War, Farewell, Folksong, Grief, Love, Parting, War |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
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