Brue Boys Music
Choice of music is at the heart of what the Brue Boys are about ~
our growing repertoire is chosen by consultation ~
and we look forward to new genres and styles in the future
our growing repertoire is chosen by consultation ~
and we look forward to new genres and styles in the future
Purchase of music is the choir's main expense
Check out our repertoire below of 50 songs sung at concerts up to November 2011 ~
which we hope you agree are rich in variety of genre and style
Check out our repertoire below of 50 songs sung at concerts up to November 2011 ~
which we hope you agree are rich in variety of genre and style
Title |
Genre |
Credits |
Publisher |
1st Performed |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band | First hit song for Irving Berlin in 1911 | Arrangement by Denys Hood | Robertson Publications | March 2011 |
All in the April evening |
1939 arrangement of a poem by Katharine Tynan |
Music by Hugh Robertson |
Robertson Publications |
May 2007 |
Anthem |
From the 1984 musical Chess |
Music by Benny Anderson & Byorn Ulvaeus. Words by Tim Rice. Arranged by Haydn James |
Banks Music Publications |
July 2009 |
Ave Maria |
Original 16th Century song by Giulio Caccini |
Arrangement by Alwyn Hughes for the Morrison Orpheus Choir |
Patterdale Music Ltd |
October 2007 |
Battle Hymn of the Republic |
Traditional Hymn arranged as a 'Patrol' for two parts |
Arrangement by Harry Dexter |
Edwin Ashdown Ltd |
May 2007 |
| Blowin' in the Wind | Popular Bob Dylan song released as a single and in his 1963 album 'The freewhellin' Bob Dylan | Words and music by Bob Dylan. Arranged by Gwyn Arch |
Robertson Publications | March 2011 |
Blue Moon |
Popular American song written in 1934. |
Music by Richard Rogers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, arranged by Jeff Funk |
Alfred Publishing Co. |
November 2008 |
Blue Suede Shoes |
1956 popular American song later sung by Elvis Presley |
Words and Music by Carl Lee Perkins Arranged by Jeff Funk |
Warner Brothers publications |
January 2010 |
Bridge over troubled water |
From 1969 Simon & Garfunkel song |
Words and Music by |
Music Sales Ltd |
January 2008 |
Bring Him Home |
From the show Les Miserables |
Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg; Lyrics by Kretzmer and Boublil Arranged by John Leavitt |
Hal Leonard Corporation |
January 2010 |
| Carrickfergus | Nostalgic Irish Folk Song originally sung in a rather more bawdy Gaelicversion in the 18th Century. | Arranged by Gwyn Arch who introduced it to the Brue Boys during a 'Masterclass' in October 2011 | Grove Music | November 2011 |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo | Popular wartime American song published in 1941 performed by The Glen Miller Band et al | Words by Mack Gordon; Music by Harry Warren; Arranged by Gwyn Arch | Robertson Publications | June 2010 |
Come to the Fair |
Traditional English Folk Song |
Music Easthope Martin; Lyrics by Helen Taylor; Arrangement by GA Bower |
Edwin Ashdown Ltd |
Janunary 2008 |
Consider Yourself |
Song from the 1960 stage musical Oliver |
Music and lyrics by Lionel arranged for parts by Brue Boy Dick Warman |
November 2008 |
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Do you hear the People Sing? |
From the 1980 musical Les Miserables |
Music by C-M Schonberg Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer |
Alain Boubil Music Ltd |
January 2008 |
Good Night Ladies |
Traditional English Song |
June 2008 |
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I'd do anything |
From the 1960 musical Oliver |
Words and music by Lionel Bart arranged by Mac Huff |
Lakeview Music Co |
May 2009 |
I'd like to teach the world to sing |
Originally a jingle advert for Coca-Cola in 1971, it was then recorded with new words by The New Seekers as a popular song in 1972 |
Words by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway arranged by Alan Evans |
Alan Simmons Music |
July 2009 |
If you were the only girl in the world |
1916 popular song |
Words by Clifford Grey Music by ND Ayer |
B Feldman & Co Ltd |
May 2007 |
If the rain's got to fall |
From the musical Half a Sixpence |
Words and Music by David Heneker arranged for two parts by Brue Boy Dick Warman |
June 2008 |
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I'm Gonna Sing |
A round combining the sp rituals: I'm gonna sing; Oh when the saints and Swing low, sweet chariot |
Sing for Pleasure |
May 2007 |
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I've Got Peace Like a River |
Traditional Negro Spiritual |
Adapted and arranged by John Coates Jr |
Harold Flammer Music |
January 2009 |
Kumba yah! |
African Spiritual |
Arranged by Kenneth Pont |
Oxford University Press |
May 2007 |
My Lord, what a morning |
Negro Spiritual |
Arranged by Kenneth Pont |
Oxford University Press |
May 2007 |
Now won't you sit down |
Negro Spiritual |
Sing for Pleasure |
June 2009 |
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| Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head | Popular song from the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Words by Hal David; Music by Burt Bacharach. Arranged by Gwyn Arch | Robertson Publications | July 2011 |
Rhythm of Life |
American 1965 popular song |
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields Music by Cy Coleman Arranged by Richard Barnes |
Shawnee Press Inc |
June 2008 |
Rio, Rio |
Chilean Song |
Arranged by Kenneth Pont |
Oxford University Press |
October 2007 |
Sinner Man |
Traditional Negro Spiritual | Adapted and Arranged by Roger Emerson |
Hal Leonard Corporation |
January 2010 |
| Skye Boat Song | Scottish traditional song | Arranged by Gwyn Arch | Grove Music | June 2010 |
Some Enchanted Evening |
From the 1949 Musical South Pacific |
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Music by Richard Rogers |
Williamson Music Inc |
June 2008 |
Some folks like to sigh |
Popular American Song by Stephen Foster |
Arranged by Kenneth Pont |
Oxford University Press |
May 2007 |
| Sound of Silence | Popular 1964 song | Words and Music by Paul Simon Arranged by Gwyn Arch |
Grove Music | November 2010 |
Steal Away |
Negro spiritual |
Arranged by Kenneth Pont |
Oxford University Press |
May 2007 |
The Hippopotamus Song |
1950s British Comic Song with words by Michael Flanders and Music by Donald Swann & Michael Flanders |
Arranged by William Stickles |
Chappell & Co Ltd |
February 2009 |
The Sloop John B. |
Bahamas Folk Song made famous by The Beach Boys |
Arranged by Gwyn Arch |
Grove Music |
January 2010 |
Swing low, sweet chariot |
Negro spiritual |
Arranged by Kenneth Pont |
Oxford University Press |
May 2007 |
There is Nothin' Like a Dame |
From the 1949 musical South Pacific |
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
Williamson Music |
January 2008 |
The Rose |
Popular 1977 song sung by Bette Midler in the 1979 film The Rose |
Words and music by Amasnda McBroom, arranged by Alwyn Humphreys |
Banks Music Publications |
November 2008 |
The Policeman's Song |
From the Pirates of Penzance |
Words by WS Gilbert Music by Arthur Sullivan |
Banks Music Publications |
May 2007 |
There's Something about the Brue Boys |
Loosely adapted from the song 'There's Something about a Soldier' for the Brue Boys |
Brue Boys |
May 2007 |
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The Song of the Jolly Roger |
1911 sea song |
Words and Music by C Candish |
J Curwen & Sons Ltd |
January 2008 |
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines |
From the film of the same name |
Words and Music by Ron Goodwin arranged by Gwyn Arch |
Banks Music Publications |
June 2008 |
| Wade in the Water | An African-American spiritual first published in 1901 by John Wesley Work II and his brother, Frederick J. Work. | Arranged by Peter Hunt | November 2011 | |
Walls Come Tumbalin' Down! |
Two part combination of the negro spirituals 'Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel' and 'Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho' |
Arranged by JA Shafferton |
Alfred Publishing Co Ltd |
July 2007 |
| Waltzing Matilda | Popular Australian Song (sometimes regarded as an unofficial National Anthem!) written by AB (Banjo) Patterson in 1895 and first recorded in 1926. | Music by Marie Cowan and arranged by Harold Noble an | Ascherberg Choral Music | November 2011 |
| What a Wonderful World | Popular song first recorded by 66 year old Louis Armstrong in 1968. It was the best selling single of that year in the UK. | Words and music by George Weiss and Bob Thiele. Arranged by Gwyn Arch | Robertson Publications | July 2011 |
What shall we do with a drunken sailor |
Well known traditional sea shanty |
Arranged and edited by Marshall Bartholomew and Fenno Heath |
G Schirmer inc |
July 2009 |
When I'm Sixty-Four |
Popular 1967 Beatles Song |
Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney Arranged by Alan Billingsley |
Sony / ATV Songs LLC |
May 2009 |
You'll never walk alone |
From the 1945 musical Carousel |
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Music by Richard Rogers arranged by Alyn Humphreys |
Williamson Music |
May 2007 |
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