Lillie H. Philipp

Freight Train' combines the speed of the train with nostalgic remembrance of places traveled. 'There's one more place I'd like to see...to watch those Blue Ridge Mountains climb while I ride Old Numbe...

A familiar American folk song is 'A Man of Constant Sorrow. ' Adaptations exist for a maid of constant sorrow as well. This is a very simple melody, placed in the key of C major. The message is a mour...

This fourth and closing song of the set 'The Morning Train' is perhaps the best known and most rousing of the set. The original title is 'Worried Man Blues. ' But in this new arrangement, the women jo...

Here is a new folk song whose melodic contour, harmonic structure, and symmetry with the Robert Burns text are so authentic, that it's hard to believe it's a contemporary composition. Modern day compo...