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Folk Songs of the British Isles

  

Author:	Andrew Gant	Printed:	1997
Publisher:	Kevin Mayhew Ltd.	ISBN:	570004 006 3
Copyright:	Mayhew 1997

100 British folk songs
This is an excellent songbook which I purchased whilst on holiday in Warwickshire in 1999. It contains several songs completely new to me which I have since taken into my repertoire (these include Come to my window, David of the White Rock, Farewell, ye green fields, Here's to the maiden, Hush, my dear, lie still, Maids at eighteen, The Murder of Maria Marten, The Oak and the Ash, The Unquiet Grave). It is also a treasure-trove of childhood favourites including, Annie Laurie, Billy Boy, Blow Away the Morning Dew, Bobby Shaftoe, Comin' through the rye, Dashing away with the smoothing iron, Drink to me only with thine eyes, Fire Down Below, Golden Slumbers, Green grow the rushes-oh!, Greensleeves, Helston Furry Dance, John Peel, Men of Harlech, Oh, no, John!, The Barley Mow, The Farmer's Boy, This old man, Ye banks and braes, The Last Rose of Summer.
The pages are well-designed for the practical musician, many tunes are given in two keys and sources to all songs are also given.