Description
Gordon’s first songbook, originally published by Folk Legacy in 1977, now under the Timberhead Music label, contains 44 favorites of Gordon Bok’s earlier songs. Illustrated with Gordon’s drawings and photos of his woodcarvings, each song is also introduced by a few words from Gordon about its history or how it came to him. Written for guitar (with tablature) and voice.
What’s Included
Mr Eneos
Lou’s Handy: The Boys of Blue Hill; The Reedsdale Hornpipe
Cape Ann
Western Boat
Clear Away in the Morning
Fifteen Ships off George’s Bank
Liverpool Handy: Liverpool Hornpipe; I’ze the B’y
Duna
Where am I to Go?
Bay of Fundy
A Blues for Sergei
Mrs. MacDonald’s Lament
Herring Croon
Little River
Gulls in the Morning
Saben the Woodfitter
The Hills of Isle au Haut
Isle au Haut Lullaby
A Tune for November
Song by Yupanqui
The Brandy Tree
Sier Lapalang
Dillan Bay
Hang On, John
Frankie on the Sheepscot
Tune for Bannard
Threeboot Philbrick’s Lament
Mister, I Don’t Mind
Dublin City
Kirsteen/Christinn
Weevily Wheat
Texas Song
Broken-down Squatter
The Cocky at Bungaree
Freedom on the Wallaby
Paloma
Hatu Khara Ols’n
Ed McDermott’s Handy: Cherish the Ladies; Garryowen; Haste to the Wedding
La Brigantine
Snow Gull
Turning Toward the Morning
Bheir Me O
Peter Kagan and the Wind
O Wyrak’ ocha
