Synopses & Reviews
A renowned musicologist presents 100 folksongs from across Britain, arranged for medium voice and piano. Examples of the finest English folk traditions include Henry Martin, Robin Hood and the Tanner, Barbara Ellen, Lord Rendal, Scarborough Fair, Botany Bay, and scores of others. Each song includes notes on variations and historical allusions.
Synopsis
Border ballads, folksongs, collected from all over Great Britain. Lord Bateman, Henry Martin, The Green Wedding, many others. Text, music, and piano accompaniment.
Synopsis
English folk music collector Cecil J. Sharp (1859-1924) was one of the most renowned musicologists in the area of true folksong, and these 100 folksongs were all collected by him from actual singers all across Britain. The tunes are presented precisely as they were originally taken down from the lips of the singers, and the lyrics are the best, most intelligible versions of the actual words and variants. Arranged for medium voice and piano, these songs are among the best in the English folk tradition, and through the survival of Border ballads and others in the United States, in the American folk tradition as well.
Included are Henry Martin, Robin Hood and the Tanner, Lord Bateman, Barbara Ellen, The Outlandish Knight, The Golden Vanity, The Green Wedding, Lord Rendal, Lord Lovel, The Death of Queen Jane, The Crystal Spring, The Drowned Lover, O Waly, Waly, Fanny Blair, The Lark in the Morn, Hares on the Mountains, The Brisk Young Bachelor, Sweet William, Scarborough Fair, The Keeper, The Robber, Botany Bay, Admiral Benbow, The Ship in Distress, A Brisk Young Sailor, The Twelve Days of Christmas, The Ten Commandments, The Barley-Mow, and many more.
The editor has provided a general introduction to the field of English folksong and substantial notes on all of the songs, citing related versions, historical allusions, etc. Amateur and professional singers will find this collection to be of unusually high quality, and it is of great interest to collectors, musicologists, and historians of culture.
Synopsis
Border ballads, folksongs, collected from all over Great Britain. Lord Bateman, Henry Martin, The Green Wedding, many others. Text, music, and piano accompaniment.
Table of Contents
BALLADS
1. Henry Martin
2. Bruton Town
3. The Knight and the Shepherds Daughter
4. Robin Hood and the Tanner
5. "The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies, O!"
6. Lord Bateman
7. Barbara Ellen
8. Little Sir Hugh
9. Geordie
10. Lady Maisry
11. The Outlandish Knight
12. The Coasts of High Barbary
13. The Cruel Mother
14. The Golden Vanity
15. Lord Thomas of Winesberry
16. The Green Wedding
17. The Briery Bush
18. Lord Rendal
19. Blow away the Morning Dew
20. The Two Magicians
21. The Duke of Bedford
22. Death and the Lady
23. "The Low, Low Lands of Holland"
24. "The Unquiet Grave, or Cold blows the wind"
25. The trees they do grow high
26. Lord Lovel
27. False Lamkin
28. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor
29. The Death of Queen Jane
SONGS
30. "Farewell, Nancy"
31. Sweet Kitty
32. The Crystal Spring
33. The Seeds of Love
34. The Sprig of Thyme
35. The Cuckoo
36. Blackbirds and Thrushes
37. The Drowned Lover
38. The Sign of the Bonny Blue Bell
39. "O Waly, Waly"
40. Green Bushes
41. Bedlam
42. The Bold Fisherman
43. The Rambling Sailor
44. Dabbing the Dew
45. The Saucy Sailor
46. Fanny Blair
47. "Arise, arise"
48. Searching for Lambs
49. Green Broom
50. The Bonny Lighter-Boy
51. The Sweet Priméroses
52. "My Bonny, Bonny Boy"
53a. As I walked through the meadows. (first version)
53b. As I walked through the meadows. (second version)
54. Erin's Lovely Home
55. The True Lover's Farewell
56. High Germany
57. Sweet Lovely Joan
58. My Boy Willie
59. "Whistle, Daughter,Whistle"
60. Mowing the Barley
61. I'm Seventeen come Sunday
62. The Lark in the Morn
63. Hares on the Mountain
64. "O Sally, my dear"
65. "Gently, Johnny, my Jingalo"
66. The Keys of Canterbury
67. My Man John
68. "O No, John!"
69. The Brisk Young Bachelor
70. Ruggleton's Daughter of Iero
71. William Taylor
72. Sweet William
73. The Watchet Sailor
74. Scarborough Fair
75. "Brimbledon Fair, or Young Ramble-Away"
76. Bridgwater Fair
77. The Crabfish
78. The Beggar
79. The Keeper
80. The Three Sons
81. Jack Hall
82. Driving away at the Smoothing Iron
83. The Robber
84. John Barleycorn
85. Poor Old Horse
86. Botany Bay
87. Admiral Benbow
88. Bold Nelson's Praise
89. Spanish Ladies
90. The Ship in Distress
91. Come all you worthy Christian men
92. Wassail Song
93. It's a Rosebud in June
94. A Brisk Young Sailor
95. The Sheep-Shearing
ACCUMULATIVE
96. The Twelve Days of Christmas
97. The Ten Commandments
98. The Tree in the Wood
99. The Barley-Mow
100. One man shall mow my meadow