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Roud Songs books 0 through X and Final Book
for voice, piano, and other varied instruments
BOOK 0
016 Frog Went a’Courtin (SCO)
122 Golden Vanity (UK)* Copland's Golden Willow Tree is a sanctioned replacement
278 Seven Joys of Mary (UK)
390 Old Dan Tucker (US)
409 The Butcher Boy (UK)
BOOK 1
544 I Bought Me a Cat (US)* Copland is a sanctioned replacement
682/700 The First Nowell, I Saw Three Ships (COR/UK)
738/745 Buffalo Gals, Old McDonald (US)
827/869 Git Along Little Dogies, Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron (US/UK)
901 The Lost Lady Found (UK)
BOOK 2 "The Great British Isle Set"
1083 Brigg Fair (UK)
1164 Old King Cole (UK)
1207 Shepherds Arise (UK)
1350 The Twa Magicians (SCO)
1422 My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (SCO)
BOOK 3* "The Workers"
1528 The Butcher and the Tailor’s Wife (UK)
1659 The Factory Girl (UK)
1759/1799 Rufford Park Poachers*, Ten Thousand Miles Away (UK/SCO)
PAUSE
1836 The Lakes of Pontchartrain (US)* Paul Brady's 1977 performance with Andy Irvine is a sanctioned replacement
1941 Jamie Foyers (US)*
BOOK 4 "The Fiddle Set"
2146 The Black Velvet Band (IRE, AUS, UK, US, CAN)
3413 Cumberland Gap (US)
4228 Wabash Cannonball (US)
5430/35/39 Amazing Grace, Swing Low, Wade In The Water (US/UK, US)
BOOK 5* "Here Come the Americans"
6294 Auld Lang Syne (SCO/UK)* This is halfway through the set. Times Long Past by the composer is an acceptable replacement.
6393 The House of the Rising Sun (US)* The Animals are a sanctioned replacement
6673 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (US)
6701 John the Revelator (US)* P. Caldwell and S. Ivory is a sanctioned replacement
BOOK 6 "The Children's Set"
7501 He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (US/UK)
7662 Mary Had a Little Lamb (US)
7666 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (US/UK)
7922 The Muffin Man (US/UK)
7925 Ring a Round O'Roses (US)
BOOK 7
8148 How Many Miles to Babylon (US)
8231 Union Dixie (US)* Ernie Ford is a sanctioned replacement
8337 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (UK)
8358 Angels from the Realms of Glory (UK) with audience participation
8460 Over the Hills and Far Away (UK)
BOOK 8 "Much of what you owned"
9134 I Shall Not Be Moved (US)
9435 Leaving of Liverpool (UK/IRE/US)
9536 Waltzing Matilda (AUS)
9598 Loch Lomond (SCO)
9695 On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away (US)*
BOOK 9
11235 It's a Long Way to Tipperary (UK)*
13867 The Minstrel Boy (IRE)
15221 Rock Island Line (US)*
16378 This Land is Your Land (US)
18130 You Are My Sunshine (US)
BOOK X
21931 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (UK)* Gardner is sanctioned replacement
23565 Danny Boy (IRE)
25608/6713 What Child Is This/The Little Drummer Boy (UK/US)
28881 Nearer My God to Thee (UK)
FINAL BOOK
790 John Henry (US)*
SCO- Scotland
UK - United Kingdom
US - United States
COR - Cornwall
AUS - Australia
IRE - Ireland
CAN - Canada
* - Favorite of the Composer
Sanctioned replacements are a statement by the composer that he could never produce any version or arrangement that could surpass the artistry and quality of the endorsement. Therefore, in place of his work, the sanctioned work would welcomely be performed in its place, even in recording form.
Other than performances of the Christmas songs listed below, the composer strongly recommends including "1836, The Lakes of Pontchartrain" from Book 3 in all performances to give context and a sense of 'folk purpose' to the rest of the set, regardless of which other songs are selected. It would mean a great deal to him.
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230/278 We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Seven Joys of Mary (UK)
682/700 The First Nowell, I Saw Three Ships (COR/UK)
1164 Old King Cole (UK)
1207 Shepherds Arise (UK)
8337 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (UK)
8358 Angels from the Realms of Glory (UK)
21931 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (UK)
25608/6713 What Child Is This/The Little Drummer Boy (UK/US)
(selections from above may be performed as a Christmas set)
A complete performance can run 3 ½ hours. Smaller sets can be arranged as 0-3, 4-7, 8-F.
Book 5 can be performed with the SATB choir alternate voicing if the performance chooses to use the sanctioned replacement for John the Revelator.
Final Book is sanctioned to be performed alone, but not in the same performance as the Copland orchestral version in reverence to Aaron Copland.
For performances of "one song from each book," the suggested songs are (by number): 122, 544, 1422, 1941, 2146, 6393, 7666, 8231, 9695, 15221, 21931, 1836 (790)