The Long LineThe Long Line

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Hugh the Drover

Movements

Act I

  1. I. Buy, buy, buy
  2. II. Cold blows the wind on Cotsall
  3. III. As I was a-walking
  4. IV. Show me a richer man
  5. V. Here come the Morris men
  6. VI. Life must be full of care
  7. VII. Sweet little linnet that longs to be free
  8. VIII. “Horse-hoofs thunder down the valley”
  9. IX. In the night-time I have seen you riding
  10. X. Mary! Mary!
  11. XI. Oh! The devil and Bonyparty
  12. XII. Yes, I!
  13. XIII. Are you ready? Go!
  14. XIV. The drover's won!
  15. XV. I tell you there's a price on this man's head

Act II

  1. I. Past four o'clock
  2. II. Gaily I go to die
  3. III. Hugh!...Mary!
  4. IV. Sweet little home
  5. V. Where's she gone to?
  6. VI. Here, queen uncrowned
  7. VII. A trollop from the stocks
  8. VIII. Dropped from the ranks on a winter's night
  9. IX. March away, John!
  10. X. O foolish girl, O radiant soul!
  11. XI. Oh! the sky shall be our roof

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