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.

  1. Wave Over Wave
  2. She’s Like the Swallow
  3. We’ll Rant and We’ll Roar
SKU: POA-013 Categories: , Instrumentation:
Instrumentation: Piano
Sacred or Secular: Secular
Descriptive Tags: Folksong, Love
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 1-5 Minutes
Voicing: SATB
Language: English

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