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Arrangements
for small vocal
groups

The Ash Grove

  (alto, tenor, guitar chords - versions in F major and E major)

and

  (soprano, alto, guitar chords - version in B flat)



Bring us in good ale

  (SSAB or AATB singing group)

  (Based on a mediaeval drinking song)



British folk song arrangements for SAB choir and piano:

The Ash Grove

Men of Harlech

The King’s joy

The girl I left behind me

Donkey riding

I’ll tell my ma (The Belle of Belfast City)

Come live with me

Blow away the morning dew

Scotland the brave

Llwyn Onn (Welsh original of The Ash Grove)

Rhyfelgyrch Gwyr Harlech (Welsh original of Men of Harlech)



Cats Duet (Rossini, Weyse, Pearsall arr DWS)

 (2 altos and guitar)



An Eriskay Love Lilt

  (Vair Mi O - Bheir Mi O)

  (2 sopranos and 1 alto a cappella

  [in Gaelic with additional words in English by the composer])



German folksongs

                                        featuring:

     For alto, tenor and piano

    (Es es es und es,

   Kein schöner Land,

    Im Märzen der Bauer

   Im schönsten Wiesengrunde)


and for alto, tenor  and guitar

   (Es es es und es,

   Kein schöner Land,

   Im Märzen der Bauer

   Kindlein mein)


Wenn der Pott aber nu ein Loch hat

 (soprano, tenor and guitar

   or alto, bass and guitar)


Im schönsten Wiesengrunde

  (alto tenor and guitar

  or alto, mezzo-soprano and guitar)



Gaudete

 (3 voices (SAB), with optional piano)


In dir ist Freude (transcription of the Gastoldi /Schneegass hymn - SSATB)


Nora Lee

  (small singing group or choir:

   Men’s voices AATBB

   or  mixed: SATBarB)


Robin Adair (arr. DWS)

 (SATB choir or single voices)



Wenn der Pott aber nu ein Loch hat

(German folk song - ancestor of “There’s a hole in my bucket”)

 (alto, bass, guitar

   or soprano, tenor, guitar)



What can we poor females do? (H Purcell)

     (arranged for alto, tenor and guitar)


What can we poor females do? (H Purcell)

     (arranged for soprano, alto and 2 guitars)