Britten's diary for 29 Nov 1929 records an unsuccessful attempt at this song, which was re-composed in January the following year.
Untitled draft with annotations. The musical material is entirely different to the other source for this work.
1 manuscript; 1 page [1r]
Pencil; 26.5 x 36 cm.
Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/BBM-oh_why_did_eer_my_thoughts_aspire-1-1
