She’s Like The Swallow
for SATB choir, optional soprano solo, and piano
One of Newfoundland’s best known folksongs, “She’s Like The Swallow” was first collected by Maud Karpeles in 1930, but certainly dates from well before that, as evidenced by the appearance of several verses in various British laments. The subject of the unfaithful lover is perhaps as old as song itself.
“She’s Like the Swallow” is part of Patrick O’Shea’s Three Newfoundland Folksongs.
SKU: POA-013
Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices
Instrumentation: Choral
| Instrumentation: | Piano |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Descriptive Tags: | Folksong, Love |
| Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Language: | English |
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