West End Festival 2011
Songs for the Girls
Kelvinside Hillhead Church, Glasgow
1. Cattle Call (soloist - Florence MacDonald)
arr. Katy L. Cooper
2. Tha bo dubh agam (I have a black cow) / Orra bhonna bhonnagan (On you little feet) / Rousay lullaby (Orkney)
arr. Katy L. Cooper
3. Back to the landLand girls song
Text: P.Adkins & J. Moncreiff, Music: E.K. Loring
4. Beautiful valleyLowell Offering, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1841
arr. Katy L. Cooper
5. Song of the spinners
Lowell Offering, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1841
6. Three words from the Sacred Harp I. I - Drew Hammond (b.1974)
7. Three words from the Sacred Harp II. Will - Drew Hammond
8. Three words from the Sacred Harp III. Sing -Drew Hammond
9. Great Day (with workshop participants)
10. Going every step of the way (with workshop participants)
INTERVAL
11. Same old man
Arr. Corrina Hewat (Grace Hewat Polwart)
12. Poverty knock
Collected by A.E. Green from Tom Daniel (d. 1970) a weaver from Batley, Yorkshire.
arr. Daisy Abbott
13. Cotton mill girls
?TraditionalMill Song, USA
14. Shift and spin
Ewan McVicar (b.1941)
arr. Catriona Hutchinson and Katy Cooper
15. Mushuri
Scything songKartli-Kakheti, Eastern Georgia
16. Fire maringo
Cotton screwing shanty
arr. Madrigirls
17. Iroquois lullaby
Collected by Alan Mills
Kahnawake Reserve, Quebec, Canada, 1955
arr. Katy L. Cooper
18. Soo sewin silk
Collected from Jeannie Robertson (1980 – 1975)
arr. Katy L. Cooper
19. Song of the fishgutters
Ewan McColl
20. Noi vogliamo
Rice-weeders song
ENCORE: Tregajorran Wartha
arr. Katy L. Cooper and Florence MacDonald
arr. Katy L. Cooper
2. Tha bo dubh agam (I have a black cow) / Orra bhonna bhonnagan (On you little feet) / Rousay lullaby (Orkney)
arr. Katy L. Cooper
3. Back to the landLand girls song
Text: P.Adkins & J. Moncreiff, Music: E.K. Loring
4. Beautiful valleyLowell Offering, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1841
arr. Katy L. Cooper
5. Song of the spinners
Lowell Offering, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1841
6. Three words from the Sacred Harp I. I - Drew Hammond (b.1974)
7. Three words from the Sacred Harp II. Will - Drew Hammond
8. Three words from the Sacred Harp III. Sing -Drew Hammond
9. Great Day (with workshop participants)
10. Going every step of the way (with workshop participants)
INTERVAL
11. Same old man
Arr. Corrina Hewat (Grace Hewat Polwart)
12. Poverty knock
Collected by A.E. Green from Tom Daniel (d. 1970) a weaver from Batley, Yorkshire.
arr. Daisy Abbott
13. Cotton mill girls
?TraditionalMill Song, USA
14. Shift and spin
Ewan McVicar (b.1941)
arr. Catriona Hutchinson and Katy Cooper
15. Mushuri
Scything songKartli-Kakheti, Eastern Georgia
16. Fire maringo
Cotton screwing shanty
arr. Madrigirls
17. Iroquois lullaby
Collected by Alan Mills
Kahnawake Reserve, Quebec, Canada, 1955
arr. Katy L. Cooper
18. Soo sewin silk
Collected from Jeannie Robertson (1980 – 1975)
arr. Katy L. Cooper
19. Song of the fishgutters
Ewan McColl
20. Noi vogliamo
Rice-weeders song
ENCORE: Tregajorran Wartha
arr. Katy L. Cooper and Florence MacDonald