140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment
Editors: Dr. Archibald T. Davison & Thomas Whitney Surette
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer Music Co.
Copyright: 1922

Google Books has a complete version for download as a PDF file: 140 Folk-songs

Preface:

The songs in this volume have been selected for the purpose of awakening and cultivating in young children the taste for the best music. It is obvious that such actual experience of music should precede instruction about it, and it is believed that singing beautiful songs by ear during the early years will not only facilitate later instruction in reading music, but will serve as a preparation for the study of pianoforte playing, violin playing, etc.

When these songs are used in schools, children who are able to read the words, should be provided with the Book of Words (No. 3 A in the Concord Series). During the last half of the third year (Grade III) the children should be provided with Book No. 3 in the Concord Series, containing the melodies of the songs without accompaniments. Simple instructions for teaching these songs are contained in that book, in which will be found also a division of the songs according to school grades. A Teachers’ Manual, with full directions for teachers, will be published shortly.

The folk-songs in this book were doubtless originally sung without accompaniments. It is desirable that children should become familiar with the beauty of these melodies, apart from any artificial support. Therefore in teaching them, no accompaniment should be used until the melodies are thoroughly learned.

Contents:

  • Adeste fideles
  • Ah! vous dirai-je, maman
  • All through the night
  • The Alphabet
  • America
  • The Apple-tree House
  • April Vacation
  • Au clair de la lune
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Autumn Song
  • The Bells
  • Bobbie Shaftoe
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
  • Butterflies
  • Caterpillar! Caterpillar!
  • The Chickadee
  • Christmas Day
  • Christmas Eve
  • Cock-a-doodle-doo!
  • Columbus Day
  • Come, Thou Almighty King
  • The Country Farmer’s Son
  • Cradle Song
  • The Cuckoo
  • Dame Tartine
  • Dancing in the Orchard
  • Early One Morning
  • Echo Song
  • The Elves’ Dance
  • En passant par la Lorraine
  • Evacuation Day
  • Evening on the River
  • An Evening Song
  • The Farmer
  • The First Noël
  • The Flag going by
  • For Patriot’s Day
  • The Fourth of July
  • A Frog he would a-wooing go
  • Giroflé, girofla
  • God, our Loving Father
  • The Golden Boat
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Good Pierrot
  • Happy New Year!
  • Hark! the Summons
  • The Harp that once
  • The Holiday
  • Home, Sweet Home
  • How should I your true love know?
  • How wondrous and great
  • I had a little sail-boat
  • I saw three ships
  • If I were a bird
  • If I were an Elfin
  • In Heavenly Love Abiding
  • In May
  • In Memoriam
  • In the Firelight
  • It Snows in the Night
  • Jack-in-the-pulpit
  • The Journey of the Leaves
  • La Bergère
  • La Bonne Aventure
  • Ladybird
  • The Lamps of Night
  • Le Furet du Bois Joli
  • La Petit Chasseur
  • Le Pont d’Avignon
  • Le Roi d’Yvetot
  • The Light-house
  • Lincoln’s Birthday
  • The Little Boy and the Sheep
  • The Little Dustman
  • The Little Ship
  • Loch Lomond
  • Lords and Ladies
  • The Lorelei
  • Lullaby
  • The Mail-box
  • The Meeting of the Waters
  • Memorial Day
  • The Merry-go-round
  • The Merry Sportsman
  • Moon Song
  • Morning
  • Morning Song
  • My Garden of Flowers
  • My Old Kentucky Home
  • My Playmate
  • My Pony
  • New Year’s Day
  • A Night in the Woods
  • The Nightingale
  • November
  • The Nut-tree
  • Oh, come, all ye faithful
  • The Old Folks at Home
  • Old King Cole
  • The Old Man
  • The Old Woman and the Peddler
  • On a Frosty Morning
  • On a Summer Day
  • On Easter Day
  • Once, long ago
  • Our Country
  • A Picnic on the Grass
  • The Pine Tree
  • The Pine Tree Swing
  • Planting a Garden
  • Playing Ball on the Stairs
  • The Pony Ride
  • Ramène tes moutons
  • Reveille
  • Riding on the Elevated
  • The Robin
  • Robin-a-Thrush
  • A Sailing Song
  • St. Valentines Day
  • Santa Claus
  • Semons la salade
  • The Shadow
  • The Shepherdess
  • Shining Wires
  • The Shower
  • Silent Night
  • Sleep, baby, sleep
  • The Sleigh-Ride
  • Slumber Song
  • A Song for Sailors and Soldiers
  • A Song of Bread
  • Song of Praise
  • A Song of Ships
  • Song of the Sea-gull
  • The Sparrow’s Nest
  • The Strawberry Girl
  • Sunset in the City
  • The Swallows
  • Swing Song
  • The Tall Clock
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Tirra-lirra-lirra
  • Tremp’ton pain, Marie
  • The Trolley Ride
  • Valentines
  • Washington’s Birthday
  • What Child is this?
  • When Fields are White
  • Where are you going to?
  • Who are you?
  • The Wild Rose
  • The Wind
  • The Winds and the Shadows
  • Winter
  • Winter, Good-bye!
  • Winter’s Past

Notes:
This collection contains folk songs from a number of traditions. Only those in English and French are presented with original language texts. It also contains many songs which are not truly “folk songs,” but had attained a level of cultural familiarity that put them on an equal footing in that regard.

Almost all of the songs in this collection fit on one page, and can thus be useful for group singing, sightreading, or other situations in which it is helpful to limit paper usage. Also, there is a second volume with only the tunes (no piano accompaniment) which can provide another paper saving option. It can be also be downloaded from Google Books: 140 Folk-tunes

Songs from the complete volume (with piano accompaniment) will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.