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Scots and Gaelic Songs	World Folk and Traditional	New Music
Exciting new arrangements of songs from the rich Scots and Gaelic traditions, plus settings of poetry from the 17th to the 20th century.	Some lovely folk and traditional tunes from England, Ireland and Wales, and from all over the world (various languages)	Totally new writing including new settings of wonderful poetry from ancient times to our own (various languages).
Christmas Music	Sacred Music	Songs for Young Voices
Fresh new songs for the festive season, including rounds, rousing carols and noels and more sombre pieces.	Featuring American Shaker songs, spirituals and new settings of religious texts.	Songs specially written or arranged for young voices, mostly with piano accompaniment.

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Ref.	Title	Description	Price
1001 SATB	Ae fond kiss	A new setting, richly harmonised by Frances Cockburn, of Robert Burns' famous song about the pain of parting with 'no regrets'. SATB with quartet verse and optional soli. approx 3m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1002 SATB	A song	'And wud ye tak love lichtly, and let it bide or gang?' (would you take love lightly, and let it stay or go?) Scots poem by William Soutar, music by Michael Buck. approx 0m 45s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1024 SATB	Auld lang syne	Yes, it has verses, good ones too! Burns' most famous song of enduring friendship which can (and should) be sung at any time of year. Arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 4m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.20 ($1.80)
5001 SATB	Aurora rutilat (Dawn glows red)	'Aurora rutilat lucis prenuncia...' ('Dawn glows red, heralding daylight'). Atmospheric and soaring setting of a text honouring the 6th century Scottish St Columba, based on a Medieval plainchant. Music by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 20s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
5013 SATB & SA children	Aurora rutilat (Dawn glows red)	As above, set for SATB adult and two part children's chorus. approx 3m 20s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
1003 SATB	Ay waukin, o (always awake)	'Sleep I can get nane, for thinkin on my dearie...' A new setting of Burns' plaintive song of sorrow and night wakefulness. Arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 40s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1004 SATB	Ballad	'O! Shairly ye hae seen my love doun whaur the waters wind?' - A short, stark ballad about the disappearance of a fisherman. Words by Perthshire poet William Soutar, music by Ernest Buck, arr. by Michael Buck. approx 2m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1020 SATB	Ballad of lost ladye	A mysterious and chilling story, allegedly based on a true incident in which a 20th century visitor to Iona was found dead by the fairy mound. Poem by Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975), music by Michael Buck. approx 2m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1019 SATB	Balulalow	'I come from hevin heich to tell, The best nowells that e'er befell.' Anonymous 16th century Scottish lullaby to the Christ child arranged by Douglas Cook for unaccompanied SATB chorus with tenor and soprano soli. approx 3m 40s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
1013 SATB	Both sides the Tweed	'Think them poorest who can be a slave, them richest who dare to be free.' A powerful song by Scots singer Dick Gaughan based on traditional words. Arr. for choir by Frances Cockburn. approx 2m 40s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
1005 SATB	Cauld blaws the wind	'Up in the morning early's no for me' -especially when it's a cold, cold wind that blows. A brisk wintry song with a folk feel. Words by Robert Burns, music by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1006 SSATB	Day is düne	'The darg is owre and the day is düne'. The day's work is done, and all the nodding heads are weary. A Scots lullaby by William Soutar (1898-1943), setting by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1007 SATB	Dream Angus	'Hush ye my baby and sleep without fear, Dream Angus has brought you a dream, my dear.' A trad. Scots lullaby, set by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
1016 SATB	Hungry waters	'The old men o' the sea wi' their daberlack hair'. Short but sharp poem by Hugh MacDiarmid about the violent aspect of the sea's nature. Music by Frances Cockburn. approx 0m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.00 ($1.50)
1008 SATB	I love, great God above	'I can take love or leave it, and I can always find someone else who will love me on my terms'. A lively dance song from the court of James VI of Scotland (16th century), arranged by Sheena Phillips. approx 0m 30s (sung once through) more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1015 TTBB	Lassie, lie near me	'Lang hae we parted been, lassie my dearie; now we are met again, lassie lie near me'. By Robert Burns but based on a traditional Scots song. Arranged for male voices by Peter Hill and Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1009 SATB	Mary's song	'I wad hae gi'en him my lips to kiss, had I been his...' A gentle poem by Marion Angus (1864-1944), tender music by Frances Cockburn. Alto solo first verse with tune in alto throughout. approx 2m 40s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1017 SATB	Munelight amang the pines	A beautifully evocative song comparing the play of light and shadow in nature with the light and dark of a person's love life. Poem by Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978), music by Frances Cockburn. approx 0m 45s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
1010 SSA	Rare Willy drowned in Yarrow	A haunting traditional Scots border ballad, set for female voices by Marg Hall. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
1022 SATB	Sea buckthorn	Bide the storm ye canna hinder, mindin' through the strife, hoo the luntin' lowe o' beauty lichts the grey o' life. Poem by Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975). Music by Michael Buck approx 1m 45s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
1023 SATB	The midgies descending	A depiction of clouds of hungry hovering midgies with whom visitors to North West Scotland will be familiar. Watch out for the soprano supermidge. Music and hums by Sheena Phillips approx 1m 10s more...	£0.80 ($1.20)
1014 SATB	The puddock	A fat frog is feeling pretty pleased with himself, but you never know what's just around the corner...Poem by JM Caie, tune Peter Hill, arr. by Sheena Phillips approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1011 SATB	There was a sang	An evocation of a past love that will never be forgotten. Poem by Helen Cruikshank (1886-1975) music by Michael Buck. approx 1m 40s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1021 SATB	The wee sma' glen	A celebration of a quiet and beautiful place in rural Perthshire. Words by Marion Angus (1864-1944) set to music by Frances Cockburn approx 1m 15s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
6001- 6003 S or SS chorus and piano	Three Soutar Songs	William Soutar was dedicated to the Scots language and wrote many delightful poems for children. Three Soutar Songs is a sequence of three contrasting poems about a graveyard hooligan, a sad princess and a clunking old windmill respectively, set to music by Sheena Phillips. They are written for children's voices (the first in unison, the other two in two parts) and piano. See individual titles for details approx 4m 00s 6001 The muckle man approx. 0'40 more... 6002 The princess Anastasia approx. 1'30 more... 6003 The windmill approx. 1'45 more...	Individually: 6001, 6002 £1.00 ($1.50) 6003 £1.70 ($2.50) Set of 3: £3.00 ($4.50)
1012 SATB	To a ladye	The ladye in question has 'everie virtew that is held most deir' - except only that she is 'mercyles' (merciless). A quiet and reflective setting of a poem by the early Scots poet William Dunbar (c.1460 - c.1513), who served at the court of James IV of Scotland. Set to music for SATB chamber chorus (4-8 singers) by Michael Buck. approx 2m 15s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
4010 SATB	Villanelle de Noel	(Words in Scots). A Christmas fable telling how the robin got its red breast, attempting to wrest the nails from Christ's hand. Poem by Tom Scott, music by Michael Buck approx 2m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1018 SATB	When day is done	'Sorrow remembers us...it sits in its old chair, gently rocking.' Poem by Ian Crichton Smith, setting by Michael Buck approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)

Click on the for more information about each song. Prices shown are for the first 20 licensed copies of an item, further copies cost only 25% of that price. A pronunciation guide and translation to the Gaelic words is provided. You can listen to a sound clip of songs displaying one of these logos to the right >>> MIDI files for all songs can be heard on the details page.

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Ref.	Title	Description	Price
1501 SATB	Gràdh geal mo chridhe (the bright love of my heart)	A lovely slow and heartfelt song, widely known as the Eriskay Love Lilt, or by its anglicised refrain - ' ver mi o, ro van o'. Traditional Gaelic song arr. for SATB with tenor solo, by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1502 SATB	Fhir a'bhàta (O, boatman)	The song of a broken-hearted girl, waiting for the boatman who will probably never return. A beautiful lilting traditional tune arr. by Sheena Phillips. approx 4m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
1503 SATB	Tha bean agam (I have a wife)	'I have a wife, a stream, a lump of white soap and a filthy shirt. How can I get it clean by tomorrow so I can go out?' Puirt-a-beul (mouth music) Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 0m 50s (sung twice through) more... full pronunciation guide included	Individually: £1.00 ($1.50) Set of 4: £3.00 ($4.50) order 'mouth music set 1'
1504 SATB	Chuala mi e (I heard it)	'I heard it from three people'. Puirt-a-beul (mouth music) Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included
1505 SATB	Còta fad air Dòmhnull Lòm (A long coat on Skinny Donald)	Skinny Donald wears a long coat and short trousers, and it's about time his hair saw a comb. Puirt-a-beul (mouth music) Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included
1506 SATB	'S ann an Ile (It's on Islay)	'I was born and brought up on the beautiful Isle of Islay'. Puirt-a-beul (mouth music) Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included
1507 SATB	Tha mi sgìth (I am tired)	'I'm tired, pulling up bracken half way up the mountain and all alone' -Trad. arr. Peter Hill. approx 1m 10s more... full pronunciation guide included	Individually: £1.00 ($1.50) Set of 3: £2.50 ($3.75) order 'mouth music set 2'
1508 SATB	Meal do bhrògan dùbha, Neill (Enjoy your black shoes, Neil!)	Neil plans to wear out some shoe-leather when his eagle-eyed mum goes away on her travels. Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included
1509 SATB	An tàillear mhór (The big tailoress)	He'd love to go off with the tall tailoress, but unfortunately he has an extremely unpleasant wife to dispose of first! Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 0m 50s more... full pronunciation guide included
1510 SATB	Gaol mo chridh-sa Màiri Bhàn (Mairi's wedding)	'My heart's love; fair-haired Mary.' The original 'Lewis Bridal Song' (Mairi's Wedding) - Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 10s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1511 SATB	Bodachan a-ri-a-ro	The old shepherd enjoys a drink and has to be put to bed. Port-a-beul (mouth music) -Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	Individually: £1.00 ($1.50) Set of 3: £2.50 ($3.75) order 'mouth music set 3'
1512 SATB	Nam biodh tri sgillinn agam	'If I had threepence I'd spend it on drink, if I had sixpence I'd try getting married'. Port-a-beul (mouth music), trad. arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 0m 40s when sung three times more... full pronunciation guide included
1513 SATB	Hé mandu	A stirring and mesmeric trad. Gaelic waulking song arr. Peter Hill. approx 1m 45s more... full pronunciation guide included
1516 SSAA	Hé mandu	As above, voiced for female or children's chorus ( - waulking songs were predominantly women's work songs). approx 1m 45s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.00 ($1.50)
1514 SATB	Duan Nollaig (Christmas Song)	A Gaelic carol with a rousing chorus from the Hebridean Isles of Scotland. The verses describe the attributes of the Christ child, and are beautifully alliterative. Trad. arr. by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
1515 SAT	Tàladh Chrìosda (Lullaby to the Christ child)	A beautiful and simple Hebridean Gaelic carol, which addresses the Christ child with the most gorgeous and endearing words. Trad. arr. by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)

Click on the for more information about each song. Prices shown are for the first 20 licensed copies of an item, further copies cost only 25% of that price. A pronunciation guide and translation are provided to all words not in English. You can listen to a sound clip of songs displaying one of these logos to the right >>> MIDI files for all songs can be heard on the details page.

click on RealAudio format or MP3 format. Song clips copyright © Rudsambee company of singers.

Ref.	Title	Description	Price
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
2015- 2017 3 or 4 part equal or mixed voices	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... 2016 Come hither boy approx. 1'00 more... 2017 The sweet delights of love approx. 1'10 more...	Individually: £1.00 ($1.50) Set of 3: £2.50 ($3.75)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
2025 SSATB	Scarborough Fair ***	An intriguing fugal treatment of the well known English folk song by Paul Ayres. SSATB unaccompanied. approx 2m 30s more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.00 ($1.50)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
2013 TB	Ye mariners all	As above, TB version. Trad. English arr. Peter Hill. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.00 ($1.50)

Click on the for more information about each song. Prices shown are for the first 20 licensed copies of an item, further copies cost only 25% of that price. A pronunciation guide and translation are provided to all words not in English. You can listen to a sound clip of songs displaying one of these logos to the right >>> MIDI files for all songs can be heard on the details page.

click on RealAudio format or MP3 format. Song clips copyright © Rudsambee company of singers.

Ref.	Title	Description	Price
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
5001 SATB	Aurora rutilat (Dawn glows red)	'Aurora rutilat lucis prenuncia...' ('Dawn glows red, heralding daylight'). Atmospheric and soaring setting of a text honouring the 6th century Scottish St Columba, based on a Medieval plainchant. Music by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 20s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
5013 SATB & SA children	Aurora rutilat (Dawn glows red)	As above, set for SATB adult and two part children's chorus. approx 3m 20s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
3001 SATB	An Indian summer Sunday	'With the first star of the evening, think of me sometime'. A dreamy late summer afternoon by Loch Faskally. A jazz arrangement by Sheena Phillips of song by Peter Hill. approx 2m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
6004- 6006 SATB chorus and piano	A space trilogy	Based on poems by Judith Nicholls, A space trilogy is a sequence of three atmospheric poems that capture the excitement and adventure of space, but also the loneliness and yearning of human beings far from home in the vastness. Music by Sheena Phillips. They are written for full youth choir (SATB) and piano. See individual titles for details approx 5m 00s 6004 Andromeda approx. 1'00 more... 6005 Moonscape approx. 2'00 more... 6006 Ballad approx. 2'00 more...	Individually: 6004 £1.00 ($1.50) 6005, 6006 £1.30 ($2.00) Set of 3: £3.00 ($4.50)
3019 SATB chorus & violin & flute	Chinese crane song	A soaring flight over China taking in all the life down below. Words by Edwina Towson, set for SATB chorus with violin and flute accompaniment by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 45s Also available for SSA children's chorus with piano and flute - see under 'Young voices' below. more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
3018 SATB	Cool	A song about the inner strength you find when a relationship is finally over: the antidote to those interminable choral numbers about unrequited love. Words by Peter Hill, cool music by Frances Cockburn. approx 1m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
5012 SATB	Crux Fidelis (the faithful cross)	(Words in Latin). A short and beautiful Latin motet by Chris Hutchings on a text appropriate for Eastertide; very suitable for church and cathedral choirs. approx 1m 00s more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
4001 SATB	Dies natalis invicti solis (birthday of the undefeated sun)	(Words in English). 'holly and mistletoe, ivy and yew, a wreath for the old year, a flame for the new...' A vigorous pagan carol celebrating the pre-Christian origins of the mid-winter festival. Great for adding a touch of misrule to your Christmas concert. Words: Peter Hill, music: Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3020 SATB	Do not stand at my grave and weep	'I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow...' A positive and uplifting celebration of the human spirit that will never die. Words anon. music: Frances Cockburn approx 1m 00s more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
3022 SATB	Fairy song	A spell-binding fairy charm and lullaby from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, for unaccompanied SATB chorus'. Set to music by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3023 SSA	Full fathom five	A magical setting by Philip Wood of the famous song from Shakespeare's The Tempest, for piano and female voices. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3002 SATB	He wishes for the cloths of heaven	A quiet, simple and beautiful original setting of Yeats' wonderful love poem. Music by Frances Cockburn. approx 2m 0s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3003 SATB	Holy Thursday	A poem of human injustice by William Blake (1757-1827), still relevant today. A very moving setting by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3004 SATB & violin	I hope...	'I hope you are kissed as I would kiss you'. A beautiful and passionate love song. Words and music by Peter Hill. Sop solo with SATB jazz vocal accomp. and (optional) solo violin part - approx 1m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4002 SATB	In the bleak midwinter	A swirling and utterly bleak new setting by Sheena Phillips of Christina Rossetti's famous Christmas poem. approx 3m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4003 SATB & piano	In the bleak midwinter	As above, arrangement with piano. approx 3m 30s more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
4004 SABar & piano	In the bleak midwinter	As above, arranged for Soprano, Alto and Baritone with piano. approx 3m 30s more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
3005 SATB	I shall light a candle	(Words in Bengali and English). A lilting (in 7/8 time) and loosely woven blend of a Bengali song about 'the way of life' with an Apocryphal text. 'I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out'. By Sheena Phillips. SATB unacc and divisi. approx 3m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
3006 SATB	La vie est breve	(Words in French). Un peu d'esprit, un peu d'espoir, un peu d'amour, et puis bonsoir! - A little spirit, a little hope, a little love, and then 'goodnight'! An ideal concert finisher or encore. Words anon. music by Peter Hill. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
3014 SATB	Love	'Without love nothing in this world would have life'. A short and somewhat startling piece that conveys how sudden and surprising love can be. Words taken from a 13th century Persian poem by Jalaluddin Rumi, music by Michael Buck. approx 1m 10s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
4005 SSATB	Noël	An antiphon heralding the arrival of Christmas with bell-like sonority. Particularly effective when sung by a small group of singers (4-8 singers). The perfect opener to a Christmas concert. Music by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 10s more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
5002 SATB	Regina coeli	(Words in Latin) 'Queen of Heaven, rejoice. Alleluia!' Music by Michael Buck. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
3015 SATB	Seed	'From star to star, from sun and spring and leaf, and almost audible flowers whose sound is silence, and in the common meadows, springs the seed of life'. Poem by Kathleen Raine, Music by Marg Hall. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3012 SSAAA	Sweet sleep	'Sweet smiles, in the night, hover over my delight...' A mother tenderly wishes sweet dreams for her happy child. Words by William Blake from 'A Cradle Song', lilting 5/4 arrangement by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 00s more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
3021 SATB	The earth is turning	A mesmeric depiction of the ceaseless rhythm of the earth's journey through space, based on a chant of unknown origin. Music: Sheena Phillips. approx 4m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3016 SATB	The optimists' song (Dum spiro spero)	A bright, uplifting song for all those who know it will all work out right in the end. Words: Peter Hill, music: Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3024 SATB	The sweet of the year	A lively and passionate spring song from Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, for unaccompanied SATB chorus. Set to music by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
3027- 3029 SATB	Three Old English Partsongs	A delightfully contrasting set of pieces by Philip Wood: a joyful opening number, a quiet and reverent centrepiece and a dancelike finish, in musical styles which nicely reflect those of the words. All the pieces can also stand alone. See individual titles for details approx 8m 00s 3027 Welcome, maids of honour approx. 1'45 more... 3028 To the queen of heaven approx. 1'30 more... 3029 Yet once again... approx. 1'45 more...	Individually:£1.30 ($2.00) Set of 3: £3.00 ($4.50)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
3013 SATB	Wedding song	'Take my hand and we'll walk on together...' A wedding song with a difference, looking to the strength that can come from going through bad times as well as good times. Words: Peter Hill, music: Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 55s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
1018 SATB	When day is done	'Sorrow remembers us...it sits in its old chair, gently rocking.' Poem by Ian Crichton Smith, setting by Michael Buck. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)

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Ref.	Title	Description	Price
1024 SATB	Auld lang syne	Yes, it has verses, good ones too! Burns' most famous song of enduring friendship which can (and should) be sung at any time of year. Arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 4m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.20 ($1.80)
1019 SATB	Balulalow	'I come from hevin heich to tell, The best nowells that e'er befell.' Anonymous 16th century Scottish lullaby to the Christ child arranged by Douglas Cook for unaccompanied SATB chorus with tenor and soprano soli. approx 3m 40s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
4006 S chorus & piano	Carol	It's Christmas and the children can barely contain their excitement as they bombard an adult with questions they already know the answers to. Poem by Jean Kenward, set for childrens chorus with piano accompaniment by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 20s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4007 equal or mixed voices	Christmas canon a 6 voci	'There is no rose of such virtue, as is the rose that bare Jesu'. A traditional late-medieval English text set as a six-part canon (for equal or mixed voices) by David Johnson. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4008 equal or mixed voices	Christmas round a 4 voci	words from Martin Luther's hymn 'Vom Himmel hoch', translated into Scots by the Wedderburn brothers. Set as a four-part round (for equal or mixed voices) by David Johnson. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
4018 T Bar B	The Coventry Carol *	An arrangement by Mark Burstow for male voices of the beautifully austere 16th century English lament for the young children slain by Herod. approx 2m 20s more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
4001 SATB	Dies natalis invicti solis (birthday of the undefeated sun)	(Words in English). 'holly and mistletoe, ivy and yew, a wreath for the old year, a flame for the new...' A vigorous pagan carol celebrating the pre-Christian origins of the mid-winter festival. Great for adding a touch of misrule to your Christmas concert. Words: Peter Hill, music: Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
1514 SATB	Duan Nollaig (Christmas Song)	A Gaelic carol with a rousing chorus from the Hebridean Isles of Scotland. The verses describe the attributes of the Christ child, and are beautifully alliterative. Trad. arr. by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
409 S chorus & piano	The feast of Christmas	Pull the bells until they ring! Let the people dance and sing! Joy to all, this cold morning – surely, it is Christmas! Poem by Jean Kenward, set for childrens chorus with piano accompaniment by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 20s more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
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 more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
4002 SATB	In the bleak midwinter	A swirling and utterly bleak new setting by Sheena Phillips of Christina Rossetti's famous Christmas poem. approx 3m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4003 SATB & piano	In the bleak midwinter	As above, arrangement with piano. approx 3m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4004 SABar & piano	In the bleak midwinter	As above, arranged for Soprano, Alto and Baritone with piano. approx 3m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4005 SSATB	Noël	An antiphon heralding the arrival of Christmas with bell-like sonority. Particularly effective when sung by a small group of singers (4-8 singers). The perfect opener to a Christmas concert. Music by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 10s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
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 more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4011- 4014 SATB	A sequence of carols	Four new settings of medieval Christmas texts, with music mixing old and new idioms, by Douglas Cook, director of the Lake District chorus Nova Cantica. A rousing modal opening number, a quite melting and beautiful lullaby, a delicate and innocent version of the famous poem 'I sing of a maiden that is makeless', and a fast and exciting 'In excelsis gloria'. See individual titles for details. SATB unacc. approx 5m 30s 4011 A boy was born approx. 1'00 more... 4012 The virgin's cradle hymn approx. 1'15 more... 4013 I sing of a maiden approx. 1'30 more... 4014 In excelsis gloria approx. 1'30 more...	Individually: 4011 £1.00 ($1.50) 4012, 4013, 4014 £1.30 ($2.00) Set of 4: £4.00 ($6.00)
1515 SAT	Tàladh Chrìosda (Lullaby to the Christ child)	A beautiful and simple Gaelic song from the West of Scotland, which addresses the Christ child with the most gorgeous and endearing words. Trad. arr. by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
6008 SA chorus & piano	The birth	A gentle song set for treble voices and piano that captures the silent wonder of Jesus' birth as the Kings travel towards the star. Poem by Jean Kenward set to music by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4017 SATB & sop solo	To the queen of heaven	'Queen of heaven, bless’d may thou be, for Godës Son born He was of thee, for to make us free, gloria tibi Domine.' A contemporary setting by Philip Wood of a beautiful medieval English lyric. Part of a set of Three English Partsongs, all to be published by Canasg. approx 2m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4010 SATB	Villanelle de Noel	(Words in Scots). A Christmas fable telling how the robin got its red breast, attempting to wrest the nails from Christ's hand. Poem by Tom Scott, music by Michael Buck approx 2m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)

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Ref.	Title	Description	Price
5003 SATB	Amazing grace	A new jazz setting that builds up from quiet 5-part harmony in verse 1 to a rollicking finale of tune, descant, and two decorative jazz lines above a ground of tenor and bass. Guaranteed crowd pleaser, set by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 00s more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
5011 SATB & guitar	And Jesus said 'I love you'	'Here in my heart take root.' And Jesus said, 'I love you: be true'. Words and music by da Noust approx 3m 25s more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
5001 SATB	Aurora rutilat (Dawn glows red)	'Aurora rutilat lucis prenuncia...' ('Dawn glows red, heralding daylight'). Atmospheric and soaring setting of a text honouring the 6th century Scottish St Columba, based on a Medieval plainchant. Music by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 20s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
5013 SATB & SA children	Aurora rutilat (Dawn glows red)	As above, set for SATB adult and two part children's chorus. approx 3m 20s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
5012 SATB	Crux Fidelis (the faithful cross)	(Words in Latin). A short and beautiful Latin motet by Chris Hutchings on a text appropriate for Eastertide; very suitable for church and cathedral choirs. approx 1m 00s more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
5007 SATB	Holy Savior call	'My angels are sounding their trumpets to waken the sleepers around. There's no time for doubting...'A stirring Maine Shaker song of conviction arr. for four part unaccompanied chorus by Sheena Phillips approx 0m 45s (if sung once through) more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
5009 SATB & opt. flute, piano, guitar	If I, your Lord and Master	No-one is too great to wash another's feet. Words and music by da Noust approx 1m 00s (if sung once through) more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
5004 SATB	Lay me low	A Shaker 'gift song', received by Addah Z Potter in 1838. Arr. for four part unaccompanied chorus by Sheena Phillips approx 0m 45s (if sung once through) more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
5005 SAT	Mother Ann's song	Shaker song with a driving energy, dating from the New Lebanon community of 1844. Arr. three part chorus by Sheena Phillips approx 1m 30s more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
5014 SATB	O vos omnes (O ye people)	(Words in Latin). A beautiful chordal Easter introit by Chris Hutchings on a moving text from Lamentations. approx 1m 30s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
5018 SATB	Prayer of St Richard ***	A beautiful setting by Paul Ayres of the famous prayer attributed to the well loved 13th century Bishop of Chichester. SATB unaccompanied. Includes piano reduction. approx 4m 00s more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
5006 SAT	Simple gifts	'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free ... One of the most famous Shaker songs, written by Joseph Brackett in 1848 as a dance song. Arr. three part chorus by Sheena Phillips approx 0m 30s (if sung once through) more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
3005 SATB	Regina coeli	(Words in Latin) 'Queen of Heaven, rejoice. Alleluia!' Music by Michael Buck. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.30 ($2.00)
5008 SAT	Star of purity	'O brighter than the morning star is the heart that's pure and free'. A wonderful soaring Shaker hymn from Ohio. Arranged for three-part chorus by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s (sung once through) more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
5010 SATB & guitar	Within my loneliness	'You are my God, a stranger, Lord and friend'. A beautifully simple refrain which can be sung many times over (and hummed without words) to provide a space for reflection. Words and music by da Noust approx 1m 20s (if sung three times through) more...	£1.00 ($1.50)

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Ref.	Title	Description	Price
5001 SA chorus & SATB adults	Aurora rutilat (Dawn glows red)	'Aurora rutilat lucis prenuncia...' ('Dawn glows red, heralding daylight'). Atmospheric and soaring setting of a text honouring the 6th century Scottish St Columba, based on a Medieval plainchant. Music by Sheena Phillips, set for SATB adult and 2 part children's chorus. approx 3m 20s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.70 ($2.50)
4006 S chorus & piano	Carol	It's Christmas and the children can barely contain their excitement as they bombard an adult with questions they already know the answers to. Poem by Jean Kenward, set for childrens chorus with piano accompaniment by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 20s more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
6007 SSA chorus & piano & (opt.) flute	Chinese crane song	A soaring flight over China taking in all the life down below. Words by Edwina Towson, set for SSA childrens chorus with piano accompaniment and optional flute part by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 45s Also available for SATB violin and flute - see under 'New music' above. more...	£1.70 ($2.50)
1516 SSAA	Hé mandu	A stirring and mesmeric Gaelic 'waulking song', traditionally sung during the communal working of tweed. Voiced for female or children's chorus by Peter Hill. approx 1m 45s more... full pronunciation guide included	£1.00 ($1.50)
6008 SA chorus & piano	The birth	A gentle song set for treble voices and piano that captures the silent wonder of Jesus' birth as the kings travel towards the star. Poem by Jean Kenward set to music by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more...	£1.30 ($2.00)
4009 S chorus & piano	The feast of Christmas	Pull the bells until they ring! Let the people dance and sing! Joy to all, this cold morning – surely, it is Christmas! Poem by Jean Kenward, set for childrens chorus with piano accompaniment by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 20s more...	£1.00 ($1.50)
6001- 6003 S or SS chorus and piano	Three Soutar Songs	William Soutar was dedicated to the Scots language and wrote many delightful poems for children. Three Soutar Songs is a sequence of three contrasting poems about a graveyard hooligan, a sad princess and a clunking old windmill respectively, set to music by Sheena Phillips. They are written for children's voices (the first in unison, the other two in two parts) and piano. See individual titles for details approx 4m 00s 6001 The muckle man approx. 0'40 more... 6002 The princess Anastasia approx. 1'30 more... 6003 The windmill approx. 1'45 more...	Individually: 6001, 6002 £1.00 ($1.50) 6003 £1.70 ($2.50) Set of 3: £3.00 ($4.50)
6004- 6006 SATB chorus and piano	A space trilogy	Based on poems by Judith Nicholls, A space trilogy is a sequence of three atmospheric poems that capture the excitement and adventure of space, but also the loneliness and yearning of being human beings far from home in the vastness. Music by Sheena Phillips. They are written for young voices (SATB) and piano. See individual titles for details approx 5m 00s 6004 Andromeda approx. 1'00 more... 6005 Moonscape approx. 2'00 more... 6006 Ballad approx. 2'00 more...	Individually: 6004 £1.00 ($1.50) 6005, 6006 £1.30 ($2.00) Set of 3: £3.00 ($4.50)

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