I am posting this follow-up message to share something I myself was never capable of producing, namely an arrangement of this song for piano!

A chance visit to my Canadian tunebook site by Russian musician, Denis Khvatov, led to Denis and his family performing a selection of Canadian folksongs in concert in Moscow. Our tentative initial email exchanges evolved into a wonderful cyber friendship. Denis is a classical musician who also specializes in music publishing.

When I learned that, I asked Denis if he would be willing to craft a simple sheet for piano and voice to replace the (lousy) version I had on my own site. Not only did he produce that elementary melody-and-chord version, but also went beyond the call to create a beautiful original arrangement. He also assembled in pdf format a superb notation package for the song... cover page, piano arrangement, voice-and- chord version, and song notes.

So it is with a little pride... and a lot of thanks to Denis... that I am able to share this with the resident keyboarders here at the Mudcat. 'Hope you enjoy it... and share it!

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