A Flexible Compendium of Folk Tunes from the North of England
A Flexible Compendium of 25 Folk Tunes from the North of England, arranged for Two Violins (OR Violin & Viola) with optional Cello (Downloadable) by William McConnell
Includes On Ilkley Moor Bahtat, Scarborough Fair, Dance Ti Thy Daddy, Blaydon Races and many more.
Through hundreds of years Folk Music was passed down to each generation on instruments of the time such as Voice, Lutes, Northumbrian Pipes, Concertinas or Fiddles. The tunes were transmitted aurally, and it wasn’t until around the eighteenth century that they were collected on to manuscript.
The English Folk Song Society (1898) and the English Folk Dance Society (1911) published these manuscripts giving us today a permanent record. It is due to these publications that this traditional art form exists for us to enjoy.
North England folk music reflects strongly the energy, humour and utter friendliness of the people from York to Hadrian’s Wall. The songs and dances are their heritage and express the characteristics of a people which can be told in no other way.
William McConnell
Contents
- Dance Ti Thy Daddy
- Come You Not From Newcastle?
- The Grand Old Duke of York
- The Cockle Gatherers
- Derwent Water
- John Peel
- Keep Yer Feet Still, Georgdie Hinny!
- Dingle Regatta
- Ca’ Hawkie
- High Road to Linton
- Hexhamshire Lass
- The Oak and the Ash
- On Ilkley Moor Baht’at
- Bobby Shaftoe
- Sunderland Lasses
- The Peacock Followed The Hen
- Alston Flower Show
- Aye Waukin O
- Linhope Loup
- Billy Boy (Northumbrian Capstan Shanty)
- I’ll Get Wedded in my Auld Claes (Hexham Quadrille)
- Scarborough Fair
- Footy Agyen the Wa’
- Blaydon Races
- The Fair Flower of Northumberland
Listen
Excerpt from No. 13: On Ilkley Moor Bah t’at
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