Chapter XV Concert Songs for Boys
In this list I have included songs with innocent, hopeful, joyous words such as boys may honestly sing. Words dwelling with sadness on the past, or speaking of life as bitter, I have excluded. Convivial and amatory sentiments have also been ruled out. As to the music, I have excluded songs with difficulties of vocalisation. The keys chosen are those best suited to treble boys, bringing the melody as nearly as possible between F and F1, with an occasional G1. The list is by no means exhaustive, and must be regarded merely as a dip in the ocean of ballads. I shall be much obliged to correspondents who will suggest suitable additions.
| Composer. | Title and Key. | Publisher. | ||
| Abt, Franz | ... | O little thrush (C) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Adams, Stephen | ... | Song of the sailor boy (E flat) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Adams, Stephen | ... | The cry of the little ones (E flat) | ... | Boosey |
| Addison, R. B. | ... | Violets (F) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Allen, G. B. | ... | The little drummer (F) | ... | Ashdown |
| Almond, E. | ... | Buttercups and daisies (D) | ... | Ashdown |
| Anderton, T. | ... | The bells of Shandon (D) | ... | Chappell |
| André, F. A. | ... | A British cheer for England’s Queen (F) | ... | Chappell |
| Bailey, W. J. | ... | Make-believes (E flat) | ... | Ashdown |
| Barker, Geo. | ... | A health to the outward-bound (B flat) | ... | Chappell |
| Barnby, Joseph | ... | An evening melody (F) | ... | Morley |
| Barnby, Joseph | ... | That haven fair (E flat) | ... | Morley |
| Barnett, J. F. | ... | The Minstrel (G) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Barri, Odoardo | ... | In the cloisters (B flat) | ... | Morley |
| Barri, Odoardo | ... | The beauteous song (F) | ... | Cramer |
| Barri, Odoardo | ... | The child and the flowers (E flat) | ... | Ashdown |
| Behrend, A. H. | ... | Gentleman Jack (C) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Behrend, A. H. | ... | The angel’s promise (F) | ... | Boosey |
| Behrend, A. H. | ... | The Gift (F) | ... | Boosey |
| Behrend, A. H. | ... | Two children (A) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Bennett, Sterndale | ... | Dawn, gentle flower | ... | Novello |
| Bevan, Fred | ... | Gladsome tidings (E flat) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Bevan, Fred | ... | I’ll be a soldier, mother (A) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Bevan, Fred | ... | The Admiral’s broom (F minor) | ... | Enoch |
| Bishop, R | ... | Chime again, beautiful bells (B flat) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Botterhill, Jessie | ... | Pack clouds away (C) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Botterhill, Jessie | ... | The Lark (F) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Buck, Dudley | ... | When the heart is young | ... | Boosey |
| Cherry, J. W. | ... | Gentle Spring (G) | ... | Ashdown |
| Cherubini | ... | Ave Maria | ... | ... |
| Chesham, E. M. | ... | Fire (G) | ... | Cramer |
| Cobb, G. F. | ... | Mary, Queen of Scots | ... | London Music Pub. Co. |
| Cobb, G. F. | ... | Versailles | ... | London Music Pub. Co. |
| Cobb, G. F. | ... | Kenilworth | ... | Metzler |
| Costa, Michael | ... | Morning Prayer [Eli](alto) | ... | J. Williams |
| Cowen, F. H. | ... | Children’s dreams (E minor) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Cowen, F. H. | ... | The Children’s Home (D) | ... | Morley |
| Cowen, F. H. | ... | Tears (alto) | ... | ... |
| Cowen, F. H. | ... | The watchman and the child (F) | ... | Morley |
| Coward, J. M. | ... | The butterfly and the humble bee | ... | Metzler & Co. |
| Davis, Miss | ... | What is that, mother? (A flat) | ... | Ashdown |
| Dick, Cotsford | ... | The Angel’s Gift (F) | ... | Morley |
| Diehl, Louis | ... | Dear England (C) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Elmore, Frank | ... | Child and the sunbeams (C) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Farebrother, B. | ... | Reine d’amour | ... | ... |
| Flood, Edwin | ... | The gipsy’s life (C) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Foster, M. B. | ... | The mother’s grave (E minor) | [alto] | Stanley Lucas |
| Frost, C. J. | ... | Youthful Songs | ... | Novello |
| Gabriel, V. | ... | Children’s voices [alto] | ... | ... |
| Gatty, A. S. | ... | Three little pigs (A flat) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Gibsone, Ignace | ... | The man-o’-war’s man (D) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Gilletto, Paul | ... | Lead, kindly light (A minor) | ... | Phillips & Page |
| Glover, Stephen | ... | The flower gatherers (E) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Gounod, C. | ... | For ever with the Lord (D) | ... | Phillips & Page |
| Gounod, C. | ... | Glory to Thee, my God (D) | ... | Phillips & Page |
| Gounod, C. | ... | The King of Love (E flat) [alto] | ... | Phillips & Page |
| Grazia, E. N. | ... | Laugh while you may (D) | ... | Ashdown |
| Greenhill, J. | ... | The Canadian herd-boy (F) [alto] | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Gyde, Margaret | ... | The song of the robin (D) | ... | Ashdown |
| Hatton, J. L. | ... | The cause of England’s greatness (F) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Hatton, J. L. | ... | Song should breathe of scents and flowers | ... | Ashdown |
| Hatton, J. L. | ... | Blossoms | ... | Ashdown |
| Hawthorne, Alice | ... | Hearth and home (G) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Hecht, E. | ... | The innocent child (C) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Hobson, M. | ... | The peaceful Sabbath bell (F) | ... | Chappell |
| Horner, B. W. | ... | In the cloisters (E flat) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Jackson, J. | ... | Cathedral Memories (E flat) | ... | Morley |
| Kjerulf, Halfdan | ... | Asleep (E) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Lemoine, E. | ... | The ship-boy’s prayer (C min.) [alto] | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Liebe, Louis | ... | The stripling’s armour (C minor) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Löhr, F. N. | ... | Suffer the little children (F) | ... | Cramer |
| Maccabe, F. | ... | Buttercups and daisies (D) | ... | Chappell |
| Mackenzie, H. | ... | The lion flag of England (G) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Marzials, Theo | ... | The fairy Jane (B flat) | ... | Enoch |
| Mendelssohn | ... | The Savoyard’s Return | ... | Novello |
| Moffat, Douglas | ... | The child’s prayer (F) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Moir, F. L. | ... | Children asleep (F) | ... | Boosey |
| Moir, F. L. | ... | He will forgive (C) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Molloy, J. L. | ... | Home, dearie, home (F) | ... | Boosey |
| Molloy, J. L. | ... | The little match girl (G minor) | ... | Chappell |
| Molloy, J. L. | ... | The sailor’s dance | ... | Boosey |
| Molloy, J. L. | ... | Dresden China | ... | Boosey |
| Morgan, Franz | ... | A fairer garden (C) | ... | Cramer |
| Offenbach | ... | Spring, spring (Babil and Bijou) | ... | ... |
| Parker, Henry | ... | Jerusalem (G) | ... | Cramer |
| Pattison, T. Mee | ... | Blossoms, fair blossoms | ... | Curwen |
| Piccolomini, M. | ... | Dolorosa | ... | Orsborn |
| Piccolomini, M. | ... | Eternal rest | ... | Orsborn |
| Piccolomini, M. | ... | In Manus Tuas (F) | ... | Morley |
| Piccolomini, M. | ... | Ora pro nobis | ... | Orsborn |
| Piccolomini, M. | ... | Salva nos, domine | ... | Orsborn |
| Piccolomini, M. | ... | Sancta Maria | ... | Orsborn |
| Piccolomini, M. | ... | The soldier of the cross | ... | Orsborn |
| Piccolomini, M. | ... | The two choirs | ... | Orsborn |
| Pinsuti, Ciro | ... | Heaven’s chorister (C) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Pinsuti, Ciro | ... | The old cathedral (D) | ... | Morley |
| Pinsuti, Ciro | ... | The touch of a vanished hand (G) | ... | Cramer |
| Pinsuti, Ciro | ... | Welcome, pretty primrose | ... | Ricordi |
| Randegger, A. | ... | Save me, O God (B flat) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Randegger, A. | ... | Joyous Life | ... | ... |
| Rawlings, A. J. | ... | The distant city [alto] | ... | Marshall |
| Robinson, J. | ... | A Hush Song (F) | ... | J. Williams |
| Rodney, Paul | ... | Alone on the raft (G) | ... | Enoch |
| Rodney, Paul | ... | Calvary (D) | ... | Enoch |
| Rodney, Paul | ... | The bells of St Mary’s (D) | ... | Enoch |
| Rodney, Paul | ... | Via Dolorosa (G) | ... | Enoch |
| Rodwell, G. H. | ... | Your boy in blue (F) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Roeckel, J. L. | ... | Captain Dando (E flat) | ... | Enoch |
| Roeckel, J. L. | ... | Crowning the seasons (D) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Roeckel, J. L. | ... | Hark! the dogs do bark! (A) | ... | Cramer |
| Richards, Brinley | ... | Let the hills resound (E flat) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Richards, Brinley | ... | Mother, thou art far away (F) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Smallwood, W. | ... | A song for the land I love (C) | ... | Chappell |
| Smart, Henry | ... | Victoria (B flat) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Smart, Henry | ... | By the blue sea [alto] | ... | Metzler |
| Smart, Henry | ... | Dropping down the troubled river | ... | Novello |
| Smart, Henry | ... | The birds were telling one another (F) | ... | Ashdown |
| Somervell, Arthur | ... | Four songs of Innocence | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Songs for Boys (20 songs, price 6d.) | ... | ... | ... | Boosey |
| Songs for Young Girls (18 songs, 1s.) | ... | ... | ... | Boosey |
| Stericker, A. C. | ... | The Ivy Green (B flat) [alto] | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Street, A. | ... | The birdie’s ball (D) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Streleski, Anton | ... | Violets (G) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Sullivan, A. S. | ... | The chorister (alto) | ... | Metzler |
| Sullivan, A. S. | ... | What does little birdie say | ... | Ashdown |
| Sullivan, A. S. | ... | The Sailor’s Grave (E flat) | ... | Ashdown |
| Tours, Berthold | ... | Jesu, lover of my soul (D) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Tours, Berthold | ... | The dog and the shadow (G) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Tours, Berthold | ... | The new kingdom (D) | ... | Morley |
| Trotére, H. | ... | Three men in a boat (C) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Wallace, W. V. | ... | Scenes that are brightest (F) | ... | Hutchings |
| Walsh, Marian | ... | The sailor boy (C) | ... | Stanley Lucas |
| Watson, M. | ... | An Englishman’s house is his castle (C) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Watson, M. | ... | Little birdie mine (D) | ... | Ashdown |
| Watson, M. | ... | Little Lady Bountiful (F) | ... | Ashdown |
| Watson, M. | ... | Loved and saved (B flat) | ... | Enoch |
| Watson, M. | ... | Our dear old home (D) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Watson, M. | ... | The Powder-monkey (G) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Watson, M. | ... | There’s a Friend for little children (A) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Watson, M. | ... | Trafalgar (E flat) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| Watson, M. | ... | Two bells (G) | ... | Patey & Willis |
| West, J. E. | ... | The roseate hues (alto) | ... | Ashdown |
| West, W. | ... | I am a honey-bee (G) | ... | Ashdown |
| Wrightson, W. T. | ... | Be happy, and never despair (G) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Wrightson, W. T. | ... | Cottage and throne (E flat) | ... | R. Cocks |
| Old Song | ... | Sir Guy of Warwick (F) | ... | Chappell |
| ″ | ... | The Minstrel Boy | ... | Boosey |
| ″ | ... | Charlie is my darling | ... | Boosey |
| ″ | ... | Love was once a little boy | ... | Boosey |
| ... | ... | The Skipper and his Boy (F) | ... | Hutchings |