Song Playlist for Quilter's Muse Site

featuring Patricia Cummings
singing and playing guitar

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Songs by Category

Original Song by Pat: I Am A Quilter

Textile Related Song

Work of the Weavers: a traditional Welsh tune that celebrates weaving.

Traditional Blues/Folk Songs

Banks of the Ohio - sung and played by Patricia Cummings, 2007

Where the Purple Lilacs Grow - song about New Hampshire, by unknown composer

Country

Keep on the Sunny Side - an early song by the Carter family, revisited by James Gorham

Olde American Songs

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? a song of hard times in the early 20th century in America

Daisy Bell - "the proposal" and the answer.

It's A Grand Old Flag - patriotic song

Let Us Break Bread Together - a traditional spiritual of thanks and praise

Oldies Medley - songs of the first two decades of the 20th century

Work, for the Night is Coming - nineteenth century song, learned at Grange

March 17th is a Great Day for the Irish!

Irish Songs

Cockles and Mussels - a traditional Irish tune

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - from a 1912 musical, Isle of Dreams

Johnny, I Hardly Knew You - an anti-war, Irish song

English - Medieval Song - Christian Song

The Coventry Carol: a melodic traditional song, now often sung at Christmas time, is believed to have been written in 1534 by Robert Croo, according to some sources. This song was performed during medieval pageants in England in the sixteenth century.

Christian Songs

Amazing Grace - traditional song written by John Newton

What Child Is This? a song typically sung at Christmastide to the tune of an old English melody, "Greensleeves."

Were You There? (when they crucified my Lord)

Songs in Hebrew

Hine Ma Tov, is a traditional Israeli song with Hebrew words that expresses a wish that all men would live as brothers. We pray for peace in the Middle East. Currently our most popular song file.

Hava Nagila, a dance song that accompanies the "hora," performed in circular formation.

Songs in Spanish

The Spanish songs originate in various Spanish-speaking countries. I learned them from fellow students at the Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain in 1972-1973. My friend, Gigi from Puerto Rico, wrote down all the words to the songs and created a little booklet for me to save as a remembrance of the time we spent in tertulias at her Colegio Mayor residence.

El Arriero Va - The Horseman Rides

Guitarra de Medianoche - Guitar of Midnight

Cuando Salí de Cuba - When I Left Cuba

Zamba de Mi Esperanza - Argentina

En Mi Viejo San Juan - In My Old San Juan (Puerto Rico)

El Viento Tiene Una Pena - The Wind Has a Sorrow

De Colores - Of Colors

Mi Caballo Blanco - The White Horse, a folksong from Chile

Guantanamera - with instructions for pronunciation

Christmas Carol in Spanish

Los Peces en El Rio - Christmas carol or villancico from Spain

Children's Songs

Go Tell Aunt Rhody, a traditional American song from 1752

The Fox: a nice song for young children.

Folk Song in Three Languages - Frère Jacques/Are You Sleeping?/ Fray Felipe.

Scottish Tunes

Loch Lomond - a traditional song from the late nineteenth century

Mary Hamilton - a traditional Scottish ballad

Wild Mountain Thyme - a lyrical and lilting tale of love and nature's beauty.

Shaker Song

Simple Gifts: a traditional Shaker dance song, written in 1848 by Elder Joseph Brackett of Alfred, Maine. One of more than 10,000 Shaker songs.

Songs Related to Freedom

Motherless Child. Children were often taken away from their parents and brought to other plantations, never to see their family of origin again.

My Darling Nelly Gray written by Benjamin R. Hanby, in 1856, portrays the fictitious, but compelling, story of a kidnapped slave.

Follow the Drinkin' Gourd The Big Dipper in the North Sky was reportedly a guiding point for slaves, to help them reach Canada, and freedom. Authenticity of the song's connection to the Underground Railroad is being disputed as not having been around before 1900. The earliest version found was written in 1928, according to Joel Bresler.

Rally Round the Flag - an 1862 song written to encourage Union troops.

Two Christmas Carols in German

O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree), a traditional German Christmas carol whose lyrics date from 1824.

Stille Nacht, a Christmas carol better known in America as "Silent Night." This song was written in 1818.

Songs Played by Pat's late father, John E. Grace, recorded in the 1960s

First File: The Music of John E. Grace

Banks of the Ohio, accompanied on guitar by a 16 yr. old, "Patty" Grace (Cummings)

Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms, played by John E. Grace

Unknown Song on Clarinet (#4), played by John E. Grace

Unknown melody - JEG - on Clarinet

Quilt Inspired By Music

A related file, "The Power of Music" features a quilt made by Patricia Cummings that was inspired by a song written by New Hampshire folksinger Bill Staines.

Dance Songs

Note: Simple Gifts, and Hava Nagila are dance songs, and Zamba de Mi Esperanza is written about a dance.

Notice: All songs on this website were placed here for educational purposes. While I have enjoyed playing and singing traditional folk songs since I was a teenager, I am not a professional musician, I am a teacher. I do not sell anything related to music, nor do I give concerts. After all, who'd want to pay to listen to an old lady, howling at the moon?

The "copyright" to any individual work belongs to the original artist. However, specific rules apply. Most of the songs here were written in another century, some at a time when the idea of copyright was not yet conceived. The copyright notice below signifies my ownership of my own renditions, for the sole purpose of education, on this website.