Harriet Ware's work is a lush, salon-style piece that utilizes rich harmonies to evoke a water scene. It is musically notable for its effective use of the piano's resonant range and lyrical phrasing.
Master the use of the sustaining pedal to connect the shifting harmonic textures without blurring the melody.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Boat Song is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Boat Song lasts about 4 minutes.
Boat Song is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include 'Tis Spring by Harriet Ware, Autumn Idyll by Cyril Scott, Berceuse by Jāzeps Vītols — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.