She’s Like the Swallow is an old Canadian folksong of English origins about unhappy love. The folksong has a very compelling and beautiful melody and the parts and accompaniment include entrancing harmonies that move seamlessly in and out of minor and dorian.
This piece will be a real winner for your Community Choir or School treble choir!
Lyrics
She's like the swallow that flies so high.
She's like the river that never runs dry.
She's like the sunshine on the lee shore.
She loved her love and love is no more.
'Tis out in the meadow this fair maid did go
A picking the beautiful primrose;
The more she plucked the more she pulled
Until she got her apron full.
She climbed on yonder hill above
To give a rose unto her love.
She gave him one, she gave him three;
She gave her heart for company.
And as they sat on yonder hill
His heart grew hard, and harder still.
He has two hearts instead of one,
"My love, what ever have you done?"
She's like the swallow that flies so high.
She's like the river that never runs dry.
She's like the sunshine on the lee shore.
She loved her love and love is no more.
She loved her love and love is no more.
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