ISBN 9781619116580.

This volume of the songs of Scottish poet Robert Burns contains 85 songs excerpted from the chapter Country Life in a larger collection of 324 Burns songs compiled and researched by Serge Hovey. It includes songs portraying farmers, shepherds, millers, weavers, tinkers, colliers, coopers, shoemakers, tailors, and other country folk reflecting Burns's intense love of the Scottish countryside and the oral tradition and music of its people. Robert Burns (1759-1796) spent his life collecting Scottish songs, using fragments of existing lyrics as the basis for his own poems, and wrote original lyrics for traditional melodies. Burns left for posterity about 270 poems and more than 300 songs which are usually printed without their tunes. Serge Hovey meticulously examined Burns' own sources, letters, and manuscripts to determine the origin of every tune and all the verses as well as Burns' intended match of words and music. He then arranged each song with highly imaginative and beautiful accompaniments geared for pianists with average skills.

Song List: All The Pretty Horses Barbara Allen Bonnie Dundee Botany Bay In The Days Of Forty-Nine George Collins Handsome Molly I Am A Pilgrim I Ride An Old Paint In the Good Old Summertime Listen To The Mockingbird The Little Old Log Cabin In The Woods Lynchburg Town The Old Oaken Bucket Only A Bird In A Gilded Cage Over The Garden Wall Pretty Saro Sweet Polly Oliver The Banks Of The Ohio The Letter Edged In Black The Mermaid's Song The Mist-Covered Mountains The Parting Glass The Rose Of Tralee The Wagoner's Lad