Results for: books tagged ‘Lyrics’
The Rambling Soldier: Roy Palmer
Roy Palmer has brought together songs and ballads from the period 1750 to 1900, and interspersed them with the writings (from letters, memoirs etc) of many soldiers, as well as ... More
The Sound of History: Roy Palmer
This wide-ranging survey, part-anthology, part-social history provides a unique study of popular song. Tender or harsh, fleeting or long-remembered, song has always been a vehicle for the expression of popular ... More
The Everlasting Circle: James Reeves
My one man, my two men shall mow me down my meadows, My three men, my four men shall carry my grass away,My four, my three, my two, my one, ... More
The Idiom of the People: James Reeves
Where shall I meet you my pretty little dearWith your red rosy cheeks and your coal black hairI’m going a milking kind sir she answered meBut it’s dabbling in the ... More
Love: Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare was among the leading proponents of the so-called 'Georgian' poets, a loose assembly of influential literary friends who gathered in London in the years leading up ... More
Rain: Don Paterson
The first new collection of poems for six years from Don Paterson, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry (2003). More
The Faber Pocket Guide to Musicals: James Inverne
A new addition to the 'invaluable library' (Classical Music) of Faber Pocket Guides, covering one of the most enduringly popular arts. More
The Cinder Path: Andrew Motion
A new poetry collection from Andrew Motion, the last he will publish as Poet Laureate. More