It looked a scary range to me, but when I played it, it sort of fudges itself out.

What I would do is ignore the key change but play it all in B (well capo 2 in A). The highest note then is a brief D, although she does change the tune subtley after the key change to get rid of that higher note. The lowest note then I have to sing is a G, which I can just about manage. The lower notes than that are brief grace notes really which I will leave to Beth for performance. I agree that to do it as written will need a soloist, although if you have an assembly largely of women they might find it more natural. We were singing a song at our singing group last night that was all in a low range that I was finding a struggle and my wife said that she was enjoying finally singing a song that suited her range for a change.

I much prefer C to C, or even A to A really. Beth Doherty is writing for her range which is lowish and has me reaching for a capo.

Geoff