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BTC1081 ARR: SOLDIER, WON'T YOU MARRY ME?

For two voices and piano
Composition date: pre 15 Mar 1958
Genre: Folk song
Text: Traditional (American)
Duration: 2'

Notes

Both text and melody were collected by Cecil Sharp in the Southern Appalachians. This duet was originally included in what was to become volume 5 of Britten's folk song arrangements, and would have been number 6 in that collection.

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