Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC1009 FSA: O WALY WALY (FROM SOMERSET) [3/6, BRITISH ISLES]

For high or medium voice and piano

Composition date: pre 31 Oct 1946

Genre: Folk song

Text: Cecil Sharp (1859-1924)

Duration: 3'

Dedication: 'To Joan Cross'

Dedicatee of the published volume. Joan Cross (1900-1983), English operatic soprano, creator of the role of Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, op. 33.

Orchestrated in 1950.

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