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folk songs of the british isles

SAS 142
LC 07573 EAN/GTIN: 4020771182428 : 2018-08-16
Un ensemble de chansons folkloriques anglaises et irlandaises très appréciées et des chansons de marins dans un style folklorique entraînant, vocal et instrumental.
  • all for me grog a
    SAS014201 3:11
    Male vocal English sea shanty in 12/8 triplet feel with strong jaunty melody. Lyrics about a sailor on leave who pawns his clothes and leaves girl for drinks only to return to sea. 125 bpm (Gmaj)
  • the irish rover a
    SAS014203 3:10
    Male vocal Irish folk song in driving 4/4 rhythm with buoyant accompaniment and an explosive violin solo. Lyrics about a fantastical ship with a strange crew and cargo setting sail only to end in shipwreck. 126 bpm (Amaj)
  • john peel a
    SAS014206 2:33
    Male vocal version of the famous English hunting song dedicated to Cumbrian huntsman John Peel. Rollicking 2/2 feel with hunting horns and foxhounds SFX. Scottish dialect also known as D'ye ken John Peel. 124 bpm (Cmaj)
  • come landlord fill the flowing bowl a
    SAS014209 2:25
    Male vocal English drinking song in uptempo march feel with retardant at the end of each verse. Raucous folk accompaniment with French horn interjections. Lyrics about extolling the pleasures of beer. 113 bpm (Gmaj)
  • love is pleasing a
    SAS014212 4:00
    Male vocal English and Irish folk ballad in lilting 3/4 time with prominent strumming banjo rhythm, slowing to a close. Lyrics about a young man leaving his family for the love of a woman and sails for foreign shores. 194 bpm (Cmaj)
  • rocky road to dublin a
    SAS014215 2:46
    Traditional bodhrán solo leads this dark, compelling and moody male vocal 19th century Irish song in slip jig time (9/8) interrupted by 12/8 and 6/8 bars at end of each stanza. Lyrics about a country boy's adventures on the road. 135 bpm (Dmin)
  • there is a tavern in the town a
    SAS014218 2:45
    Male vocal traditional English folk song in country style with breezy 2/2 feel, boisterous melody and chorus. Lyrics about a damsel spurned by her faithless lover and recalling that the best of friends must part with no regrets. 121 bpm (Cmaj)
  • nancy and storrers a
    SAS014221 2:06
    Instrumental medley of two Northumbrian folk dance tunes led by dueling fiddle and accordion, accelerating frantically to exciting finish. 110-146 bpm; (Dmaj-Amaj)
  • new york girls, can't ye dance the polka a
    SAS014223 2:37
    Male vocal traditional English sea shanty in medium 2/4 polka time, about a naive sailor cheated out of his money by a lady of the night and vows never to dally with women again, preferring the comfort of rum and beer. 122 bpm (Cmaj)
  • once i loved a
    SAS014226 2:50
    Poignant lilting Irish traditional male vocal song in waltz time. Lyrics about a woman who mourns her lost amour, never to love again. 167 bpm (Dmaj)
  • whiskey in the jar a
    SAS014229 3:14
    Famous traditional male vocal Irish tune originally hailing from Scotland is given a lively country treatment. Uptempo 2/2 march rhythm. About a highwayman who is betrayed by his scheming lover but escapes jail to freedom, girls and whiskey. 126 bpm (Cmaj)
  • the gendarmes duet a
    SAS014232 2:29
    Martial side drum leading to male vocal march song. The cowardly gendarmes from Offenbach's operetta GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT are back on the beat again, never to arrest any but helpless women and little boys that do no harm. 130 bpm (Dmaj)