There was a tree (Gustav Holst)

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• (Posted 2023-11-02)  CPDL #76916:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-02).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 525 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

• (Posted 2016-05-09)  CPDL #39616:       

Editor: Peter Kaplan (submitted 2016-05-09).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 2.93 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: With piano reduction for rehearsal only.

• (Posted 2013-02-26)  CPDL #28412:  (Overture)

Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2013-02-26).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Piano reduction not included.

General Information

Title: There was a tree
Composer: George Barnet Gardiner
Arranger: Gustav Holst
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, with very occasional divisi
Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1917 in Six Choral Folksongs (Gustav Holst), no. 2
Description: Arrangement of a folk song collected by George Barnet Gardiner

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Original text and translations

English text

There was a tree all in the woods,
As fine a tree as ever you did see,
For the tree was in the woods,
And the woods lie in the valley below.

There was a limb all on the tree,
As fine a limb as ever you did see,
For the limb was on the tree,
And the tree was in the woods,
And the woods lie in the valley below.

There was a bough all on the tree,
As fine a bough as ever you did see,
For the bough was on the limb,
And the limb was on the tree,
And the tree was in the woods,
And the woods lie in the valley below.

There was a bird all on the tree,
The finest bird that ever you did see,
For the bird was on the bough,
And the bough was on the limb,
And the limb was on the tree,
And the tree was in the woods,
And the woods lie in the valley below.