These distinctive arrangements for the recital stage are expansive art song treatments of folksongs, generally intended for college singers and beyond. Includes a preface from the arranger, with commentary on each song. Besides 10 individual songs, includes a 4-song set, Johnny Songs, about a young woman awaiting the return of her soldier lover. Contents: Beware, Oh, Take Care · Bill Groggin's Goat · HOw Can I Keep from Singing · I Gave my Love a Cherry · Nine Hundred Miles · Once I Had a Sweetheart · Shenandoah · Single Girl · The Streets of Laredo. Johnny Songs: I Know Where I'm Goin' · The Cruel War Is Raging · Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier · When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
