Sair fyeld hinny (Percy Snowdon)

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• (Posted 2003-04-20)  CPDL #04777:  PDF & MIDI files available

Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2003-04-20).   Score information: A4, 24 pages, 258 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: No. 3 from 'Northumbrian Folk Songs'

General Information

Title: Sair fyeld hinny
Composer: Percy Snowdon

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

English text

Sair fyeld hinny, sair fyeld noo
Sair fyeld hinny, sin' a' kenned thou

Aa was young and lusty aa was fair and clear
Aa was young and lusty many's a lang year

Sair fyeld hinny, sair fyeld noo
Sair fyeld hinny, sin' a kenned thou

When I was five and twenty aa could lowp a dyke
Noo a'm five and sixty aa can barely step a syke

Sair fyeld sair fyeld noo
Sair fyeld hinny, sin aa kenned thoo

Thus spoke the owld man to the oak tree
Sair fyeld is aa sin' a kend thee!

Sair fyeld hinny, sair fyeld noo
Sair fyeld hinny, sin aa kenned thoo