Jerry Silverman has taken the best songs from Songs of England; Songs of Ireland; and Songs of Scotland and arranged them for voice with complete lyrics and annotated guitar accompaniment, as well as guitar solos. A new section on Songs of Wales has been added. Solos appear in standard notation and tablature.

Jerry Silverman has taken the best songs from Songs of England, Songs of Ireland, and Songs of Scotland and has arranged them for voice with piano accompaniment and guitar chords. A new section on Songs of Wales is also included.

A treasure trove for anyone interested in the folklore of the British Isles. Illustrated throughout, this lovely collection contains 360 folk songs from field recordings. Includes melody lines, lyrics, and chord symbols. Melody line format.

The songs of the British Isles---England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales---are among the most expressive and singable in Western music. The 11 songs selected for this collection are ideal for both the beginning soloist and the more skilled singer. Included are ballads, love songs, folk songs, and even two Christmas carols. Titles: *Annie Laurie *The Ash Grove *The Blaydon Races *Danny Boy *Flow Gently, Sweet Afton *Greensleeves *God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen *Scarborough Fair *Skye Boat Song *The Snow Lay on the Ground *The Water Is Wide (O Waly, Waly)

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The songs of the British Isles---England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales---are among the most expressive and singable in Western music. The 11 songs selected for this collection are ideal for both the beginning soloist and the more skilled singer. Included are ballads, love songs, folk songs, and even two Christmas carols. Titles: *Annie Laurie *The Ash Grove *The Blaydon Races *Danny Boy *Flow Gently, Sweet Afton *Greensleeves *God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen *Scarborough Fair *Skye Boat Song *The Snow Lay on the Ground *The Water Is Wide (O Waly, Waly)

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Originally published in 1977. The Travellers, from those living in bow-tents and horse-drawn caravans to those dwelling in motor caravans and permanent homes, are an important source of traditional music. Their society means that songs that have died out in more settled communities are preserved among them. Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, widely known as two of the founding singers of the British and American folk revivals, here display a vast fund of folklore scholarship around the songs of British travelling people. Resulting from extensive collecting in southern and southeastern England and central and northeastern Scotland in the 1960s and 70s, this book contains 130 songs with music and comprehensive notes relating them to folkloristic and historical points of interest. It includes traditional ballads and ballads of broadside origin, bawdy, tragic and humorous songs about love, work and death. Most are in English or in Scots dialect with four in Anglo-Romani.