The Lass of Richmond Hill

Composition Details

  • Composed by: Traditional English
  • Arranged by: Jonathan Willcocks
  • Published by: Novello
  • Cat No: 16 0200
  • Canadian Work: No
  • Duration: 1:12
  • Sample Tracks:

Recorded by Elektra

Conductor Notes:

published in “Ten Folk Songs for Upper Voices”

Text:

On Richmond Hill there lives a lass more bright than Mayday morn Whose charms all other maids surpass, a rose without a thorn. This lass so sweet with smiles so sweet Has won my right good will, I’d crowns resign to call thee mine, Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill. Ye zephyrs gay that fan the air and wander through the grove, O whisper to my charming fair “I die for her I love”. This lass so sweet…