Product Number:
99700BCDEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Beginning-Intermediate
Pages:
104
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-6106-5799-3
ISBN13:
978-16106-5799-0
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
12/2/2015
In folk tradition, stories of love lost, betrayal, jealousy, conflict, emigration, and the supernatural are often immortalized in songs of many traditions, demonstrating that singing has been a universal vehicle for the human condition. The criteria for this wonderful collection of prose and melodies is from Celtic traditions that have been with us for hundreds of years. These compositions have been arranged so that each will work both as an air and as a song. All of the selections in the book are available on the companion online audio.
A Stór mo Chroí (Treasure of My Heart)
Banks of Claudy, The
Beauty in Tears
Blind Mary
Bonny Light Horseman
Caoineadh an Spailpín (The Lament of the Spalpeen)
Courting Is a Pleasure
Down by the Sally Gardens (a k a The Maid of the Mourne Shore)
Éamonn a’ Chnoic (Ned of the Hill)
Farewell to Tarwathie
Flower of Magherally, The
Flowers of the Forest
Gabhaim Molta Bríde (A Prayer for St Bridget)
Heroes of St Valery
Lowlands of Holland, The
MacPherson’s Farewell
Maid of Coolmore, The
Martha, the Flower of Sweet Strabane
Mary’s Dream
Mo Ghile Mear (My Spirited Love)
Month of January
Parting Glass, The
Planxty Connor
Praties, The
Separation of the Soul from the Body
Sí Beag Sí Mór (Little Fairy Hill and Big Fairy Hill)
Sliabh na mBan (The Women’s Mountain)
Snows They Melt the Soonest, The
Star of the County Down
Such a Parcel of Rogues
When I Was on HorsebackMelody Arrangement
When I Was on HorsebackVocal Arrangement
Will Ye No Come Back Again?
Ye Banks & Braes
Appendix of Additional Lyrics
Down By the Sally Gardens/Maid of Mourne Shore
Éamonn a’ Chnoic (Ned of the Hill)
Flowers of the Forest
Lowlands of Holland, The
Mo Ghile Mear (My Spirited Love) 3
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