I have many arrangements available for folk singing groups and community singing groups. I also provide bespoke arrangements on request.

During the pandemic I made recordings of several folk song arrangements. All songs will work with a small or large group and mixed voices and are scored a cappella or with guitar chords. The recordings are multi track vocals with guitar accompaniment.

You can listen below or just click
HERE

I also have many other folk song arrangements and these are listed below after the score samples.

For more information please email
helenjames.music@icloud.com

Recordings of folk song arrangements

new

Hear "Folk songs during the pandemic"

Wild Mountain Thyme — Trad
The Rose of Allendale — Trad
Perfect Day —
Colin Towns
Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy —
Trad
Prairie Daisy —
Owain Jones
The Fields of Athenry —
Pete St John
Celtic Blessing
Somerset Carol —
Trad
Long December Night —
Ivan Drever
Cherry Tree Carol —
Trad

Sample scores

Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy

Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy jpeg


Perfect Day

Perfect Day


The Rose of Allendale

The Rose of Allendale


Wild Mountain Thyme

Wild Mountain thyme


Celtic Blessing

Celtic Blessing jpeg


Long December Night

Long December Night


The Fields of Athenry

Fields of Athenry


Somerset Carol

Somerset Carol

Full list of folk song arrangements

A Babe is born Christmas carol
Adieu sweet lovely Nancy
And we were wondrous merry

All will be well original Helen James
Banuwa African song
Bless the wind Ivan Drever
Butterfly original Helen James
Cape Horn Gospel original Helen James
Celtic Blessing Christian song
Come by the hills
Follow the heron Karine Polwart
Gabriel and me
Galway Bay
He moved through the fair

Hilariter Christmas carol
I will bring you flowers
John Barleycorn
Lay down your weary tune Bob Dylan
Long December night
Ivan Drever
Love will remain original Helen James
Lovely Leitrim
Marigold

Melekalikimaka Hawaiian carol
My lady’s a wild flying dove Tom Paxton
Natures little symphony Sean Keane
Perfect day
Perhaps love
Phil the fluters ball
Pleasant and delightful

Prairie Daisy Owen Jones
Rave on
Red is the Rose

Rejoice and be merry Christmas carol
Rivers Run Karine Polwart
Saturday Singers song original Helen James
Scarborough Fayre
Shoals of herring
Somerset Carol
Song for Ireland
Shto mi e milo
Shoals of herring
The cherry tree carol
The cliffs of Dooneen

The crow’s lament Owain Jones
The fields of Athenry Pete St John
The Galway shawl
The Golden Vanity
The grey funnel line
The last thing on my mind

The little pot stove Nic Jones
The oggy man
The pilgrims way
The Rose of Allendale
The Skye boat song

The year turns round
Wassails selection

We thank you for the music original Helen James
Wild mountain thyme
You got a friend


helenjames.music@icloud.com
0795 252 4640