Long Long Ago – Thomas Haynes Bayly

About this piece

Long, Long Ago is a song by the English writer Thomas Haynes Bayly from the 1830s, remembering a love of years past. Its gentle tune is a classic of early piano and singing lessons. The preview on this page plays the opening 21 seconds of the 0:42 arrangement, about half of it (102 notes, about 5 a second). The arrangement is set at around 96 bpm, in 4/4. You will need about 2 octaves, from C3 up to B4. About 59 % of the preview’s key presses sound two or more notes at once; the rest are single notes.

Full song

0:42

Preview

the opening 21 s, 102 notes

Tempo

about 96 bpm

Time signature

4/4

Range (full song)

C3–B4 (about 2 octaves)

Notes (full song)

204