"Lovely, important work"
Eliza Carthy

"A wonderful collection"
James Fagan, Thank Goodness It's Folk radio show

“Marvellous...a key to the folkie locker and a simple first step to singing and playing trad songs...I hope it’s picked up by everyone with access to a voice box and/or guitar etc.”
Phil Widdows, FolkCast

Simple contemporary settings for songs 61-70 in the Roud Index. The lyrics and chords of each song is accompanied by a page of information: alternative titles, a summary of the story of the song, a brief history and context of the song, and some suggested listening of alternative versions. Audio samples available on singyonder.co.uk

A5, 28pp, saddle stitched.

Printed on premium recycled paper. Cover contains 25% waste leather.

"a valuable project... a great way to guide the uninitiated through the vast and often dimly-lit caverns of traditional song"
TradFolk.co - full article: tradfolk.co/art/writing/man-attempts-to-arrange-and-print-entire-roud-index/

"interesting, informative, and written with wit and humour; both the text and the arrangements meet the project's aims of being accessible for beginners and newcomers to folk song"
Folk London

"a lovely project... want to break into traditional singing but don't know where to start? Check this accessible little guide."
Old Tunes Fresh Takes Podcast

"marvellous... a key to the folkie locker and a simple first step to singing and playing trad songs...I hope it's picked up by everyone with access to a voice box and/or guitar etc."
Phil Widdows, FolkCast

"a beautiful thing"
Jon Boden

"a stunning piece of work... making folk songs accessible with lyrics, chords, well-written background info for each song, and recordings to listen to as well"
George Sansome

"a super idea, beautifully simple and straightforward, excellent for beginners, particularly people who pick up songs by ear"
Jim Causley

"a great resource... for all traditional singers"
The Folk Forecast

"a rather lovely item... a beginner's guide to traditional song complete with words, chord charts, song backgrounds and downloadable audio guides that are all easy to follow"
Martin Purdy, Harp and a Monkey

"beautiful... even if you know every song in Roud's index, these books are worth having for Karl's incisive commentary on the songs and sources."
Piers Cawley

Songs featured:

Roud 61: The Gay Goshawk

Roud 62: Brown Robin

Roud 63: Johnny Scott

Roud 64: Willie O’Winsbury

Roud 65: Willie O’ Douglas Dale

Roud 66: Tom Potts

Roud 67: The Shepherd’s Daughter

Roud 68: The Twelve Days of Christmas

Roud 69: Johnny O’Breadislee

Roud 70: A Gest of Robyn Hode