Product Description
by Ben Gitty Baker (Author)
Here is a collection of some of the best traditional love songs and ballads from the British Isles (and beyond) - classic pieces about love, courtship, sad partings and love lost. These songs were chosen by author Ben "Gitty" Baker from amongst his personal favorites, the sort that you would be likely to hear at an Irish or Scottish singing session. Each song arrangement includes 3-string tablature, chord names and forms, lyrics and additional verses. A short snippet of their background and history is also provided, as well as multiple arrangements in different keys and styles, to accommodate varying skill levels and vocal ranges.Song List: - Ae Fond Kiss- Annie Laurie - As I Roved Out - The Blue Bells of Scotland - Broom of the Cowdenknowes - The Butcher Boy - Carrickfergus - Comin' Thro' the Rye - Courtin' In the Kitchen - Danny Boy - Down By the Salley Gardens - Eileen Aroon - The Galway Shawl - Green Grow the Rashes-o - Her Mantle So Green - I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen - The Leaving of Liverpool - Leezie Lindsay - Loch Lomond - Loch Tay Boat Song - The Maid of Fife - The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe - Maids When You're Young (Never Wed An Old Man) - The Morning Glory - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean - My Wild Irish Rose - The Night Visiting Song - The Nightingale - Peggy Gordon - Red Is the Rose - Reilly's Daughter - The Rose of Allendale - The Rose of Tralee - The Spanish Lady - The Star Of the County Down - The Water is Wide - When You And I Were Young, Maggie - The Whistling Gypsy- Wild Mountain ThymeAlso includes supplemental instructional sections on how to read tablature, play chords and more
