The Turtle Dove by R. Vaughan Williams sung by Chor Leoni

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The Turtle Dove - Folk-song collected and arranged for men's voices by R. Vaughan Williams. Performed by Chor Leoni Men's Choir (Vancouver, Canada) and conducted by Erick Lichte, Artistic Director, with Byron Hanson, soloist.

Video by Philip Jack http://www.philmetaljacket.com
Audio recording & mixing by Byron Hanson

Fare you well, my dear, I must be gone, and leave you for awhile;
If I roam away I'll come back again,
though I roam ten thousand miles,my dear,
Though I roam ten thousand miles.

As fair though art my bonny lass, So deep in love am I:
But I never will prove false to the pretty girl I love,
Till the stars fall from the sky, my dear,
Till the stars fall from the sky.

The sea will never run dry, my dear, Nor the rocks never melts with the sun,
But I never will prove false to the pretty girl I love,
Till all those things be done, my dear,
Till al those things be done.

O yonder doth sit that little turtle dove,
He doth sit on yonder hight tree,
A-making a moan for the loss of his love,
As I will do for thee, my dear,
As I will do for thee.