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  SG1011 

 
There was a sang


Poem by Helen Cruikshank (1886-1975)


Music by Michael Buck


SATB spacer performance time approx  1m 40s











Composer's note

This is a song of remembrance of past love.  Although the tone of the piece is sad, the memory of love strong enough to lead someone ‘through the shadows’ shines through - particularly at the end - as something positive.  There are many points at which the music pauses, as if to dwell on a memory, and the performance should have the feel of inner speech, or thought.


A recording by Rudsambee company of singers is available on the album  citrus and honey (RUBEECD002).  Two companion Helen Cruickshank settings are Ballad of lost ladye and Sea buckthorn, also published by Canasg.















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 Words 


There was a sang


There was a sang 		[song]

That aye I wad be singin';	[always] [would]

There was a star,

An' clear it used tae shine;

An' liltin' in the starlicht	[starlight]

Thro' the shadows

I gaed lang syne.		[I went long ago]


There was a sang;

But noo, I canna mind it.	[now I can't remember it]

There was a star;

But noo, it disna shine.	[doesn't]

There was a luve that led me

Thro' the shadows - 

And it was mine.


Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975)







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Price


The price of this piece depends on the number of singers in your group. This is a single payment for a licence to make as many copies as you need for your group to rehearse and perform the song as often as you wish.  Copies of the song must not be given, lent or sold to any other group.  








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Companion pieces

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