| Other author/creator | Boytim, Joan Frey, editor. |
| Included Work | Tierney, Harry, 1890-1965. Irene. Alice blue gown. Vocal score. |
| Included Work | Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954. April showers. |
| Included Work | Schulz, J. A. P. (Johann Abraham Peter), 1747-1800. Schmetterling. English. |
| Included Work | Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Lieder, op. 49. Wiegenlied. English. |
| Included Work | Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921. Hänsel und Gretel. Abends will ich schlafen gehn. English. |
| Included Work | Scott, John Prindle, 1877-1932. False prophet. |
| Included Work | Gartlan, George H. (George Hugh), 1882-1963. Lilac tree. |
| Included Work | Godard, Benjamin, 1849-1895. Chanson de Florian. English. |
| Included Work | Vincent, Charles, 1852-1934. Golden slumbers. |
| Included Work | Austin, Frederic. It was a lover and his lass. |
| Included Work | Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Lieder-Album für die Jugend. Marienwürmchen. English. |
| Included Work | Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Volks-Kinderlieder. Sandmännchen. English. |
| Included Work | Weckerlin, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1821-1910. Mon petit cœur soupire. English. |
| Included Work | Ali͡a︡bʹev, A. (Aleksandr), 1787-1851. Soloveĭ. English. |
| Included Work | Rigel, H. (Henri), 1770-1852. Petits oiseaux. |
| Included Work | Hopekirk, Helen. Winter it is past. |
| Included Work | Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich, 1765-1814. Gedichte, op. 31. O möchte mein Liebchen im Rosenstock sein. English. |
| Included Work | Hawley, C. B. (Charles Beach), 1858-1915. Sweetest flower that blows. |
| Included Work | Cooke, Edith. Two marionettes. |
| Included Work | Reimann, Heinrich, 1850-1906. Linde im Thal. English. |
| Contents |
Alice blue gown / Harry Tierney ; [words by] Joseph McCarthy -- April showers / Louis Silvers ; [words by] B.G. DeSylva -- Butterflies = Die Schmetterling / Johann Abraham Peter Schulz ; arranged by Heinrich Reimann ; English text by Paul England -- Cradle song = Wiegenlied / Johannes Brahms ; English text by Arthur Westbrook -- Evening prayer: from Hänsel und Gretel / Engelbert Humperdinck ; English text by Hansel Powell -- The false prophet / John Prindle Scott ; Reginald V. Darow -- The lilac tree / George H. Gartlin -- Florian's song = Chanson de Florian / Benjamin Godard ; [words by] J.P. Claris de Florian ; English text by Laura M. Underwood -- Golden slumbers: English folksong, 17th century / arranged by Charles Vincent -- It was a lover and his lass / Frederic Austin ; [words by] William Shakespeare -- Ladybird = Marienwürmchen from Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Robert Schumann -- The little sandman: from Volks-Kinderlieder = Sandmännchen / arranged by Johannes Brahms -- My little heart = Mon petit cœur soupire / Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin ; English text by Joan Boytim -- The nightingale / Alexander Alabieff ; English text by Charles Fonteyn Manney -- Oh! dear, what can the matter be? (English, 16th century) -- Oh, pretty birds = Petits oiseaux / Henri-Joseph Riegel ; arranged by Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin ; Honoré Balzac ; English text by George L. Osgood -- The winter it is past: melody from Johnson's Museum / arranged by Helen Hopekirk ; vv. 1 & 2 Robert Burns ; vv. 3 & 4 anonymous -- The rosebush = Der Rosenstock / Friedrich Heinrich Himmel ; English text by Paul England -- The sweetest flower that blows / Charles B. Hawley ; [words by] Frederic Peterson -- Two marionettes / Edith Cooke ; [words by] Arthur Law -- The willow song: English, 16th century ; anonymous, adapted from Shakespeare -- The willow tree = Die Linde im Thal: melody from Berg & Newber, 68 Lieder, 1549 ; arranged by Heinrich Reimann ; English text by Joan Boytim. |
| Abstract |
The foreign language texts have been purposely eliminated to make the songs very easy to learn. Modification has been made to the dated English versions and, in some cases, new texts have been provided. Most of the accompaniments are suitable for student pianists. |
| General note | For soprano voice and piano. |
| General note | Includes preface and biographical sketch of compiler. |
| General note | Audio access included. Recorded piano accompaniments online. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Accompaniments recorded May 2000 at Settlement Music School, Germantown, PA. |
| Language | English words, in part translated from French and German. |
| Genre/form | Popular music. |
| Other title | Oh! dear, what can the matter be? |
| Other title | Willow song. |
| ISBN | 0634019686 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780634019685 (pbk.) |
| UPC |
073999837568 |
| Publisher number | HL50483756 Hal Leonard |