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English traditional tunes
Songs and dance melodies from England and Northumberland, preserved in historical collections.
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- GreensleevesOpen score
A traditional English melody in A minor. This score follows the public-domain accordion edition on Mutopia and has two sections of sixteen bars.
- Oats and BeansOpen score
The vocal melody from the 1893 English County Songs edition, arranged here for solo bellows instruments.
- John BarleycornOpen score
The vocal melody of the traditional song, taken from the C-major strain of Holst's 1909 setting.
- The Water of TyneOpen score
The vocal tune from an 1893 English folk-song collection.
- Early One MorningOpen score
An English traditional song in a short melody setting.
- The British GrenadiersOpen score
A traditional English march melody in two sections, suitable for a bellows instrument.
- Barbara AllenOpen score
A short melody for the old English ballad, without lyrics.
- The Lincolnshire PoacherOpen score
A traditional English melody, presented without lyrics.
- The Vicar of BrayOpen score
The historical song melody is presented without lyrics.
- The Oak and the AshOpen score
A Northumbrian ballad melody, presented without lyrics.
- O the Bonny Fisher LadOpen score
An English ballad melody from the 1882 Northumbrian collection, without lyrics.
- The Bonnie Pit LaddieOpen score
A Northumbrian melody, shown without lyrics.
- The Keel RowOpen score
The historical melody is shown without lyrics.
- Elsie MarleyOpen score
A lively Northumbrian dance tune, without lyrics.
- Bobby ShaftoeOpen score
The traditional melody is presented without lyrics.
- The Three RavensOpen score
Complete score from the 1915 Reliquary of English Song.
- The Black and the GreyOpen score
The complete tune no. 11 from Robert Topliff's collection, shown with its original piano accompaniment.
- Cockle GeordieOpen score
The complete tune from page 36 of Robert Topliff's historical collection, with its original piano accompaniment.
- We'll All Away to SunnisideOpen score
The complete tune from page 35 of Robert Topliff's collection, with its original piano accompaniment.
- SpottieOpen score
The complete tune from page 35 of Robert Topliff's collection, with its original piano accompaniment.