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Description
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2028
SATB
Barb'ra Allen
A warmly harmonised SATB arrangement by Richard John of the
well known traditional song Barb'ra Allen.
approx 3m 00s
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C
2019
SATB
Da bi imal perje
(If I had wings) (Words in Croatian). 'If I had wings like a bird, I would fly to you every night my dove'...An intense, heartfelt song about being separated from loved ones. Trad. Croatian song arr. by Sheena Phillips.
approx 2m 30s
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full pronunciation guide included
B
2014
SATB
Down by the salley gardens
'She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree...'.
A beautiful song of love and regret. W B Yeats wrote the words, apparently based on fragments that he remembered after hearing an old woman singing it. Traditional Irish tune arr. Frances Cockburn.
approx 2m 00s
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B
2015-
2017
Jane Chattock's book of rounds
In November 1832, Jane Chattock opened a small music manuscript book and
wrote her name on the flyleaf. She then copied a collection of favourite
rounds into it, and got her friends to add more in their own hand. We know
nothing more of Jane, but her book came to light in an Edinburgh second-hand
book shop in 1982 and now lets us see what amused a little group of social
singers in the years around the accession of Queen Victoria.
2015 Come buy my cherries
approx. 2'30 more...
A
2016 Come hither boy
approx. 1'30
A
2017 The sweet delights of love
approx. 1'45
A
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A
C
2003
SATB
Guillaneus
(Words in French). 'Salut a la compagnie de cette maison!' A traditional
French new year song that would have been sung around all the houses in the area, spliced with a jaunty original dance tune. Song trad. French arr. Peter Hill. approx 1m 45s
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full pronunciation guide included
B
5026
SATB
Hinei ma tov
A well known Jewish song about how good it is to live in harmony, based on words from Psalm 133, in a simple but effective arrangement by Sheena Phillips. Words in Hebrew and in English translation. approx 1m 30s
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A

2004
SATB
The lyke wake dirge
A grim, sturdy, traditional song from grim, sturdy Yorkshire, England; where
until relatively recently the coffin containing the departed was carried over
the moors with stops at places of significance. Trad arr. Peter Hill and Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 00s
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B
3019
SATB
A Manx lullaby
A warmly harmonised setting by Frances Cockburn of trad. Manx words, featuring three-part female and male verses coming together in a rich SATB finish. approx 2m 30s
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B
2001
SATB
A parting glass
An ideal concert finisher or encore, featuring the classic Irish mix of tears and beers, pleasingly set by Peter Hill. 'So fill to me the parting glass; goodnight, and joy be with you all..' SATB unacc.
approx 1m 40s
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B
4021
SATB
recorder
& drum
Patapan!
A rousing pipe and drum carol, as sung traditionally in France on Christmas Eve, in a fresh English translation. Separate parts available for choir, recorder and drum. Arranged with panache by Sheena Phillips
approx 1m 30s
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C
2005
SATB
Please to see the king
New Year carol that recounts the English and Welsh tradition of hunting of a wren (the 'king') and processing from door to door in greeting. Sturdily set by Paul Carline. approx 1m 30s
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B
2006
SATB
Pokarekare ana
(Words in Maori) 'Pokarekare ana...' - 'The waters of Waiapu are agitated.
Cross over, girl, and they will be calm.' A beautiful lilting setting of an early 20th c. Maori love song by
Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s
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full pronunciation guide included
B
2007
SATB
Preab san ól
another round! (Words in English) Why spend your leisure bereft of pleasure...you'll take no money within the grave! A rousing concert finisher. Song originally written in Irish Gaelic by Riocard Bairéid alias Richard Barrett, an 18th-century schoolmaster from Co. Mayo in the west of Ireland. Arr. Peter Hill.
approx 2m 15s
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B
2029
SSA
Riddle song (I will give my love an apple)
A setting for SSA of one of the oldest known English riddles by Cumbrian composer Douglas Cook.
approx 1m 40s
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B
2025
SSATB
Scarborough Fair
An intriguing fugal treatment of the well known English
folk song by Paul Ayres. SSATB unaccompanied.
approx 2m 30s
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C
2008
SATB
Searching for lambs
A youth - with marriage on his mind - waylays a young girl as she goes to
feed her fathers lambs. Traditional English spring song arr. by Douglas Cook.
approx 2m 00s
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B
2009
SATB
The seeds of love
A woman dwells on the memory of a past love and just at the moment doesn't
want a new love, that's not to say she would rule it out for ever though!
Traditional English song arr. by Douglas Cook. approx 1m 30s
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B
2027
SATB
She moved through the fair
A most beautiful Irish folk song, rewritten by collector Padraic Colum, liltingly arranged by Geoffrey Dale. SATB a cappella.
approx 3m 00s
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C
2024
TTBB
Silent O Moyle
Traditional Irish song lamenting the plight of Fionnuala,
who has been turned into a swan by her stepmother Aiofe. Arranged for male
voices by Mark Burstow. approx 2m 00s
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A
2010
SATB
Sovay
Young Sovay decides one day to test her true love's mettle. She dresses up as a highwayman and lies in wait for him, pistol in hand. Is he man enough to pass the test...? Trad. words and music in a fast-paced and jaunty arrangement by Peter Hill.
tune in alto. approx 2m 20s
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B
2021
SATB
Soun, soun, béni, béni
(Words in French dialect). A simple and gently flowing lullaby from the Massif Central region of France. Suitable for small chamber choir or larger ensemble. Trad. arr. by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s
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full pronunciation guide included
B
2031
SATB
Taivas on sininen
(The sky is blue) (Words in Finnish). A charming traditional Finnish song, arranged by Frances Cockburn
approx 1m 30s
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full pronunciation guide included
B
2023
SATB
Tra bo dau
(While there are two) (Words in Welsh). 'Beauty will not last; but faithful love endures like steel, so long as two remain'. Trad. Welsh love song with a nice jolly tune. Arr. Peter Hill.
approx 2m 15s
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full pronunciation guide included
A
2022
SATB
The water is wide
'The water is wide, I cannot get o'er, and neither have I wings to fly. Give me a boat that will carry two, And both shall row, my love and I'.
An SATB arrangement (with optional soprano soli) by Sheena Phillips of this popular traditional English song. approx 3m 00s
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B
3017
SATB
Under de stora träden
(Under the tall trees) (Words in Swedish). 'Let my shadow disappear into yours. Let me lose myself under the tall trees,'...the magical and sensuous moment of twilight, when everything seems to soften and fade into everything else. Poem by Pär Lagerkvist, set to music by Sheena Phillips.
approx 1m 20s
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full pronunciation guide included
B
2030
SSA
What shall we do with a drunken sailor
A lively arrangement for SSA voices of the toe-tapping shanty, by Douglas Cook.
approx 1m 30s
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C
2011
SATB
Whistle, daughter, whistle
A young girl is impatient to get married, but her mother thinks she'd be better off with a sheep or a cow! Traditional English song arr. by Douglas Cook.
approx 1m 45s
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B
5025
SATB
& descant
Yarabba Ssalami
A Palestinian prayer for peace. Words in Arabic and in English translation by Fred Kaan. A possible sequence of verses (English, Arabic, with or without descant, etc) is suggested, but feel free to devise your own.
approx 1m 30s
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A

2012
SATB
Ye mariners all
This is hearty drinking song in celebration of the consoling powers of 'a jug of this'. SATB with tenor/bass duet. Trad. English arr. Peter Hill.
approx 2m 00s
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B
2013
TB
Ye mariners all
As above, TB version. Trad. English arr. Peter Hill.
approx 2m 00s
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B
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