From: “15 Recital Songs In English”

O Waly, Waly
from Somerset

by

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH FOLK SONG

Lyrics by: TRADITIONAL

Arranged by: LORD BENJAMIN BRITTEN

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 O Waly, Waly
from Somerset (Cecil Sharp) *
from Folksong Arrangements Volume 3: British Isles
Arranged by
BENJAMIN BRITTEN

Slowly moving ( )

The wa - ter is
I leaned my

express.

wide I can -not get o’er, and nei - ther have I wings to
back up a - gainst some oak think - ing that he was a trust - y

fly. Give me a boat that will car - ry two, and both shall
tree; But first he bend - ed, and then he broke; and so did

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più

row, my love and I. O, down in the

my false love to me. A ship there

mead - ows the oth - er day, A - gath - ’ring flowers both fine and
is, and she sails the sea, She’s load - ed deep as deep can

più

dim.

gay, A - gath - ’ring flowers both red and blue, I lit - tle
be, But not so deep as the love I’m in: I know not

dim.

thought what love can do.

if I sink or swim.

dim.

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O, love is hand - some and love is fine, and love’s a

dim.

jew - el while it is new, But when it is old, it grow - eth

dim.

cold, and fades a - way like morn-ing dew.

dim.

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