Songs of John Jacob Niles and Expanded Edition: Low Voice

(Vocal). 35 songs by Kentucky-born John Jacob Niles, one of the most loved American vocal composers, whose songs are a staple of contest solo lists. 11 songs have been added for the 2015 expanded edition. Includes Gambling Songs and a collection of Niles' Appalachian Carols, as well as a preface by and biographical notes on the composer. New in the 2015 Revised and Expanded edition: The Blue Madonna
• Calm is the Night
• Careless Love
• Reward
• Wayfaring Stranger
• The Cherry-Tree
• Lulle Lullay
• Down in yon forest
• Jesus the Christ is born
• The Seven Joys of Mary
• See Jesus the Saviour Complete Table of Contents: The Black Dress
• Black is the color of my true love's hair
• The Blue Madonna
• Calm Is the Night
• Careless Love
• The Carol of the Bells
• Evening
• The Flower of Jesse
• Go 'way from my window
• I wonder as I wander
• Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
• The Lass from the Low Countree
• Little Black Star
• The Lotus Bloom
• My Lover is a farmer lad
• Reward
• Ribbon Bow
• The Robin and the Thorn
• Sweet little boy Jesus
• Unused I am to lovers
• Wayfaring Stranger
• What Songs Were Sung
• When I get up into Heaven
• The Wild Rider
• The Rovin' Gambler
• The Gambler's Lament
• The Gambler's Wife (By-Low)
• Gambler, don't you lose your place
• Gamblyer's Song of the Big Sandy River
• The Cherry-Tree
• Lulle Lullay
• Down in yon forest
• Jesus the Christ is born
• The Seven Joys of Mary
• See Jesus the Saviour "These two lovely volumes for high and low voice are the result of growing scholarship around the work of a composer often slighted...We are fortunate indeed to have this latest generous edition, offering as it does a wealth of material for recital and pedagogic purposes. The inclusion of Niles's own notes from the original edition is particularly moving."— Journal of Singing