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Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978)

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The Espalier

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A carol of St. Brigit (When Brigit went out) - P. Buck [x] *
Black eyes (Long Molly Samways went by just then/ Strange how that girl gets off with the men!) (from The Espalier) - M. Flothuis [x] *
Every girl, my mother said,/ She must learn, if she would wed [x] *
M. Flothuis: Falling asleep in an orchard

Falling asleep in an orchard (Every girl, my mother said,/ She must learn, if she would wed) - M. Flothuis [x] *
Flocking to the Temple (from The Espalier) *
J. Ireland: Hymn for a child

Hymn for a child (Flocking to the Temple ) (from The Espalier) - J. Ireland *
I have a young love (from The Espalier) [x] *
A. Bowman: The sailor

Jump through the hedge, lass (from The Espalier) *
J. Ireland: The soldier's return

Long Molly Samways went by just then/ Strange how that girl gets off with the men! (from The Espalier) [x] *
M. Flothuis: Black eyes

See the scapegoat, happy beast (from The Espalier) *
J. Ireland: The scapegoat

The sailor (I have a young love) (from The Espalier) - A. Bowman [x] *
The scapegoat (See the scapegoat, happy beast ) (from The Espalier) - J. Ireland *
The soldier's return (Jump through the hedge, lass ) (from The Espalier) - J. Ireland *
When Brigit went out [x] *
P. Buck: A carol of St. Brigit