Richard Dyer-Bennet Folk Song Book Hardcover – 1 January 1971

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On the dust jacket:The Richard Dyer-Bennet Folk Song Book 50 Traditional Songs & Ballads with Guitar Accompaniments by Richard Dyer-BennetPiano Arrangements Harry RubensteinIllustrations Rodney ShackellTitle Page:The Richard Dyer-Bennet Folk Song BookFifty Songs Arranged for Voice and Guitar byRichard Dyer-BennetPiano Arrangements Harry RubensteinIllustrations Rodney ShackellThe book contains 50 songs. Each song is preceded by an illustration and some description of the history of the song. Additional verses of most of the songs follow the musical score.ContentsThe Bailiff's Daughter of Islington, 14Barbara Allen, 16The Beggarman, 20Blow the Candles Out, 22The Bold Fenian Men, 25Bonnie Dundee, 27The Bonnie Earl of Morey, 32Charlie is My Darling, 38Cockleshells, 41Cock Robin, 45Dinah and Villikens, 48Down by the Sally Gardens, 50Down in the Valley, 53Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill! 50Edward, 59Eggs and Marrowbone, 63Fine Flowers in the Valley, 66The Foggy, Foggy, Dew, 68The Fox and the Geese, 71Frog Went a-Courting, 74The Garden Where the Praties Grow, 77Go Down Moses, 81The "Golden Vanity", 83Greensleeves, 86The House Carpenter, 87I Ride an Old Paint, 91The Kerry Recruit, 94The Lady's Policy, 97The Lady Who Loved a Swine, 102Lilli Burlero, 104Little Pigs Lie in the Best of Straw, 107The Lonesome Valley, 111Lord Rendal, 119A May Day Carol, 122Molly Brannigan, 124Oft in the Stilly Night, 128Payday at Coal Creek, 131Pull Off Your Old Coat, 135The Quaker Lover, 138The Rising of the Moon, 141Spanish is a Loving Tongue, 144The Spanish Lady in Dublin City, 149Swapping Song, 152The Three Ra'ens, 155The "Turkish Revery", 158Two Maids Went Milking One Day, 160The Vicar of Bray, 162Waltzing Matilda, 166Westryn Wynde, 170Willie Taylor, 172Discography, 176 This tells you on which of RDB's records #1-6 you can hear the songs in this book.Index of First Lines, 176Brief Excerpts from the Preface:The Accompaniments"There are three different accompaniments for each song....The piano accompaniments contain the vocal melody... The full guitar score .... The chord symbols ....are for those who do not read music or do not use classical technique."Keys"Those who know my recordings of these songs will find them here in different keys. The keys in which I myself sing, as a tenor, are too high for most voices. .... I have therefore set the songs in moderate keys and made what changes were necessary to accommodate my accompaniments to the characteristic strengths and weaknesses of the new keys."