For over 65 years, this book by Mildred Dilling has been standard repertoire for the beginning harp player. The first tunes are very simple, and the book progresses through advanced beginner levels. These 92 folk songs from around the world range from 3 flats to 3 sharps, and all but a few are playable on lever harp. 48 pages, paperbound.
Includes: Hot Cross Buns; Do, Do l’Enfant Do; Buzz, Buzz, Buzz; Song of the River; Lavender’s Blue; Good King John; Westminster Chimes; Frere Jacques; If I Were a Nightingale; Hop, Hop, Hop; London Bridge; Green Gravel; Pussy Cat; Bugle Call; The Chimes of St. Paul’s; Breton Dancing Tune; Evening Song; Swedish Dance; Goodbye to Winter; Cuckoo, Cuckoo; The King of France; Little Waltz; Au Clair de la Lune; Holy Night; Yellow Bird; Spring Song; Elfin Dance; Country Dance; Shepherd’s Carol; Sleep, Baby, Sleep; The Bagpipes; Fais Dodo; The Little Goose Girl’s Song; Sur le Pont d’Avignon; Cradle Song; Meunier, Tu Dors; Blow Away the Morning Dew; Going to the Fair; Gentil Coquelicot; Old English Country Dance; When I Was a Young Girl; Early One Morning; Il Etait un’Bergere; Fairest Lord Jesus; Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter Be?; Ah! Vous Dirai – Je, Maman;Cornish Dance; Go Down, Moses; The First Noel; Old Christmas Carol; Flow Gently, Sweet Afton; Reaping Song; Savez-vous Planter les Choux; Song of the Watch; As I Went A-walking One Morning in Spring; The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, O!; Sedlak; Robin Adair; King David and His Harp; Polish Dance; The Christ Child’s Lullaby; Nous n’irons plus au Bois; Spinning Song; Amaryllis (Air du Roi Louis XIII); Lullaby; I Hear the Mill; Spinning Tune; The Campbells are Comin’; Gaily the Troubadour; How Many Miles to London Town?; Two Bagpipe Tunes; The Minstrel Boy; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; March of the Kings; John Anderson, My Jo; The Soldier’s Joy’ Noel de Cluny; Dance Song; Song of the Volga Boatmen; Santa Lucia; Die Henne (The Hen); The Jasmine Flower; Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella; Cuckoo; Aloha Oe; The Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls; Old Folks At Home (Swanee River); Londonderry Air (Danny Boy); Deep River; Theme from the Surprise Symphony; David of the White Rock
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