Eighty Appalachian folk songs / collected by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles ; edited by Maud Karpeles ; chord symbols by Pat Shaw ; specimen piano accompaniments by Benjamin Britten.
| Other author/creator | Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James), 1859-1924. |
| Other author/creator | Karpeles, Maud, 1885-1976. |
| Other author/creator | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. |
| Format | Musical Score and Print |
| Publication Info | Winchester, Mass. : Faber and Faber Inc., 1983, ©1968. |
| Description | 1 score (109 pages) ; 19 cm |
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| Contents | The lovers' tasks (The elfin knight) -- The false knight upon the road -- The seven sleepers (Earl Brand) -- The outlandish knight (Lady Isabel and the elf knight) -- The two crows (The three ravens) -- The two sisters -- John Randolph (Lord Randal) -- Edward -- The cruel mother -- Lord Bateman (Young Beichan) -- The two brothers -- The cherry tree carol -- Love Henry (Young hunting) -- The maid freed from the gallows -- Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor -- Fair Margaret and Sweet William -- The three little babes (The wife of Usher's well) -- Matthy Groves (Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard) -- Barbara Ellen -- Little son Hugh (Sir Hugh) -- The death of Queen Jane -- Gypsy Davy (The gypsy laddie) -- The wife wrapt in Wether's skin -- Georgie (Geordie) -- The house carpenter (The daemon lover) -- Our goodman -- The farmer's curst wife -- The weeping willow tree (The golden vanity) -- Fair Sally (The brown girl) -- The lady and the dragoon -- Locks and bolts -- Jack went a-sailing -- William Hall -- William and Polly (Lisbon) -- Sweet William -- The cruel ship's carpenter -- The true lover's farewell -- The cuckoo -- Pretty Saro -- My dearest dear -- Black is the colour -- The false young man -- The dear companion -- The Irish girl -- Come all you fair and tender ladies -- Arise! arise! -- The nightingale -- Green bushes -- Good morning my pretty little miss -- The rebel soldier -- The rich old lady -- Katie Morey -- I must and I will get married -- Old woman (The deaf woman's courtship) -- Come my little roving sailor -- The miller's will -- Betty Anne -- The tree in the wood -- The riddle song -- When Adam was created -- Sinner man -- The crow-fish man -- Sally Anne -- Cripple creek -- Will you wear red? -- The chickens they are crowing -- Going to Boston -- Soldier boy for me -- Nottamun town -- The Sally buck -- I whipped my horse -- The swapping song (The foolish boy) -- The bird song -- Tommy robin (Cock robin) -- The frog and the mouse -- The squirrel -- The old woman and the little pig -- The farmyard -- What's little babies made of? -- The bridle and saddle. |
| General note | Unaccompanied folk songs with suggested guitar chord symbols provided for some of them. |
| LCCN | 82024252 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | M1629.6.A6 E4 1983 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |