Hearts of Oak includes 27 songs and dances of old England. The collection ranges from Shakespeare's time to the reign of Queen Victoria, and includes sea songs, love songs, drinking songs, ballads, shanties, and country dances. Many of the pieces are old favorites, others are rare and unusual. Lyrics are included, along with historical notes on the pieces.
Although Suzanne Guldimann has arranged these songs for lap harps, they are fun to play on any size harp. The range of the music is 2½ octaves, from a C up to a G, and can be played on most lap harps, whether their range is C to C, or G to G. Arranged for advanced beginners to intermediate harp players. Chord symbols are included so that more advanced players, and players with larger harps, can add more notes to the arrangements. Fingerings are included. Suzanne, also a fine artist, created the cover artwork and illustrations.
Includes:
Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy
All Things Are Quite Silent
A-Roving
The Bay of Biscay O
Chestnut
The Chirping of the Lark
The Cobbler’s Jig
Cold and Raw
Death and the Lady
Gamblegold
Glory of the West
The Gravedigger’s Song
Hearts of Oak
The Keys of Canterbury
Lark in the Morn
Leave Her Johnny
Love Will Find Out the Way
On Ilkley Moor
The Outlandish Knight
Over the Hills and Far Away
Poor Robin
Robin Hood and the Tanner
Spanish Ladies
Under the Greenwood Tree
The Unquiet Grave
Western Ocean
When That I Was
Click here to see a short bio of Suzanne Guldimann
