En el segundo cd britteniano de IB está tb. la 'Serenade' , pero en combinación con alguna canción folclórica como 'Oh, Waly Waly'
The water is wide I cannot get o'er
The water is wide I cannot get o'er,
And neither have I wings to fly.
Give me a boat that will carry two,
And both shall row, my love and I.
O, down in the meadows the other day,
A-gathering flowers both fine and gay,
A-gathering flowers both red and blue,
I little thought what love can do.
I leaned my back up against some oak
Thinking that he was a trusty tree;
But first he bended, and then he broke;
And so did my false love to me.
A ship there is, and she sails the sea,
She's loaded deep as deep can be,
But not so deep as the love I'm in:
I know not if I sink or swim.
O! love is handsome and love is fine,
And love's a jewel while it is new;
But when it is old, it groweth cold,
And fades away like morning dew.
lleno de sabiduría popular....
y 'Our hunting fathers' de Auden
http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/assemble ... cleId=1154
Britten y Auden escribieron este ciclo de canciones juntos en 1936
Hay un interesante y largo artículo sobre su relación
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/ ... ip-hensher
Ian Bostridge dramatiza la obra estupendamente , tenéis que reconocer!
El cd acaba con otra canción folclórica
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead,
Hee-haw, buried and dead,
There grew an old apple-tree over his head,
Hee-haw, over his head.
The apples were ripe and ready to fall,
Hee-haw, ready to fall,
There came an old woman to gather them all,
Hee-haw, gather them all.
Oliver rose and gave her a drop,
Hee-haw, gave her a drop,
Which made the old woman go hippety hop,
Hee-haw, hippety hop.
The saddle and bridle, they lie on the shelf,
Hee-haw, lie on the shelf,
If you want any more you can sing it yourself,
Hee-haw, sing it yourself.
que muestra, más que sabiduría, pura guasa!!