Composition: Songs of the Four Nations (Somervell, Arthur)

Title Songs of the Four Nations (Various)
Alternative title A Collection of Fifty National Airs
A collection of old songs of the people of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, for the most part never before published with complete words and accs.
Creators Arthur Somervell (composer)
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Number of movements 50
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First published 1892
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Composition types Folksongs
Period Romantic
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1. Ye Mariners of England. Tune Author : Dr. Calcott (English words by Thomas Campbell)
2. Thou wilt not go and leave me here (Unknown)
3. When the King enjoys his own again (Harold Boulton)
4. Cupid's Garden (Unknown)
5. My Lodging it is on the cold ground (Unknown)
6. Old Towler (Unknown)
7. Floodes of Tears (Unknown)
8. Pretty Polly Oliver (Harold Boulton)
9. The Three Ravens (Unknown)
10. The Happy Clown (Harold Boulton)
11. Where be going (Unknown)
12. Doune in yon banks (Harold Boulton)
13.Here's to Thy Health. Tune : Laggan Burn (Words : Robert Burns)
14. Oh! She's Bonnie! Gently blaw ye Eastern breezes (Unknown)
15. Blink over the Burn (Robert Allan)
16. Scots Wha Hah. Hey Tuttie Taitie (Robert Burns)
17. Mary Jamieson (Unknown)
18. Twine the Plaiden (Unknown)
19. Will ye no come back again ? (Lady Nairne)
20. In yon garden (Unknown)
21. Were na my heart licht (Lady Grisell Baillie)
22. The Isle of the Heather. (Gaelic : MMacleodEnglish translation : Harold Boulton)
23. The Mackintosh's Lament (Gaelic : UnknownEnglish translation : Harold Boulton)
24. The Opening of the Key (English : Harold BoultonWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
25. The Slender Boy (English : Harold BoultonWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
26. All through the Night (English : Harold BoultonWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
27. The Dimpled Cheek (English : UnknownWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
28. By the Water of Babylon (English : Psalm cxxxvii adapted by Arther SomervellWelsh paraphrase : G.MProbert)
29. Gwenllian (Welsh : Nicholas BennettEnglish translation : Harold Boulton)
30. Jenny's Mantle (English : Harold BoultonWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
31. Gwilym and Ellen (English : UnknownWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
32. The Woodbunch (English : Harold BoultonWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
33. The Melody of May (English : Harold BoultonWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
34. The Dream of Little Rhys (Welsh : RevOwen Davies (Eos Llechyd). English translation : Harold Boulton)
35. The Ash Grove (English : Harold BoultonWelsh simile : G.MProbert)
36. Myle Charaine (Manx : UnknownEnglish adaptation : Harold Boulton)
37. When in Death. The Bard's Legacy (English : Thomas MooreIrish translation : Archbishop MacHale)
38. The Gentle Maiden (English : Harold BoultonIrish translation : DrDouglas Hyde)
39. Kitty Magee (English : F.A.Fahy)
40. Shule Agra (English : A.P.GravesIrish translation : DrDouglas Hyde)
41. The Castle of Dromore. My Wife is Sick (English : Harold BoultonIrish translation : DrDouglas Hyde)
42. The Snowy-breasted Pearl (Irish : UnknownEnglish : DrPetrie)
43. The Wild Hills of Clare. Lament of William McPeter (English : F.A.FahyIrish translation : DrDouglas Hyde)
44. Little Mary Cassidy. The little Stack of Barley (English : F.A.Fahy)
45. Gaol of Clonmel (English : F.A.FahyIrish translation : DrDouglas Hyde)
46. Drimin Dhu (English : F.A.FahyIrish translation : DrDouglas Hyde)
47. Barney Brallaghan (English : A.P.Graves)
48. The Tree in the Wood (English : Harold BoultonIrish translation : DrDouglas Hyde)
49. Kathleen ni Hoolhaun (Irish : William HeffernanEnglish adaptation : F.A.Fahy)
50 The Yellow Boreen (Irish : UnknownEnglish translation : DrPetrie)

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view Complete J.B. Cramer 38. The Gentle Maiden · view
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view Complete J.B. Cramer 42. The Snowy-breasted Pearl · view
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