If you are overseas, no fuss, I also found it on Amazon, below is a photo of it, click it to check it's latest price. It is called MANGO TIME - FOLKS SONGS OF JAMAICA by Noel Dexter and Godfrey Taylor. I ran into a local book store recently and found what I consider to be a great compilation of these and more of the best Jamaican folk songs.Įven better, it includes the sheet music for those who wish to play it on Piano or as instrumental. Sometimes these songs reflect the climate of a certain country or they may tell us something about the geography of a country or even tell us something. What is it? Share it with is using the 'comment' link below please - the more the merrier -) This includes 1 Duet.Genre: Popular & Folk and American. We have 3 arrangements for Tell Me Why Piano Sheet Music and for Vocal and other instruments. So do you have a favourite Jamaican folk song? Below is the Tell Me Why sheet music by Traditional American Song. Oh how much we miss? Some schools do a fairly good job trying to keep this aspect of our culture alive, but you can't help thinking that much needs to be done, don't it? Here now is my alphabetized collection some of the best Jamaican folk songs!! It may be something political or it could be about a person that is. This is a simple way to teach rich and beautiful history to our children. Most folk songs have an unknown author and the music is transmitted orally from generation to generation. Come on get in the action - start singing! Folk music is a style of music, but it is often written to record a significant event in history. So now I've decided to share these with you. Of course, by now (you would guess) I forgot about sleeping (lol). I realized how much I had missed singing these lovely tunes from my childhood in the country. Well, one led to another and before you know it, not only was I singing along, I was taking the lead :-), singing classics such as 'Mango Time', 'Linstead Market' and 'Long Time Gal' - sweeeet stuff! Honestly, I'd preferred not to hear anything, but I obliged. But I can tell where the cherries grow, By the wild Cardrona Where I plucked them long ago, On a day when I was sober. ![]() I was just going to check my emails and then straight to bed, but then my 8 year old daughter came into the room, volunteering to sing a new folk song she learned earlier in the day. It was a rough day so I just needed to get some sleep. ![]() I came home tired, decided I am going to take an early one. Kim Ruehl Updated on 04/25/18 American folk music has no precise nameable origin because it organically grew out of a communal tradition more than for entertainment or profit. ![]() Best Jamaican Folk Songs- The Golden Collection
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