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LONDON BIRDS

Geoffrey (Turton) Shaw (1879-1943), the younger brother of the composer and editor Martin Shaw, was an influential figure in music education and a prolific composer, chiefly of church music, piano and songs. His "London Birds," published in 1937, was conceived as a unison song for a competitive festival at Dagenham in East London. It has a gentle, pastoral 6|8 lilt reflecting the fact that all the birds are seen and heard in London's green spaces. The 6|8 changes to 9|8, three beats to the bar, in the surge towards the outbursts of joy, or pride, in the last line of each verse. Just before the end, 6|8 also changes to a more businesslike 2|4 (at the same pulse) to express a negative: what the singer didn't hear!

1.
I saw a blackbird on Primrose Hill, Primrose Hill,
His voice was golden and so was his bill,
so was his bill,
And he sang for joy,
sang for joy in the sunshine

2.
I saw two ducks on the Serpentine,
Serpentine
Their eyes were too small
but their feathers were fine,
feathers were fine,
And they quacked for joy,
quacked for joy,
quacked for joy in the sunshine

3.
I saw three swans at Hampton Court
Hampton Court,
Their necks were long but their tails were short,
tails were short,
And they swam very proud,
swam very proud,
swam very proud in the sunshine

4.
I saw white sails in Regent's Park,
Regent's Park,
the sunshine was there .....
but I didn't hear ...... a lark.

This is from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Songbook 2.

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