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Cruiskeen Lawn

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“Cruiskeen Lawn”   (Arranged by Herbert) is a wonderful a capella piece for men’s chorus that is an old Scotch air called “John Anderson My Jo”. Herbert was asked to arrange this 1858 melody in 1910 for New York City’s Mendelssohn Glee Club, founded in 1866, is the oldest surviving all male glee club on the East Coast. The work is in four part men harmony and it’s tough not to fall in love with this melody. It’s another song that has been rescued by restoration by Bruce Herman of the Lyric Theatre of San Jose. By the way a “Cruiskeen Lawn” is a ceramic jog filled with Cruiskeen Lawn Whiskey dating from 1895 from Mitchell & Co Ltd of Belfast Distillers. This work is in the key of D♭ major.

Sample of Cruiskeen Lawn

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