Traditional Heritage Folksong Treasury
By Traditional Folk Heritage
24 traditional American, English, Scottish, and Irish folk songs with complete stanza lyrics, historical notes, and sing-along audio links.
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Home on the Range
American Cowboy Folk Song (1873) • Kansas / American West
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Home, home on the range, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day.
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Table of Contents
24 ChaptersEvery chapter below is pre-indexed for oral narration and easy 1-click scheduling into your weekly Charlotte Mason lesson plan.
Home on the Range
American Cowboy Folk Song (1873) • Kansas / American West
The Ash Grove (Llwyn Onn)
Traditional Welsh Folk Song • Wales
The Minstrel Boy
Traditional Irish (Thomas Moore, 1813) • Ireland
Early One Morning
Traditional English Folk Song (18th c.) • England
Loch Lomond
Traditional Scottish Folk Song (1746) • Scotland
Scarborough Fair
Traditional English Ballad • Yorkshire, England
Molly Malone (Cockles and Mussels)
Traditional Dublin Street Song • Ireland
Shenandoah (Across the Wide Missouri)
Traditional American Shanty • Virginia / Missouri River
Red River Valley
Traditional North American Folk Song • Manitoba / Texas Red River
Down in the Valley (Birmingham Jail)
Appalachian Folk Song • Kentucky / Appalachia
Simple Gifts
Elder Joseph Brackett (1848) • Shaker Folk Hymn
Oh My Darling, Clementine
American Miner Folk Song (1884) • California Gold Rush
Blow the Man Down
Traditional Sea Shanty • Atlantic Ocean
The Skye Boat Song
Sir Harold Boulton / Highland Jacobite Air • Isle of Skye, Scotland
Lavender's Blue (Dilly, Dilly)
Traditional English Nursery Ballad (17th c.) • England
The Water Is Wide (O Waly, Waly)
Traditional Scottish & English Ballad • Scotland / England
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
Frederic Weatherly / Traditional Irish Air • County Londonderry, Ireland
The Golden Vanity
Traditional English Folk Ballad (17th c.) • England / Lowlands
The Blue Bells of Scotland
Traditional Scottish Folk Song • Scotland
Billy Boy
Traditional Folk Song • England / Appalachian
The Erie Canal (Low Bridge, Everybody Down)
Thomas S. Allen (1905) • New York / Erie Canal
Sweet Betsy from Pike
American Pioneer Ballad (1858) • Overland Trail / California
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Traditional American Railroad Song (1894) • Transcontinental Railroad
Pretty Polly Oliver
Traditional 17th Century English Ballad • England
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