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She's like the swalllow

by Sir Philip Ledger & Robert Tear · from Vaughan Williams: Folksong Arrangements

2008Classical2:31Track 15

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Review by DeShawn Price★★★★★Sample

Took me three listens. By the third, “She's like the swalllow” had moved in and started paying rent.

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Review by Priya Raman★★★★½Sample

the sequencing here is criminally underrated. “She's like the swalllow” into the next one?? come on.

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As I walked out
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3
Bushes and Briars (voice & piano)
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Geordie
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On Board a Ninety-Eight
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The Ploughman
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The Brewer
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Rolling in the Dew
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2:08
9
The Truth Sent from Above
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2:16
10
Joseph and Mary (voice & piano)
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2:54
11
The Saviour's Love
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2:20
12
Réveillez-vous, Piccars
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2:08
13
Chanson de quête
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1:20
14
Ballade de Jésus Christ
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3:40
15
She's like the swalllow
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2:31
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The Morning Dew
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The Maiden's Lament
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The Cuckoo
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The Lawyer
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Searching for Lambs
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How cold the wind doth blow (or The Unquiet Grave)
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Six Studies in English Folk-Song (arr. viola): 1. Lovely on the Water (Adagio)
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Six Studies in English Folk-Song (arr. viola): 2. Spurn Point (Andante sostenuto)
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Six Studies in English Folk-Song (arr. viola): 3. Van Dieman's Land (Larghetto)
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Six Studies in English Folk-Song (arr. viola): 4. She borrowed some of her mother's gold (Lento)
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Six Studies in English Folk-Song (arr. viola): 5. The Lady and the Dragoon (Andante tranquillo)
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Six Studies in English Folk-Song (arr. viola): 6. As I walked over London Bridge (Allegro vivace)
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