English Folk Tunes for Ukulele

English Folk Tunes for Ukulele presents a collection of 37 pieces for solo fingerstyle ukulele playing. Drawn from the rich tradition of English folk music with tunes covering a range of styles, including some popular, as well as lesser known pieces, experienced ukulele player and teacher Colin Tribe provides notes on all of the pieces, as well as technical aspects of the playing style. Tablature staves are included alongside standard notation for each tune to simplify the reading of the music and show fretting. German and French translations of all texts are available as pdf downloads from the Schott Music website. Suitable for both beginners as well as more experienced ukulele players. Part of the best selling World Music series, which also includes music from England, Ireland, Scotland, Eastern Europe, America, Argentina, India, China and Korea.

CONTENTS

As I Walked Forth
Amazing Grace
Blaydon Races
Botany Bay
Blow the Wind Southerly
Early One Morning
Blow the Man Down
Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron
English Country Garden
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
Greensleeves
Heart of Oak
I Gave My Love a Cherry
Johnny Todd
Married to a Mermaid
Morning Has Broken
Newcastle
O No, John
Over the Hills and Far Away
Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Sam Hall
When the Boat Comes In
Scarborough Fair
Spanish Ladies
Stewball
The British Grenadiers
The Foggy Foggy Dew
The Girl I Left Behind Me
The Lass of Richmond Hill
The Keel Row
The Sailor's Hornpipe (in F)
The Sailor's Hornpipe (in G)
The Water is Wide
The Lincolnshire Poacher
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Ploughboy
A Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime
What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor