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  SG1004 

 
Ballad


Poem by William Soutar (1898-1943) from  Collected Poems 1948

Tune by Ernest Buck (1908-1975)

Arrangement by his son Michael Buck (1998)


SATB  performance time approx  2m 00s











Arranger's note


This is a sad and stark song of a love lost at sea.  The first two verses beseech the listener for news of the lost fisherman; the third and fourth lead to the shocking truth that his dead body has been found.  


Other settings of Soutar poems which could be used as companion pieces include A song, Day is düne and Sang (all published by Canasg).  














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 Words 


Ballad


O! shairly  ye hae seen my love		[surely you have]

Doun whaur the waters wind:		[down where]

He walks like ane wha fears nae man	[one who fears no man]

And yet his e'en are kind.		[eyes]


O! shairly ye hae seen my love

At the turnin o' the tide;

For then he gethers in the nets

Doun be the waterside.			[down by the waterside]


O! lassie I hae seen your love 	

At the turnin o' the tide;

And he was wi' the fisher folk		[with]

Doun be the waterside.


The fisher folk were at their trade

No far frae Walnut Grove;		[not far from]

They gether'd in their dreepin nets	[hanging]

And fund your ain true love.		[found your own]


William Soutar (1898-1943)






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Companion pieces

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