Drawing on the rich musical heritage of folk music in the British Isles and North America, much of it collected during the great folk-song revival at the turn of the twentieth century, this CD presents twenty-five folksongs in arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Holst, Grainger and others: fifteen from various parts of England and ten from Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the USA and Canada. The folk tunes are all well-known favourites and these superb arrangements and fine performances are a treat.

This is a complete recording of Folk Songs for Choirs, Books 1 and 2, edited by John Rutter and published by Oxford University Press.

	Among the leaves so green, O	English folk song, arr. John Byrt
	Bushes and Briars	English folk song, arr. Donald James
	Black Sheep	Traditional American lullaby, arr. Rutter
	Bobby Shaftoe	Scottish folk song, arr. David Willcocks
	Dashing Away	Traditional, arr. John Rutter
	Early One Morning	English folk song, arr. David Willcocks
	Greensleeves	English traditional, arr. Vaughan Williams
	Londonderry Air	Irish melody, arr. Percy Grainger
	My Sweetheart’s like Venus	Welsh folk song, arr. Gustav Holst
	O Waly, Waly	Somerset folk song, arr. John Rutter
	She’s Like the Swallow	Newfoundland folk song, arr. E.T. Chapman
	Sourwood Mountain	Tennessee folk song, arr. John Rutter
	Afton Water	Scottish folk song/Burns, arr. Willcocks
	Brigg Fair	Lincolnshire folk song, arr. Percy Grainger
	Ca’ the Yowes	Scottish folk song/Burns, arr. R.V.W.
	Faithful Johnny	Scottish traditional, arr. John Byrt
	I Love My Love	Cornish folk song, arr. Gustav Holst
	Strawberry Fair	West-country folk song, arr. Donald James
	Swansea Town	Welsh folk song, arr. Gustav Holst
	The Keel Row	Tyneside traditional, arr. John Byrt
	The Oak and the Ash	Old English air, arr. Edward Bairstow
	The Sailor and Young Nancy	Norfolk folk song, arr. Ernest John Moeran
	The Three Ravens	Traditional ballad, arr. Edward T. Chapman
	The Turtle Dove	English folk song, arr. Vaughan Williams
	Yarmouth Fair	Norfolk folk tune, arr. Peter Warlock, adap. C. Armstrong Gibbs

Total Time: 74’40”
Recorded in St Martin’s Church, East Woodhay, July 1994.
Proudsound PROU CD 137