5573 Folk Voiceworks – KS2+, Choir

Folk Voiceworks.

Traditional songs from Peter Hunt and David Oliver.

From unison to 4 part songs, this collection includes cumulative game games, work songs, shanties, Christmas songs and lullabies, from Cornwall to the Shetland Isles.

Practical rehearsal plans included for each song plus photocopiable pages.

CD contains performances of all the songs.

Contains:

Cornish: Hal-an-tow, arr. Peter Hunt and David Oliver

English: John Barleycorn arr. Peter Hunt
Mow Me Down My Meadow, harmonized David Oliver
The Holly and the Ivy, arr. David Oliver, Stewart Hardy, and Rachel Unthank
Sumer is icumen in, Anon.

English shanty: Roll the Old Chariot Along
Lowlands, arr. Peter Hunt
Wild Mountain Thyme, Francis McPeake, arr. Peter Hunt

English/Irish: Paddy on the Railway

Isle of Man: Hunting the Wren, arr. David Oliver, Stewart Hardy, and Rachel Unthank

North-east English: Byker Hill
Rap Her to Bank arr. David Oliver
The Blackleg Miner
Union Miner, George Evans, harmonized Peter Hunt

North-west English: The Pace Egging Song, arr. David Oliver

South-east English: Pleasant and Delightful, arr. David Oliver

South-west English: The Barley Mow, harmonized David Oliver
Follow the Heron, Karine Polwart, arr. Peter Hunt

Scottish: The Spinner’s Wedding arr. Peter Hunt
The Jute Mill Song, Mary Brooksbank, arr. Peter Hunt:
The Troubles of Erin, Vin Garbutt, transcribed Peter Hunt:
The Song of the Weaver, John Kirkpatrick

Shetland: Unst Boat Song, harmonized Sandra Kerr
Coorie Doon, Matt McGinn, arr. Peter Hunt
Keep you in Peace, Sarah Morgan, adapted Peter Hunt

Trad. Sweet Chiming Bells
Chariots, John Kirkpatrick

Welsh: Migildi, Magildi, arr. Peter Hunt
Yr Hen Wr Mywn (My Dear Old Man), arr. and trans. Peter Hunt
Dcaw ‘Nghariad (There’s My Sweetheart) arr. Peter Hunt