Seventy Scottish Songs

by Helen Hopekirk (Editor), Hopekirk (Editor)

Overview

The centuries-old Scottish song tradition includes ballads and love songs of great lyrical beauty, colorful chants of stirring patriotic fervor, songs that commemorate events in history and legend, and others that touchingly note the commonplace charms of everyday life. Here are seventy of the best songs from this great tradition, among them such favorites as: Loch Lomond (By You Bonnie Banks): Annie Laurie (Maxwellton Braes Are Bonnie); The Blue Bells of Scotland (Oh, Where, Tell Me Where); Flow Gently, Sweet Afton; Auld Lang Syne (Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot); Comin' thro' the Rye (Gin a Body Meet a Body); My Love, She's But a Lassie Yet; Oh, My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose; Thy Cheek Is o' the Rose's Hue; Robin Adair (What's This Dull Town to Me?); Fair Helen of Kirkconnel (U Wish I Were Where Helen Lies); MacCrimmon's Lament (O'er Coolin's Face the Night Is Creeping); The Islay Maiden (Och, Och, mar tha mi!); Scots, Wha Ha'e wi' Wallace Bled; Hush-a-by, Darling; John Anderson, My Jo, John' Nae Mair We'll Meet Again; Oh, Charlie Is My Darling; Lord Gregory (Oh, Mirk, Mirk Is the Midnight Hour); and 50 more.
Vocal recitalists and sing-along enthusiasts alike will find popular favorites here as well as a number of beautiful and moving songs rarely heard today. The selection includes complete lyrics and rich piano accompaniments composed by Scottish pianist and composer Helen Hopekirk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486270296
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	04/20/2011
Series:	Dover Song Collections Series
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	323,295
Product dimensions:	8.42(w) x 10.97(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945) was a Scottish-American pianist and composer who taught at the New England Conservatory. She studied in Scotland, Germany, and Austria and performed throughout Europe and United States.

Table of Contents

"Adieu, Dundee"
"Aye wakin', O !"
A wee bird cam' to our ha' door (Wae's me for Prince Charlie)
Ailie Bain o' the Glen (Eilidh Bhàn)
"Balooloo, my lammie"
"Blythe, blythe and merry was she"
By the stream so pure and clear (Song of the Isle of Saint Kilda)
By yon bonnie banks
Cam' ye by Atholl
"Come, all ye jolly shepherds (When the kye come hame)"
Cope sent a letter frae Dunbar (Johnnie Cope)
Cro-Challin would gie me (Colin's Cattle)
Farewell to Lochaber (Locaber no more)
Far over yon hills (Flora MacDonald's Lament)
"Flow gently, sweet Afton (Afton Water)"
Gin a body meet a body (Comin' thro' the rye)
"Hame, hame, hame!"
Heavy the beat of the weary waves (Old Dirge from the Isle of Mull)
"Hush-a-by, darling"
"Hush ye, my bairnie (Cagaran Gaolach)"
I climb the mountains (Fhir a Bhàta)
I left my darling lying here (A Fairy Lullaby)
"I'm wearin' awa', Jean (The Land o' the Leal)"
I wish I were where Helen lies (Fair Helen of Kirkconnel)
"John Anderson, my jo, John"
Maxwellton braes are bonnie (Annie Laurie)
"My brown-haired maiden (Mo nighean donn, Bhòidheach)"
"My love, she's but a lassie yet"
My love to my bride (Fair Young Mary)
My own dear one's gone (Dh' fhalbh mo leannan fhéin)
My brown maid (Mo nighean donn)
My pretty Mary (Màiri Bhòidheach)
Nae mair we'll meet again
O'er Coolin's face the night is creeping (MacCrimmon's Lament)
"Oh, Charlie is my darling"
"O hearken, and I will tell you how (Scottish Wedding)"
"Och, och, mar tha mi ! (The Islay Maiden)"
"Oh, love will venture in"
"Oh, mirk, mirk is the midnight hour (Lord Gregory)"
"Oh, where, tell me where (The Blue Bells of Scotland)"
"Oh, my love is like a red, red rose"
"Oh, why left I my hame?"
"Put off, and row wi' speed"
"Red, red is the path to glory ('Stu mo Rùn)"
"Sad am I, and sorrow-laden (Soiridh !)"
See afar yon hill Ardmore (The Praise of Islay)
"Scots, wha ha'e wi' Wallce bled"
Should auld acquaintance be forgot (Auld Lang Syne)
"Since my loved one has gone (Mo nighean chruinn, donn)"
"Smile na sae sweet, my bonnie babe (Fine Flowers in the Valley)"
Sing the praises o' my dearie (The Peerless Maiden)
The Laird o' Cockpen
The Campbells are comin'
The de'il cam' fiddlin' thro' the toun (The de'il's awa' wi' the exciseman)
The news frae Moidart cam' yestreen (Wha'll be King but Charlie)
The winter it is past
There grows a bonnie briar-bush
Three score o' nobles rade up the King's ha' (Glenogie)
The moon had climbed the highest hill (Mary's Dream)
Turn ye to me
Thy cheek is o' the rose's hue
"Why weep ye by the tide, ladye? (Fock o' Hazeldean)"
Winsome Mary (Màiri Laghach)
Whar' ha'e ye been a' the day (My Boy Tammy)
What's this dull town to me? (Robin Adair)
"Where sleepest thou, my dearie?"
"Will ye gang to the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay?"
With the Loorgeen o hee (Leis an Lurgainn)
Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon
Young Jamie lo'ed me weel (Auld Robin Gray)