Category: Theater / Film Music
Instrumentation: voice, guitar
Text / Source: Federico García Lorca, The House Of Bernarda Alba; English translation by Emily Mann
Publisher: Les Productions d’OZ

Little Lamb is the English-language version of Ovejita, using Emily Mann’s translation of Lorca’s text from The House Of Bernarda Alba. Like the original Spanish setting, the song is sung by Maria Josefa in Act III and preserves the intimate dramatic function of the scene.

Baxter’s setting brings a lyrical, folk-inflected directness to the translated text, allowing the character’s emotional state to emerge with clarity and restraint. The music supports the dramatic language without excess, emphasizing songfulness, simplicity, and the fragile humanity of the moment.

Little Lamb is appropriate for English-language productions of The House Of Bernarda Alba, as well as theatrical song recitals and contemporary vocal programs. It offers singers an opportunity to explore character, text, and atmosphere through concise, dramatically focused musical writing.