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"Fare Thee Well" (also known as "The Turtle Dove" or "10,000 Miles") is an 18th-century English folk ballad, listed as number 422 in the Roud Folk Song Index.In the song, a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey, and the lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers.
The tablet contains a balbale (a kind of Sumerian poem) which is known by the titles "Bridegroom, Spend the Night in Our House Till Dawn" or "A Love Song of Shu-Suen (Shu-Suen B)". Composed of 29 lines, [ 5 ] this poem is a monologue directed to king Shu-Sin (ruled 1972–1964 BC, short chronology , or 2037–2029 BC, long chronology [ 4 ] ).
"Love Song" is a song written and recorded by Canadian band Sky for their 1999 album Piece of Paradise. It was Sky's most successful single, climbing to number one on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart. It also peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40, becoming the band's only single to appear on any Billboard chart.
The song is written in the time signature of common time and in the key signature of C minor; it is 20 bars long. As was usual in that period , Mozart wrote the piece using the soprano clef . [ N 4 ] The song contains almost no melismata , [ N 5 ] and several passages provide a considerable element of operatic drama.
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O Mistress Mine is an Elizabethan song which appears in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. It is sung by the character Feste, who is asked to sing a love song by Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch. The words of the song are addressed to the singer/poet's lover.
"The Sky Above The Roof", song (1908), setting translation by Mabel Dearmer of Paul Verlaine poem 'Le ciel est pardessus le toit' On Wenlock Edge, song cycle (1909) for tenor, piano and string quartet, setting texts by A. E. Housman; Four Hymns: (1914) for tenor and piano (or strings) with viola obbligato
[1] According to Browne biographer Rich Wiseman, "the sky serves as the album's most striking symbol of death/salvation." [1] [5] Holden similarly stated that the sky is "the album’s symbol for escape, salvation and death." [4] Both Bego and Wiseman have suggested that the song is about Browne's relationship with singer Joni Mitchell. [1] [3] [5]