Poet: Untraced
Source: Traditional
Date of Composition: c. 1941
Publication: Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements, Benjamin Britten: Complete Folk Song Arrangements, Boosey & Hawkes 2001
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Easy
Subject: One has been left by his love.
Range: D4 – F5
Tessitura: F4 – D5
Tempo: [Gently rocking]; 6/8
Duration: 01:57
Vocal Characteristics: Familiar melody, with raised sixth scale degree; lilting love song; descending phrases
Piano Difficulty Level: Easy
Accompaniment Characteristics: Open rolled chords in the left hand with syncopated single notes in the right hand