Old Sturbridge Village Singers
April 8 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
The Old Sturbridge Village Singers are celebrating 20 years of performing in the recreated setting of an early New England village. The goal of the group is to bring to life the songs of everyday people who lived in the extraordinary pre-industrial days of American history.
Their latest CD The Old Sturbridge Village Singers: A Collection of Early 19th-Century Hymns and Songs is now available at Ox & Yoke Mercantile and the Miner Grant Store at Old Sturbridge Village! This CD features songs like “The Old Oaken Bucket,” “Awake, Awake Tuneful Voice,” and “Auld Lang Syne.” See the full tracklist below.
Tracklist
Awake, Awake the Tuneful Voice
Composer: Nathaniel Duren Gould
Name of Tune: Woodland
Words: Lowell Mason
Landing of the Pilgrims
Composer: George W. Martin
Name of Tune: Leominster
Words: Felicia Dorethea Hemans
The Shout of Freedom
Composer: George J. Webb
Name of Tune: Morning Light
Words: Songs of the Free and Hymns of Christian Freedom
Home, Sweet Home
Composer: Henry R. Bishop
Name of Tune: Original
Words: John Howard Paine
Zion, Behold thy Savior King
Composer: Abraham Wood
Name of Tune: Worcester
Words: Isaac Watts
Old Ironsides
Composer: Traditional Irish
Name of Tune: Gramachree
Words: Oliver Wendel Holmes Sr.
My Country tis of Thee
Composer: Traditional English
Name of Tune: America
Words: Rev. Samuel Smith
Here Lies a Women
Composer: John Hilton
Name of Tune: Original
Words: The Catch Club
Human Equality
Composer: Traditional Scottish
Name of Tune: And A’ That
Words: William Loyd Garrison
The Old Man Who Lived in the Wood
Composer: Traditional Scottish
Name of Tune: Original
Words: Scot’s Musical Museum
The Spacious Firmament
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Name of Tune: The Heavens are Telling
Words: Joseph Addison
The Old Oaken Bucket
Composer: George Kiallmark
Name of Tune: Araby’s Daughter
Words: Samuel Woodworth
Bring Brightest Laurels
Composer: Jacob Eckard
Name of Tune: Pillar of Glory
Words: Hannah Gould
Auld Lang Syne
Composer: Traditional Scottish
Name of Tune: Original
Words: Scot’s Musical Museum
Purchase tickets at: https://www.osv.org/plan-your-visit/
15 – 30