Lower intermediate level, ALRY, See publisher for price. For flute or alto flute.
This is a set of four variations on the beautiful, but little known English folk song. The work begins and ends with a statement of the actual folk song melody. The Willow Tree is a tragic song of lost love. The last verse reads:
- I once had gold and silver, I thought them without end,
- I once had gold and silver, I thought I had a true friend.
- My wealth is lost, my friend is false, my love hath he stolen from me,
- While here I lie alone to die beneath the willow tree.