Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad [Alf:36-M119191]

George Butterworth (1885-1916), an English composer whose life was cut short at the Battle of the Somme, wrote two song cycles based on A SHROPSHIRE LAD, a collection of 63 poems by A.E. Housman. The first of these cycles, published for baritone and piano in 1911, includes six songs: 1. Loveliest of trees 2. When I was one and twenty 3. Look not in my eyes 4. Think no more, lad 5. The lads in their hundreds 6. Is my team ploughing?