Fair copy with dates and signatures. Britten has added a performance note at the bottom of page 1v which reads 'The orchestral accompaniment should be "kept down" throughout this song, and should never be allowed to become too sonorous'.
1 manuscript; 3 pages [1r-3r]
Blue and black ink; 23.2 x 31 cm. Paper manufacturer's catalogue No. = RC1. See Title Page of Collected Volume.
'[signature] / Dedicated to his mother Mrs R.V.Britten (E.R) / THE BIRDS / Hilaire Belloc / Set to music for Soprano and Strings / by / [signature] / June 3rd 1929-august 4th 1929 / HOLT-NORFOLK / LOWESTOFT-SUFFOLK'.
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