She’s Like The Swallow

for SATB choir, optional soprano solo, and piano

by Patrick O’Shea

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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