25 Traditional Melodies

*25 Folk Songs.* Includes a foreword with performance ideas and acknowledgements.

1. Ach, Synku, Synku
2. Au clair de la lune (by the light of the moon)
3. Beskyde, Beskyde
4. Bugeilio~~~~~r Gwenith Gwyn (Watching the golden wheat)
5. Bunessan
6. Cathleen Ni Oulihan
7. Cerne aci jdete spat (Slumber, dark eyes)
8. Der Mannlein (The Little Man)
9. Down by the Saillie Gardens
10. Glan Meddwdod Mwyn (O, let the kind minstrel)
11. Gradh Geal Mo Chridh (Eriskay Lve Lift)
12. I will give my love an apple
13. Kumbayah
14. Llwyn Onn (The Ash Grove)
15. Merrily we roll along
16. Michael, row the boat ashore
17. Migildi magildi
18. Petit Patapon
19. Simple Gifts
20. Steal Away
21. Suo-Gan (Lullaby)
22. The Minstrel Boy
23. Vogelein (Little Bird)
24. Von Luzern uf Waggis zu (Travelling to Weggis)
25. Zum Gali Gali

The composer Alan Davis was born in Birmingham in 1945. He studied at the Royal College of Music, Keble College Oxford, and undertook postgraduate research on the music of Hotteterre at Birmingham University. Alan passed away in October 2021.

“For me, the greatest delight has been the discovery of infinite interest and subtlety in simplicity, and simple truths in complexity.” Alan Davis. 

Score 23 pages.