A selection of folk ballads from England Ireland Scotland and Wales.A ballad is the blending of words the beauty of melody tone rhythm and expression. They reflect the history of a people their legends religion love and work. British ballads are renouned for their verse melodic construction and for the enormous range of expression.1 The Lass of Richmond Hill is a poem by Leonard McNally a barrister about a lass who became his wife in 1787. The music is by James Hook (1746 1827).2 Sally in our Alley. The words are by Henry Carey who also wrote the original music but this was replaced by the tune we now know an English traditionalmelody in 1790.3 Caller Herrin'. The poem is by Lady Nairne (1766 1845). Nathaniel Gow the famous Scottish violinist wrote the music in 1798 as a harpsichord piece combining the traditional Edinburgh fish wives cry Caller Herrin' with the bells of St Andrew's Church Edinburgh.4 Men of Harlech. The music is traditionally Welsh and the ballad probably originated from North Wales where the native princes had ruled the longest.5 David of the White Rock (Dafydd y Garres Wen). Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) wrote the words to this ballad The Dying Bard. David Owen the Welsh bard of the ballad composed the tune on his death-bed on awakening from a trance in which be believed himself to have heard the tune in heaven.6 Oft in the Stilly Night. The words describe an old man's memories of the smiles the tears of boyhood years. The eyes that shone now dimmed and gone and how oft in the stilly night he remembers other days. The ballad is by the Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779 1852) who set the words to a traditional air.7- The Meeting of the Waters. Written by Thomas Moore music Irish traditional.The Meeting of the Waters is the confluence of the rivers Avonmore and Avonberg in a beautiful valley near Avoca County Wicklow.8 Oh! Charlie is my Darlin'. The

for Viola-An amazing selection from VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs Of Rock & Roll arranged for solo Viola.Includes the songs: All Along the Watchtower All Shook Up American Pie Beat It Blowin' in the Wind Blue Suede Shoes Bohemian Rhapsody Born to Be Wild Born to Run Bridge over Troubled Water California Dreamin' Dream On Every Breath You Take Fire and Rain Free Bird Gloria Good Vibrations Great Balls of Fire A Hard Day's Night Hey Jude Hotel California (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction I Heard It Through the Grapevine Imagine Jump Layla Let It Be London Calling Maggie May My Generation Piano Man Proud Mary Respect Rock Around theClock Roxanne Smells like Teen Spirit Stairway to Heaven Stand by Me Sunshine of Your Love Superstition We Are the Champions When Doves Cry Yesterday You Shook Me All Night Long and more.