Publisher : Royal Schools of Music
The ABRSM Songbook - Book 1
Instrumentation : Voice, Piano 

The 5 volume ABRSM Songbook series offers singers and their teachers an unrivalled choice of core repertoire that will provide the bedrock for many years of vocal study.

This series features:

• Over 100 art songs, drawn from Grades 1-5 of the Associated Board's Singing syllabus
• A range of repertoire from the Medieval to modern musicals - many in practical new editions
• A collection of 60 authentic unaccompanied traditional songs, sourced from around the world
• English singing translations for every non-English-language song
• Useful notes on the songs containing background information and performance suggestions
• CDs of Piano accompaniment to all the art songs, performed by Simon Lepper, as recordings  of the text to every song, performed by native speakers

Songs:

• A dream is a wish your heart make, from Cinderellas 
• Aupres de ma blonde (So near to my blond girl)  - French Traditional
• Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale, No. 2 from Volks-Kinderlieder)  - German Traditional
• Dona, dona 
• Good morrow to you, springtime! 
• Grandfather Clock 
• Home on the Range  - American Traditional
• La Cucaracha  - Mexican Traditional
• Noel nouvelet (Sing now Christ is born)  - French Traditional
• Omens of Spring (No. 2 from Omens of Spring) 
• Quem pastores laudavere (He Whom Shepherds Laude with Praises)
• Song of the Boats (No. 2 from Ten Ponder and William Songs) 
• The Crocodile  
• The Miller of Dee  Performed - English Traditional
• The Spinning Wheel  - Irish Traditional
• Walking in the Air (Theme from The Snowman) 
• Where is love? (From Oliver!) 
• Aija, zuzu (Go to sleep my little bear) 
• Igama la Bantwana (Children's song: Lullaby)  - South Africa (Zulu)
• Jinkli Nona (Sinhalese girl)  - Malaysia
• Maple Sweet  - Usa
• Mick Miles  - England
• Mr Colburn  - Us Virgin Islands
• Sing Ivy  - England
• Spinn, spinn (Spin, spin)  - Germany
• Sus in poarta raiului (At the gates of Paradise)  - Romania
• Un jour sur le pont de Treguier (One day upon the bridge in town)  - Brittany, France
• When the spring comes in  Performed -  England
• Xiao Baicai (Little Cabbage-face)  - China
  
  
  

• ABRSM Songbook 1
• ABRSM Songbook 4
• ABRSM Songbook 5