Description
An anthology of 100 songs from across the ages for solo voice or unison voices + piano accompaniment. The songs range from traditional folk favourites to sea-shanties & minstrel songs from France, Germany, America & more, recommended for use for young singers for KS2-3 (ages 7-14). All songs are in English. Set for ABRSM Examinations 2018 onwards Singing Grade 1 (List A: Anna Marie or Golden Slumbers or Miller of Dee, The or Smuggler's Song, The or My Father's Garden), Grade 2 (List A: A-roving or Mermaid, The or Oak & the Ash, The or Cockles & Mussels or Mallow Fling, The or Loch Lomond) & Grade 3 (List A: Elsie Marley or Polly Oliver or Afton Water or Ash Grove, The) + Trinity Examinations 2023 onwards Singing Initial (My Father's Garden or Smuggler's Song, The), Grade 1 (Group C: Ho-la-hi) & Grade 2 (Group C: A-roving or Bobby Shaftoe or Golden Slumbers or Sweet Nightingale).
Afton Water: E (b-e") - Trad., Scotland
Andulko: C (e'-e") - Trad., Czech
Animals Went In Two By Two, The: G minor (d'-d") - Trad., England
Anna Marie: G (d'-e") - Trad., Netherlands
A-roving: F (c'-f") - Trad., England
Ash Grove, The: G (c'-e") - Trad., Wales
Barbara Allen: D (d'-d") - Trad., England
Barnyard Song, The: D (d'-d") - Trad., USA
Bay of Biscay, The: Bb (c'-f") - Davy, J
Blow Away the Morning Dew: G (d'-e") - Trad., Somerset
Bobby Shafto: G (d'-d")
Boney was a Warrior: F (e'-d") - Trad. Shanty
Bonnie Dundee: F (c'-f") - Trad., Scotland
British Grenadiers, The: G (d'-e") - Trad., England
Cader Idris: C (c'-e") - Trad., Wales
Camptown Races: D (d'-d") - Foster, S
Captain Morgan's March (Rhyfelgyrch Capten Morgan): G (d'-d") - Trad., Wales
Charlie is my Darling: C minor (c'-eb") - Trad., Scotland
Cobbler & the Crow, The: C (c'-e") - Trad., USA
Cockles & Mussels: G (d'-d") - Trad., Ireland
Come Home Now: G (d'-b') - Trad., Westphalia
Cuckoo, The: G (d'-d") - Trad., Austria
Darby Kelly: G (d'-d") - Whitaker, J
Donkey Riding: F (f'-f") - Trad. Sea Song
Down in Demerara: G (d'-d") - Trad. British student song
Drink to Me Only: Eb (eb'-eb") - Anon, c.1770
Early One Morning: F (c'-f") - Trad., England
Elsie Marley: A (c#'-e") - Dunhill
Faithful Johnny: F (f'-f") - Trad., Scotland
Farewell, Manchester: Eb (d'-eb") - Felton, W
Farmyard, The: G (d'-d") - Trad., England
Fire Down Below: F (c'-d") - Trad. Shanty
Fisherman's Night Song: G (d'-e") - Trad., Ireland
Flight of the Earls, The: F (c'-f") - Trad., Ireland
Fox's Song, The: G (d'-e")
Gay Musician, The: G (d'-d") - Trad., German
Golden Slumbers: Bb (d'-f") - Trad., England
Green & White: A (f#'-e") - Trad., German
Green Grow the Leaves: G (b-e") - Trad., Northumbria
Green Grow the Rushes, O: Bb (bb-d") - Trad., England
Heart of Oak: Bb (d'-f") - Boyce
High Germany: F (c'-d") - Trad., Somerset
Ho-la-hi: D (d'-e") - Trad., German
Hope, the Hermit: C (c'-e") - Anon., England 17th c.
I'se the B'y that Builds the Boat: G (d'-d") - Trad., Newfoundland
Jennie Jenkins: G (d'-e") - Trad., USA
Jim Along Josie: G (e'-d") - Trad., USA
John Barleycorn: C (e'-e") - Trad., Somerset
John Brown's Body: Bb (d'-d") - Trad., USA
John Smith, Fellow Fine: F (f'-d") - Trad., Scotland
Keeper, The: D (d'-d") - Trad., England
Lass of Richmond Hill, The: Bb (c'-f") - Hook, J
Leave Her, Johnny: F (f'-d") - Trad. Shanty
Li'l Liza Jane: Eb (eb'-eb") - Trad., USA
Lincolnshire Poacher, The: A (c#'-e") - Trad., England
Little Boy & the Sheep, The (Je suis un petit garcon): Bb (d'-e") - Trad., France
Loch Lomond: G (d'-e") - Trad., Scotland
Mallow Fling, The: E (d#'-e") - Trad., Britain/Ireland
Marching Through Georgia: A (c#'-e") - Work, H
Men of Harlech (Rhyfelgyrch Gw_r Harlech): G (d'-e") - Trad., Wales
Mermaid, The: D (d'-d") - Trad., England
Merry Cobbler , The: Bb (f'-d") - Trad., Belgium
Michael Finnigin: G (d'-d") - Trad., England
Miller of Dee, The: G minor (d'-d") - Trad., England
Minstrel Boy, The: E (b-e") - Trad., Ireland
My Aunt Jemima: G (d'-d") - Trad., German
My Bonny Cuckoo: C (c'-e") - Trad., England
My Father's Garden (Auprès de ma blonde): F (c'-d") - Trad., France
Noble Duke of York, The (Grand Old Duke of York, The): A (c#'-d") - Trad., England
O Rare Turpin: Ab (c'-f") - Trad., England
Oak & the Ash, The: F minor (c'-eb") - Trad., England
Oh! Susanna: F (f'-d") - Foster
One Man Went to Mow: G (g'-d") - Trad., England
Pretty Polly Oliver (Sweet Polly Oliver: Eb (c'-f") - Trad., England
Punchinello: D (d'-e") - Trad., France
Riddle, The: F (c'-f") - Trad., German
Rio Grande: F (c'-f") - Trad. Shanty
Robin Adair: A (e'-e") - Trad. Scotland/Ireland
Sacramento: D (d'-d") - Trad. Shanty
Sally Brown: C (c'-e") - Trad., USA Shanty
Scraping Up Sand: F (c'-f") - Trad., USA
Shenandoah: Eb (bb- eb") - Trad., USA Shanty
Shepherdess, The (Il etiat une bergere): A (e'-e") - Trad., France
Skip to my Lou: G (f#'-d") - Trad., USA
Smuggler's Song, The: Eb (d'-eb") - Trad., England
Song of the Western Men: Bb (d'-eb") - Trad., Cornwall
Spring Song: Eb (eb'-eb") - Trad., Germany
Sweet Nightingale: G (d'-e") - Trad., England
Ten in the Bed: G (d'-d") - Trad., England
There was a Jolly Miller: A (e'-c") - Trad., England
This Old Man: G (g'-e") - Trad., England
Tree in the Wood, The: D (d'-d") - Trad., Somerset
Turn the Glasses Over: G (d'-e") - Trad., USA
Vicar of Bray, The: D (d'-e") - Trad., England 17th c.
Waltzing Matilda: F (c'-f") - Cowan
We Be Three Poor Mariners: Eb (d'-eb") - Trad. English sea song
What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?: D minor (c'-d") - Trad. Shanty
Will Ye No Come Back Again?: F (c'-f") - Trad., Scotland
Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies, The: C minor (c'-d") - Trad., England
Ye Banks & Braes: G (d'-e") - Trad., Scotland
Tags: Singing Grade 2; Singing Grade 3