A man's a man for a' that
SAB
Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
This stirring song by Robert Burns, written in 1795, extols the worth of the poor yet honest man...
Read More »Frances Cockburn
Frances leads the successful Edinburgh-based a cappella trio Simmerdim. She was a founder/member of a cappella group the Wild Myrtles for seven years; and before that, from 2000 to 2006, she was the Musical Director of Rudsambee company of singers. She writes and arranges a steady stream of choral music, much of it deeply rooted in the Scots tradition.
A Manx lullaby
SATB
Words: Trad. Anon
A warmly harmonised setting of traditional Manx words, featuring separate female and male voice verses and full SATB refrains....
Read More »Ae fond kiss SATB
SATB
Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
A richly harmonised setting of Robert Burns' famous song about the pain of parting with 'no regrets'...
Read More »Ae fond kiss SSAA
SSAA
Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
A richly harmonised setting of Robert Burns' famous song about the pain of parting with 'no regrets'....
Read More »Both sides the Tweed
SATB
Words: Dick Gaughan (based on tradition)
“Think them poorest who can be a slave, them richest who dare to be free.” This is a stirring song...
Read More »Both sides the Tweed
SSAA
Words: Dick Gaughan (based on tradition)
“Think them poorest who can be a slave, them richest who dare to be free.” This is a stirring song...
Read More »Bound for South Australia
SSAA
Words: Trad.
A hearty shanty from the days of emigration to Australia....
Read More »Bound for South Australia
SSAB
Words: Trad.
A hearty shanty from the days of emigration to Australia....
Read More »Bound for South Australia
TTBB
Words: Trad.
A hearty shanty from the days of emigration to Australia....
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Do not stand at my grave and weep
SATB
Words: Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905–2004)
'I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow...' A positive and uplifting memorial song...
Read More »Down by the salley gardens
SATB
Words: W.B.Yeats
'She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree...'. One of our best sellers...
Read More »Down in the river to pray
SSAA
Words: Trad. American
The catchy gospel song made famous by the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?...
Read More »Down in the river to pray
SSA
Words: Trad. American
The catchy gospel song made famous by the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?...
Read More »Eriskay love lilt
SSAA
Words: Trad. Gaelic
This is the Wild Myrtles arrangement of a lovely and heartfelt song collected by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser in 1905....
Read More »He wishes for the cloths of heaven
SATB
Words: W.B.Yeats
A quiet, simple and beautiful original setting of Yeats' wonderful love poem...
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How can I keep from singing
SAA
Words: Pauline T.
Harmonious and homophonic setting of the famous 19th century American hymn to singing....
Read More »I cannot sing the old songs
SSA
Words: Charlotte Alington Barnard
Sentimental and nostalgic song, written in 1868, but will still connect with people today....
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I sing of a maiden
SSAA
Words: medieval anon
Close harmonies and a lilting meter distinguish this strophic setting of the lovely medieval English hymn to Mary....
Read More »I'll tell me ma
SSAA
Words: Trad. English/Irish
An a cappella take on the children's playground song about courtship, marriage and children ......
Read More »I'll tell me ma
SSAB
Words: Trad. English/Irish
An a cappella take on the children's playground song about courtship. Bass range suitable for changing voices....
Read More »Let me in this ae night
SSA
Words: Trad. and Robert Burns
The timeless tale of boy seeking girl, given a witty and folky musical setting....
Read More »Let me in this ae night
TBB
Words: Trad. and Robert Burns
The timeless tale of boy seeking girl, given a witty and folky musical setting....
Read More »Living in love
SATB
Words: Anne Bradstreet
Setting of a poem by Anne Bradstreet, one of America's first female poets. Great text for a wedding....
Read More »Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
SAA
Words: trad. German
Beautiful old German carol about Mary in the thorn-wood, simply arranged....
Read More »Mary's song
SATB
Words: Marion Angus (1865-1946)
'I wad hae gi'en him my lips to kiss, had I been his...' A song of regret for lost chances...
Read More »Minnie O'Shirva's cradle song
SAB
Words: Trad. Anon
A charming lullaby, nuanced by the Shetland dialect, in SAB format suitable for changing voices....
Read More »Minnie O'Shirva's cradle song
SATB
Words: Trad. Anon
A charming lullaby, nuanced by the Shetland dialect, in a format suitable for soloist and backing vocals....
Read More »Minnie O'Shirva's cradle song (SSAA)
SSAA
Words: Trad. Anon
A charming lullaby, nuanced by the Shetland dialect, in a format suitable for two soloists and backing vocals....
Read More »Munelight amang the pines
SATB
Words: Hugh MacDiarmid
Poetry sung aloud is the style of this wistful setting, evoking the play of light and shadow...
Read More »Taivas on sininen
SATB
Words: Trad. Finnish
(Words in Finnish). A charming traditional Finnish song....
Read More »The bonny lads
SSA
Words: Trad.
Two Northumbrian songs about unattainable bonny lads...
Read More »The Coventry carol (SAA)
SAA
Words: 16th C. anon
A homophonic arrangement for female voices of the well known Christmastide lament....
Read More »The lavender it grows high
SSA
Words: Frances Cockburn
A finely crafted song of requited love, written in the folk tradition....
Read More »The wee sma' glen
SATB
Words: Marion Angus (1865-1946)
A strophic setting of a folk-style Scots poem celebrating a quiet and beautiful place in rural Perthshire....
Read More »Three Marion Angus songs
SATB
Words: Marion Angus
Three poems in Scots vernacular – images of landscape and home life as a setting for love and loss....
Read More »Winds of the world
SATB
Words: Marion Angus (1865-1946)
Love can be blown away like a flower in the wind, but it still leaves a trace in the heart....
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