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*{{NewWork|2006-06-03}} '''CPDL #11810:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f0/Ward%2C_The_Pirate.PDF http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] '''|''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/dc/Ward%2C_The_Pirate.MID http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] '''|''' '''<font color="blue">MP3:</font>''' [http://acole.members.sonic.net/ward_128.mp3 http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f1/Mp3a.gif] '''|''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/4/47/Ward%2C_The_Pirate.MUS Finale-2005]
*{{NewWork|2006-06-03}} '''CPDL #11810:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f0/Ward%2C_The_Pirate.PDF {{pdf}}] '''|''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/dc/Ward%2C_The_Pirate.MID {{mid}}] '''|''' '''<font color="blue">MP3:</font>''' [http://acole.members.sonic.net/ward_128.mp3 http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f1/Mp3a.gif] '''|''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/4/47/Ward%2C_The_Pirate.MUS Finale-2005]
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Adam P. Cole|Adam P. Cole]] ''(added 2006-06-03)''.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Score information: '''Letter, 5 pages, 210 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Adam P. Cole|Adam P. Cole]] ''(added 2006-06-03)''.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Score information:''' Letter, 5 pages, 210 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]
:'''Edition notes:''' Transcribed from J. Curwen & Sons 1912 Edition, with addition of a few slurs.  The piano reduction (for rehearsal) has been omitted.  The original notated dynamic marking for Bass II, m33 was "mf"; it was changed to match the other parts. ''NB - The midi and Finale files contain a staff transposition, and will play back at A = 415 Hz.''<br>
:'''Edition notes:''' Transcribed from J. Curwen & Sons 1912 Edition, with addition of a few slurs.  The piano reduction (for rehearsal) has been omitted.  The original notated dynamic marking for Bass II, m33 was "mf"; it was changed to match the other parts. ''NB - The midi, mp3 and Finale files all play back at A = 415 Hz.''<br>
<ul><li>'''<font color="blue">MP3 Note:</font>''' You can listen to the Editor's own personal "one-man choir" performance [http://acole.members.sonic.net/ward_128.mp3 '''here'''].  To create the file, 16 solo vocal tracks were digitally recorded using an ordinary PC microphone, then down-mixed and reverberated.
<ul><li>'''<font color="blue">MP3 Note:</font>''' You can listen to the Editor's own personal "one-man choir" performance [http://acole.members.sonic.net/ward_128.mp3 '''here'''].  To create the file, 16 solo vocal tracks were digitally recorded using an ordinary PC microphone, then down-mixed and reverberated. (all rights reserved)


==General Information==
==General Information==
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'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Folksongs|Folksongs]]<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Folksongs|Folksongs]]<br>
'''Language:''' English<br>
'''Language:''' English<br>
'''Instruments: '''<i>a capella</i> men's voices<br>
'''Instruments:''' ''a capella'' men's voices<br>
'''Published: '''1912
'''Published:''' 1912


'''Description: '''Traditional English folk-tune, originally set for solo voice and piano in "Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties" (Novello & Co.)  
'''Description:''' Traditional English folk-tune, originally set for solo voice and piano in "Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties" (Novello & Co.)  


'''External websites: '''
'''External websites:'''  


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==

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CPDL #11810: Icon_pdf.gif | Icon_snd.gif | MP3: Mp3a.gif | Finale-2005
Editor: Adam P. Cole (added 2006-06-03).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 210 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Transcribed from J. Curwen & Sons 1912 Edition, with addition of a few slurs. The piano reduction (for rehearsal) has been omitted. The original notated dynamic marking for Bass II, m33 was "mf"; it was changed to match the other parts. NB - The midi, mp3 and Finale files all play back at A = 415 Hz.
  • MP3 Note: You can listen to the Editor's own personal "one-man choir" performance here. To create the file, 16 solo vocal tracks were digitally recorded using an ordinary PC microphone, then down-mixed and reverberated. (all rights reserved)

    General Information

    Title: Ward, The Pirate
    Composer: Traditional
    Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams


    Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
    Genre: Secular, Folksongs
    Language: English
    Instruments: a capella men's voices
    Published: 1912

    Description: Traditional English folk-tune, originally set for solo voice and piano in "Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties" (Novello & Co.)

    External websites:

    Original text and translations

    English.png English text Come all you gallant seamen bold,
    All you that march to drum,
    Let's go and look for Captain Ward,
    Far on the sea he roams;
    He is the biggest robber
    That ever you did hear,
    There's not been such a robber found
    For above this hundred year.

    A ship was sailing from the east
    And going to the west,
    Loaded with silks and satins
    And velvets of the best,
    But meeting there with Captain Ward,
    It proved a bad meeting;
    He robbèd them of all their wealth
    And bid them tell their king.

    O then the king provided a ship of noble fame,
    She's call'd the "Royal Rainbow,"
    If you would know her name;
    She was as well provided for
    As any ship could be,
    Full thirteen hundred men on board
    To bear her company.

    'Twas eight o' clock in the morning
    When they began to fight,
    And so they did continue there
    Till nine o' clock at night.
    "Fight on, fight on," says Captain Ward,
    "This sport well pleases me,
    For if you fight this month or more,
    Your master I will be."

    O then the gallant "Rainbow"
    She fired, she fired in vain,
    Till six and thirty of her men
    All on the deck were slain.
    "Go home, go home," says Captain Ward,
    "And tell your king from me,
    If he reigns king on all the land, Ward will reign king on sea!"