| Amazing Grace |
see NEW BRITAIN |
| And am I born to die |
see IDUMEA |
| Angel Band |
Gospel song; Text: Jefferson Haskell, 1860; Music: William Batchelder Bradbury, 1862 |
| All glean with care |
Shaker song |
Babylon |
Sacred round; Wds.: Psalm 137; Music: William Billings, Boston, ca. 1780 |
| The Babe of Bethlehem |
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| Blessed assurance |
Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915) and Phoebe P. Knapp (1839-1908);
Arr.:Irene Brockert |
| The Blessings of Mary |
US traditional; Source: Journal of American Folklore, 1935 (from the singing of Mr. Will Brady of Carthage, N.C.) |
| Blue-eyed baby |
Wds. and music : Vincent H. Naramore |
| Break forth o beauteous heav'nly light |
Source: the Roches; Transcription: Irene Brockert; (see also J.S.Bach Choral “Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist”) |
Broad is the road |
see WINDHAM |
| CHRISTIAN'S HOPE |
Southern and Western Harmonist , 1845; Tune: H.A.Parris, 1907; Sources: the Sacred Harp , 1991 Ed. and the Watersons |
| Come fill up your glasses |
Wds.: Peggy Seeger, 1960; Tune: trad. English; Arr.: Irene Brockert |
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing |
Wds.: R. Robinson (1735-1790); Tune: J Wyeth (1770-1858) |
| Come, tune up your notes of praise |
Shaker song, Watervliet, New York Church; Source: Peaceful Habitaion , Shaker manuscript, 1860-69, attributed to Calvin Miller Fairchild, Hancock, Mass. |
| DEVOTION |
Wds.: Isaac Watts, 1719; Music: Alexander Johnson, 1818; Source: the Sacred Harp , 1991 Ed. |
| Didn't leave nobody but the baby |
Wds. & Music: Gillian Welch, T. Bone Burnett, Alan Lomax and Mrs. Sydney Carter (2000) |
| Dona nobis pacem |
Round (“Give us peace”) |
| Down by the Sally Gardens |
Wds.: W.B. Yeats (1865-1939); Music: trad.; Arr.: Irene Brockert |
| Down to the river to pray |
Traditional |
| Drink ye of Mother's wine |
Shaker song |
| EAST ALSTEAD |
Shaker spiritual arr. By Irene Brockert, 2009; Source: Tim Erickson's arrangement, 1995 in Northern Harmony , Ed. Larry Gordon and Anthony G. Barraud, Vermont, 1998; |
| Encouragement |
Shaker song |
| The Famine song |
“O the praties they are small” Arr.: Irene Brockert |
Four green fields |
Wds. & music: Tommy Makem; Arr.: Irene Brockert |
| Free little bird |
Folk song |
| Garden hymn |
Kentucky Harmony, 1826, as in the Sacred Harp, 1991 ed. |
Give good gifts one to another |
from the Mt. Lebanon Hymnal, N.Y., 1893; Arr. for women's voices by Irene Brockert |
| God bless the master |
Source: the Watersons |
| God spoke His name |
by Chris Stuart |
| Gospel ship |
Source: Carter Family; Transcription & Arr.: Irene Brockert |
Grant us your peace, o Lord |
Round (“Da pacem domine”); Source: Taizé |
| Green grow the rushes |
Eton version |
| Hail the blest morn! |
see the SHEPHERD'S STAR and STAR IN THE EAST |
| Hard times come again no more |
Words and music: 1854 by Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864);
Source: Ennis Sisters; Transcription: Irene Brockert, 2005
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The Harvest |
Shaker song |
| He leadeth me |
Joseph Henry Gilmore, 1862; William B. Bradbury, 1864 |
Heiliger Herre Gott |
Moravian Church hymn adapted from an early medieval plainchant antiphon; Transcription: Irene Brockert |
Here we come a-wassailing |
English traditional, mid 19 th c. |
Hicks' farewell |
Orig. source: William Walker's The Southern Harmony
Arr.: Irene Brockert (inspired by Paddy Moloney/the Chieftains) |
The Holly and the Ivy |
English folk carol, Arr. by Irene Brockert |
| Holy Manna |
Folk hymn; Text: George Atkin, 1819; Tune: William Moore, in his Columbian Harmony, 1825; Source: William Walker's The Southern Harmony, 1835 |
| How long, dear Saviour |
see NORTHFIELD |
| Hush-a-ba, birdie |
Scottish lullaby |
| I feel the need of a deeper baptism |
see EAST ALSTEAD |
| I saw three ships |
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| I will labor to be free |
Shaker song |
| I'll fly away |
Wds. And music: Albert E. Brumley |
| I'm going home |
Leonard P. Breedlove, 1850 |
| I´m on my journey home |
Revival song Wds.: Stith Mead´s General Selection , 1807; Tune: Sarah Lancaster; Source: The Sacred Harp , 1991 |
| IDUMEA |
Text: 1753 by Charles Wesley ( 1707- 88); Tune: Ananias Davisson (1780-1857), in his Kentucky Harmony, 1816; Source: The Sacred Harp, 1991 Revision |
In the highways |
Wds. and music: Maybelle Carter |
| In yonder valley |
Shaker song |
| Jesus Christ the apple tree |
Somerset folk song collected by Cecil Sharp; in Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs compiled by Joshua Smith, N.H. 1784;
Arr.: Alan Bullard; Trio arrangement by Irene Brockert |
| Jesus, remember me |
Source: Taize |
| Jewels |
Text: William O. Cushing; Music: George F. Root |
| Johnny, I hardly knew you |
Irish anti-war song; Arrangement: Irene Brockert |
| Joy, health, love and peace |
wren boys carol for St. Stephen's Day (Dec. 26); Source: the Watersons; Transcription; Irene Brockert |
| Joy to the world |
Wds.: Isaac Watts ( 1674 - 1748 ); Music: "Antioch",
Arr. from George Friedrich Handel ( 1685 - 1759 ) |
Katie dear |
Source: Gillian Welch
& David Rawlings on the Chieftains's CD: Down the Old Plank Road ; Transcription: Irene Brockert |
| Keep on the sunny side |
Wds. & Music: A.P. Carter and Gary Garett; Transcription: Irene Brockert |
| Let us break bread together |
Traditional folk hymn |
| Living souls |
Shaker song |
| Louisiana lullaby |
Traditional |
| Love from heaven |
Shaker song; Source: The Homeland , manuscript of seven hymns and one song entered by Brother William H. Perkins, New Lebanon, N.Y., 1914/1915 |
Mayn rue plats |
Yiddish, by Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923) |
| Mercy seat |
Folk hymn Wds.: Hugh Stowell (1828); Tune: in Hillman´s Revivalist , 1868;
Arr.: Irene Brockert |
More love |
Shaker song, early 1870's, Canterbury, N.H. Leaflet song |
My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains |
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| NEW BRITAIN |
Text: John Newton, 1779; Music source: William Walker's The Southern Harmony, 1835 |
| NORTHFIELD |
Text: Isaac Watts, 1701; Tune: Northfield, 1804 by Jeremiah Ingalls (1764-1826) |
O, come all ye faithful |
Anon., origin in English Catholic circles of the 1740's |
| O come, come away |
Shaker gift song from Heavenly Spirits |
| O come, loud anthems let us sing |
Old Hundred (new version, 1696); Source: the Sacred Harp |
O come, o come Emmanuel |
13th c.? |
O the beautiful treasures |
Shaker song; Enfield, N.H., 1849 |
| The Old Gospel ship |
Source: Ruby Vass (1959); Transcription: Irene Brockert |
| On Christmas night all Christians sing |
the Sussex Carol, Arr. Irene Brockert |
Parting friends |
Arr.: John G. McCurry, 1842; Source: the Sacred Harp |
| People look East |
Carol of the Advent; Medieval Besançon tune;
Arr.: Irene Brockert |
| Pleading Saviour |
Folk hymn Source: Leavitt´s Christian Lyre , 1832; Transcription &
Arr.: Irene Brockert |
| Praise God from whom all blessings flow |
Old Hundreth (Doxology) ;
Thomas Ken (1637-1711), Louis Bourgeois (ca. 1510-ca. 1561) in the Genevan Psalter , 1551 |
| Pretty home |
Shaker song |
Remember, o thou man |
Thomas Ravenscroft? (ca. 1582-ca. 1635) |
Return again |
Wds.: John Newton, 1779; Arr.: William L. Williams, 1850;
from the Sacred Harp |
Ring in the New Year |
Round |
Rise up, o flame |
Round; Christoph Praetorious (English version from the Kent County Song Book |
Rock of Ages |
Wds.: Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778); Music: Thomas Hastings (1784-1872) |
Sainte Nicolas Godes druth |
St. Godric of Finchale
(ca. 1070-1170)
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| Shady grove |
Trad.; Arr.: Irene Brockert |
| Shall we gather at the river |
Gospel song; Text & Tune: Robert Lowry, in Happy Voices, 1865 |
Shenandoah |
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| The SHEPHERD'S STAR |
Trad. American; transcribed by Irene Brockert |
Shout, shout, shout and sing |
Shaker song |
| Simple Gifts |
Shaker song by Elder Joseph Brackett (1797-1882), published 1848; Arrangement: Irene Brockert |
| Sing and rejoice |
Round by William Bradbury (1816-1868) |
Six feet of earth makes us all of one size |
Public domain; Source: Olabelle Reed; Arr. Irene Brockert |
| The Solid rock |
Edward Mote (1797-1874) & William B. Bradbury (1816-1868); Transcription &
Arr.: Irene Brockert |
| STAR IN THE EAST |
Arr.: William Walker (1809-1875); Source: the Southern Harmony |
| Sweep as I go |
Shaker song from the 1840's |
| Sweet is the day of sacred rest |
see DEVOTION |
Talk about suffering |
Gospel song; Arr.: Irene Brockert; Source: Scaggs & Rice |
There is a fountain |
Text: William Cowper (1731-1800) |
| This is Jesus's birthday |
Shaker Christmas song; Source: Eldress Paulina Bryant, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, 1854 |
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Three Kings of Orient |
Epiphany carol by John Henry Hopkins (1820-1891) |
Three o'clock trumpet |
Shaker song, early 19th c. |
To all the good children, a happy New Year |
by Prudence Houston, South Union, Kentucky, 1827 |
Twa corbies |
Scottish traditional; arr.: Irene Brockert |
The Twelve days of Christmas |
English traditional |
Watts's cradle hymn |
American traditional Christmas song first published in Watts's Moral Songs, 1706 |
| Wayfaring stranger |
Religious ballad; Arr.: Irene Brockert |
| We have our troubles here below |
see CHRISTIAN'S HOPE |
| Were you there when they crucified my Lord? |
Trad.; Arr.: Irene Brockert, 2005 |
When Jesus wept |
Sacred round; William Billings (1746-1800) |
What child is this? |
Trad. ca. 1865 to the tune of Greensleeves; Arr.: John Stainer (1840-1901) |
| The White dove |
by Carter Stanley; Arrangement: Irene Brockert |
| Why me Lord |
by Kris Kristofferson; Transcription & Arr.: Irene Brockert |
Wind and rain |
Arr.: Irene Brockert; Source: Gillian Welch
in the Songcatcher |
Winds through the olive trees |
Traditional |
WINDHAM |
Isaac Watts, 1707; Daniel Read, 1785 |
| Wondrous love |
Folk hymn; Text: Stith Mead's General Selection, 1811; Tune: based on the ballad about Captain Kidd |
| Worship and praise Him |
Round; Melody: trad., wds. adapted by B.C. Turner |