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Down in a pretty valley
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · James Gibb
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Down in a pretty valley by Henry David Leslie — Lyrics
Down in a pretty valley,
Close to a clear stream side,
There lives a charming maiden,
That valley's joy and pride;
She's fairer than the lily,
Her lips are ruby bright,
Her cheeks glow like the roses,
And her eyes with lovelight.
Down in that pretty valley
None is so fair as she;
The lads they all look at her,
But she sees only me.
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About Down in a pretty valley
Henry David Leslie paints a charming picture of rural courtship in this SATB setting of an English text. The words describe a beautiful maiden in a valley, whose charms are evident to all but capture the heart of the narrator alone. The song moves from an initial description of her beauty and grace to a tender account of their shared moments, culminating in a moonlit proposal and the narrator's joyful anticipation of marriage. Leslie's partsong captures the idyllic sentiment of the text with a pleasing melody and harmonies suitable for mixed choirs.
