Two Recorder Pieces

Scoring: Recorder consort (quartet)
Date: 2017
Settings of two folk tunes, "Joshua fit de battle o Jericho" and "Down by the Sally Gardens", for recorder quartet.
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Words:

DOWN BY THE SALLY GARDENS
(Words: W. B. Yeats, 1889. Tune: Maids of the Mourne Shore,
Trad.)
1.
Down by the Sally Gardens, my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I was young and foolish, and with her did not agree.
2.
In a field down by the river, my love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder, she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
3.
Down by the Sally Gardens, my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree,

But I was young and foolish, and with her did not agree.

JOSHUA FIT DE BATTLE O' JERICHO
(Trad. American Spiritual)
Joshua fit (fought) de battle o' Jericho,
Jericho, Jericho,
Joshua fit de battle o' Jericho,
And de walls come tumblin' down!
You may talk about your men o' Gideon,
You may talk about your men o' Saul,
But there's none like good ol' Joshua
At de battle o' Jericho!
Right up to de walls o' Jericho
Dey marched wi' spear in han';
"Go blow dem ram horns," Joshua cried,
"Cause de battle am in my han'."
Then de lamb, ram, sheep horns began to blow,
And de trumpets begin to sound,
Joshua told dem children to shout, shout, shout

And de walls come tumblin' down!