Anne Lough ~ autoharp, guitar, hammered and mountain dulcimer artist; vocalist, storyteller, folk dance instructor
Folk Songs of Old Virginia
Category: Other Books
Description:
An authentic presentation of songs collected by Cecil Sharp in the Virginia mountains between 1916 and 1918 and included in the historic and important publication of "Folk Songs in the Southern Appalachians." The songs are presented in standard musical notation with guitar chords and tastefully arranged for mountain dulcimer by Madeine MacNeil and Ralph Lee Smith, staying true to the original modality. Selections include Barbara Allen, Billy Grimes, The Bird Song, Bye, Bye Baby, Charlie's Sweet, The Chickens They Are Crowing, Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies, The Courting Case, The Cuckoo, Fair Margaret and Sweet William, The Frog in the Well, Geordie, The Gypsy Laddie, I Must and I Will Get Married, I'll Be Sixteen Next Sunday, In Old Virginny, The Irish Girl, Marina Girls, Mommy Loves, Sally Buck, Soldier Boy for Me, The Squirrel, Sweet William, The Tottenham Toad, True Lover's Farewell, The Wagoner's Lad, Whistle, Daughter and Whistle and William and Polly.
An authentic presentation of songs collected by Cecil Sharp in the Virginia mountains between 1916 and 1918 and included in the historic and important publication of "Folk Songs in the Southern Appalachians." The songs are presented in standard musical notation with guitar chords and tastefully arranged for mountain dulcimer by Madeine MacNeil and Ralph Lee Smith, staying true to the original modality. Selections include Barbara Allen, Billy Grimes, The Bird Song, Bye, Bye Baby, Charlie's Sweet, The Chickens They Are Crowing, Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies, The Courting Case, The Cuckoo, Fair Margaret and Sweet William, The Frog in the Well, Geordie, The Gypsy Laddie, I Must and I Will Get Married, I'll Be Sixteen Next Sunday, In Old Virginny, The Irish Girl, Marina Girls, Mommy Loves, Sally Buck, Soldier Boy for Me, The Squirrel, Sweet William, The Tottenham Toad, True Lover's Farewell, The Wagoner's Lad, Whistle, Daughter and Whistle and William and Polly.