![\new Staff \with{ \magnifyStaff #3/4 } <<
{ \new Voice \relative c' {
\clef treble \key a \major \time 3/4
\autoBeamOff \partial 4 a'8 \stemUp b cis4. d8 b cis | a[( b)] e,4 a8[( gis)] | \break
fis4 d b' b8[( gis)] e4 \fermata e8 a | a4 e8 e cis8. b16 | \break
a8.[( cis16)] e4 e8 e | fis4 d' b | cis8[( b)] a4 r \bar "|."
}
\addlyrics { \override LyricText.font-size = #-1 Oh it's of a young sea cap -- tain \markup{Lived_} by the sea side -- o, And he court -- ed a far -- mer's daugh -- ter, And he made her his bride -- o. } }
{ \new Voice \relative c' {
\clef treble \key a \major \time 3/4
\autoBeamOff \stemDown s1 | s1 | s1 | e8 fis |
} }
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\layout { \context {\Score \omit BarNumber} line-width = #110 }](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/h/r/hr8kd11ir4hv76g4t71k7b33mqs5ffi/hr8kd11i.png)
The tune as noted by Butterworth from the singing of Mr & Mrs Cranstone of Billingshurst, Sussex, in June 1907. It varies in several respects from that used in the orchestral work of 1913.
The Banks of Green Willow is a piece of orchestral music by British composer George Butterworth. It was composed in 1913, is written in the key of A major, and is around six minutes long.