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'''Published:''' 1916
'''Published:''' 1916


'''Description:''' From Six Choral Folksongs, H136, Op.36b
'''Description:''' ''From Six Choral Folksongs'', H136, Op.36b


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


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

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General Information

Title: Song of the Blacksmith
Composer: Gustav Holst
Lyricist: folksong collected by G.B.Gardinercreate page

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
with divisi
Genre: SecularFolksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1916

Description: From Six Choral Folksongs, H136, Op.36b

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Original text and translations

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Kang, kang, kang ki ki kang kang.

For the blacksmith courted me, nine months and better;
And first he won my heart, till he wrote to me a letter.
With his hammer in his hand, as he strikes so mighty and clever,
He makes the sparks to fly all around his middle.