Folk Sheet Music

Auntie, open the door for me. I am getting wet with rain. This charming folk song is most commonly associated with the Bantu people of Lesotho, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The song became a global sta...

Veljo Tormis has perfected the craft of choral composition in devotion to his native Estonia and similar heritages. These short, vivid songs come from related Ugric nationalities: the Hanti and Mansi...

This is a well-known and popular Scottish song, and the tune is probably older than the lyrics. This simple lullaby tells the story of Dream Angus, one of the earliest of the Celtic deities, and one o...

Commissioned by the Phoenix Boys Choir, this expressive setting offers a unique perspective on the favorite Mexican folksong.

Johannes Brahms delighted in the beauty of the folk songs of his homeland; he added artful accompaniments to them and arranged many for choirs.

This fresh arrangement of the popular American folk hymn gives a written part for the accompaniment, but also allows your pianist to improvise.

This is a jazz medley of three traditional Kentucky folk songs: Old Dan Tucker, Billy Boy and Turkey in the Straw.

This arrangement is a jazz treatment of the traditional Shaker folk melody “Simple Gifts.” After a traditional statement of the original tune, this setting presents the melody as a jazz sa...

Ma Navu is known internationally as an Israeli folk dance. The melody's graceful flowing line is especially elegant in this setting for upper voices in four parts.

This Scottish folk song, dating back to over 300 years ago, is a popular children's song about a man whose clothes are made of food.  Rhythmically interesting and great fun to sing!

An energetic piece for young singers that explores the values of democracy. A great concert closer!

This collection of choral music brings together settings of Latvian folk songs and poetry by Ešenvalds, Sējāns and others. Scored for SSAA and ranging from beginner to intermediate difficulty, this vo...

Brandon Martell’s arrangement of "Free Little Bird" is a fun setting of a charming folk song. The lyrics remind singers and audience members that building our "nest" away from the negativity in the wo...

Now available for TTBB. This commission was premiered at the 2023 ACDA National Conference by the SATB honor choir directed by Eugene Rogers. This is an Afro-Puerto Rican folk style "bomba," one of th...

A la lata (meaning "to the tin can") is a traditional Colombian chant widely recognized across Latin America as a children's game. Ruth Morris Gray's zesty setting of the brief Spanish text boasts fou...

Bring a touch of maritime history to your concert program with this poignant reimagining of a traditional sea shanty. Far from the boisterous nature of typical work songs, this sensitive setting offer...

This Land of Ours is a tie-in publication with a best-selling EMI Classics recording from the composer of Adiemus and The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. A collection for TTBB and piano/organ, comprising...

This English sea shanty, already a success in SATB and 3-Part Mixed voicings, is now available for men's chorus, just the way it would have been heard originally when sung by sailors as they pulled lo...

Son de Camaguey is a Cuban folk song from which the composer takes the refrain and then frames it with kaleidoscopic patters of ostinati inspired by the song, and by Afro-Cuban music in general.

This is a traditional Irish folk song that dates from the early twentieth century. Cork, located on the southwest coast of the island, is known as the Rebel County in honor of its long association in...

Dieses so berühmte und beliebte Stück liegt jetzt auch als Chorausgabe in der Bearbeitung von Matthias E. Becker vor.

Drunken Sailor by Robert Gibson is an energetic tenor–bass setting packed with rhythmic drive and lively articulation. Hand claps, crisp accents, and bold vocal lines keep the momentum surging from st...

Quiet Sings to Me, inspired by a poem by Gwendolyn Bennett, offers tenor–bass choirs a gentle, expressive selection that’s accessible in multiple formats. Directors can choose either a unison tenor se...

Kuimba Nafsi Yangu is a celebratory song derived from the following common Swahili phrases of joy, "Sing my soul, sing my heart. Sing for peace, sing for joy. There is so much love here, yes!" Intende...

This setting of Robert Frost's iconic poem captures life's journey as a series of choices, symbolized by diverging paths. The piece begins with a tentative piano introduction, reflecting the hesitatio...