The Turtle Dove - Vaughan Williams | Ars Nova Copenhagen

The beautiful Turtle Dove composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1919. In 1907 he had recorded David Penfold, an innkeeper from Rusper, Sussex, singing "Turtle Dove" and afterwards made his composition.

Ars Nova Copenhagen is conducted by Graham Ross.
Featuring Ars Nova baryton Asger Lynge Petersen

Fare you well my dear, I must be gone
And leave you for a while
If I roam away I'll come back again
Though I roam ten thousand miles, my dear
Though I roam ten thousand miles

So fair though art my bonny lass
So deep in love am I
But I never will prove false to the bonny lass 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 melt with the sun
But I never will prove false to the bonny lass I love
Till all these things be done my dear
Till all these things be done

O yonder doth sit that little turtle dove
He doth sit on yonder high 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