Singing Grade 1

Singing Grade 1 repertoire list for face-to-face and digital exams (from 2023)

For full guidance on repertoire selection, including the option to perform an own composition, please refer to the syllabus.

You can download a PDF of the complete repertoire list for all grades.

Grade 1 Songs

 

No.
Key & Range
Composer
Song
Book
Publisher & Code
1
C; c'-d"
Bart
Where is Love? (Oliver!)
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
(NB only this version may be used)
Buy printed book
2
C; b-e'
Churchill
Little April Shower (Bambi)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
Hal Leonard HL00256650
3
C; b-d'
Daniel
Lavender Blue (So Dear to my Heart) 
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
Hal Leonard HL00256650
4
C; c'-d”
David, Hoffman & Livingston
Cinderella (Cinderella)
Walt Disney’s Cinderella: Vocal Selections
Hal Leonard HL00359478
5
C; c'-e"
Fain
I’m Late (Alice in Wonderland) 
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
Hal Leonard HL00256650
6
F; d'-f"
Fain
Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
Hal Leonard HL00256650
7
E♭; b♭-d"
Fain
The Second Star to the Right (Peter Pan)
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
8
E♭; e♭'-e♭"
Newman
You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story) 
Contemporary Disney (3rd edition)
Hal Leonard HL00195620
9
Gm; f'-d"
Norton
When Shall We Three Meet Again? (Macbeth)
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
10
B♭; d'-c"
Rodgers
Edelweiss (The Sound of Music) (with repeats)
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
11
Em; b-d"
Rodgers
My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music) 
Any Dream Will Do
Trinity Faber TCL011466
12
C; b-e"(g")
Rodgers
So Long, Farewell (The Sound of Music)
The Sound of Music: Vocal Selections
Hal Leonard HL00312392
13
G; d'-e"
Roe
‘Orrible Little Blue Eyes (The Barnstormers) 
Songs from the Betty Roe Shows vol. 1
Thames TH978632
14
G; d'-d"
Sherman
Truly Scrumptious (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Musical Selections
Alfred TSF0070
15
F; c'-f"
Welch & Bennett
Summer Holiday 
Junior Songscape
Faber 0571520774
16
C; c'-e"
Youmans
I Want to be Happy (No, No, Nanette) (chorus once only)
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?
Trinity Faber TCL011473

 

No.
Key & Range
Composer
Song
Book
Publisher & Code
17
E♭; c'-e♭"
Baynon
A Shepherd’s Carol 
A Shepherd’s Carol 
Curwen JC72117
18
G; d'-d"
Benjamin
Callers 
Callers 
Boosey M060012822
19
G; d'-d"
Brahms
Marienwürmchen (Ladybird)
Seven Children’s Songs
Roberton 75388
20
F; c'-d"
Campbell
The Little Fish that Got Away (Ocean Commotion) (all 3 verses and choruses)
The National Songbook
Novello NOV492393
21
G; d'-d''
Carter
One More Step Along the World I Go (3 verses)
Making the Grade: Grades 2-3
Chester CH61681
22
D; c#'-e"
Crawley
Little Leprechaun 
Little Leprechaun 
Roberton 75371
23
Gm; d'-e♭"
Crawley
We Can Make a Difference
We Can Make a Difference
Roberton 75400
24
F; c'-d" 
Dacre
Daisy Bell (1st verse and chorus only)
The National Songbook
Novello NOV492393 
25
G; d'-e"
Dawson
The Magic Night
The Magic Night
Curwen JC72403
26
C; c'-d"
Exley
Hop Bird 
Four Small Songs
Sounz
27
C; g'-e"
Fraser
Fishing
Fishing
Roberton 75191
28
G; d'-c"(d")
Hamilton
Cakes 
Just Desserts
Sounz
29
D; b-c#" 
Hamilton
Ice Cream 
Just Desserts
Sounz
30
C; c'-d"
Harris
My Uncle Rumbold
My Uncle Rumbold
Trinity TCL031891e (download)
31
D; c#'-d"
Hayne
Loving Shepherd of thy Sheep (tune: Buckland, no. 134)
Hymns Ancient & Modern: New Standard 
Canterbury 9780907547372
32
Gm; d'-d"
Jenkyns
The Crocodile 
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
33
F; c'-d"
Kirkpatrick
Away in a Manger (tune: Cradle Song, no. 22) 
New English Hymnal
Canterbury 9781853110979
34
F; c'-e"
Marsh
Orange and Yellow and Brown 
Junior Songscape
Faber 0571520774
35
F; c'-d"
Marsh 
Seagull 
Junior Songscape: Earth, Sea and Sky
Faber 0571522068
36
C; b'-c"
Marsh 
The Lighthouse 
Junior Songscape: Earth, Sea and Sky
Faber 0571522068
37
E♭; b♭-c"
Newly & Bricusse
Gonna Build a Mountain (verses 1, 2 & 3 to be sung to the melody line – end before key change to E)
Songscape
Faber 0571518672
38
G; d'-e" 
Parke
Over the Hills and Far Away
By Winding Roads
Roberton 6505
39
A♭; e♭'-e♭"
Roberton
Good Morrow to You, Springtime!
Good Morrow to You, Springtime! & Softly Fall the Shades of Evening
Roberton 75019
40
B♭; f'-d"
Roberton
Softly Fall the Shades of Evening 
Good Morrow to You, Springtime! & Softly Fall the Shades of Evening
Roberton 75019
41
D; d'-d"
Roberton
The Cat and the Fiddle
The Cat and the Fiddle
Roberton 72235
42
G; d'-e"
Rowley
Candle-light
Candle-light
Roberton 75074 
43
G; d'-d"
Rowley
The Grandfather Clock
The Grandfather Clock
Roberton 75077
44
D; a-c"
Stannard
Grizzly Bear
Young Voiceworks
OUP 9780193435551
45
A♭; e♭'-f"
Tamezō
Hamabe no Uta (Song of the Seashore) 
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
46
A; e'-e"
Trad., arr. Elkin
The Bouquet of Rosemary
The Bouquet of Rosemary
Novello NOV160108
47
Bm; a-d"
Trad., arr. Marsh
The Rebel Soldier 
Songscape
Faber 0571518672
48
G; d'-e"
Vernon-Long & Long
Lay-Z the Lion
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
49
Dm; c'-d''
Westcott
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 
Trinity TCL031884e (downlaod)
50
B♭; c'-c"
Wilson
Open 
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book

 

No.
Key & Range
Composer
Song
Book
Publisher & Code
51
Dm; c'-d"
Anand
A Little Lovely Dream
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
52
G; d'-d"
Maguire, arr. Hargest Jones
The Gypsy Rover (3 verses)
Songs of Ireland
Boosey M060087967
53
B♭; d'-d"
Trad.
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (3 verses)
The Library of Folk Songs
Music Sales AM961521
54
D; b-d"
Trad.
The Overlander (any 3 verses & choruses)
Songs that Shaped Australia
All Music 0801141540
55
D; d'-e"
Trad., arr. Appleby & Fowler
Ho-la-hi 
Sing Together!
OUP 9780193301559 (melody), 9780193301566 (piano score)
56
G; b'-c"
Trad., arr. Carson Turner
Old King Cole (verse 1 and any other 2 verses - upper line only)
Best of Children's Songs
Schott ED12948
57
G; d'-e"
Trad., arr. Dacey
Anna Marie
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
58
G; d'-e"
Trad., arr. Hargest Jones
The Garden Where the Praties Grow (verses 1 and 3 only)
Songs of Ireland
Boosey M060087967
59
F; c'-f" [D]
Trad., arr. Hargest Jones
The Keel Row (any 3 verses)
Songs of England
Boosey M060087936
60
Gm; d'-e♭"
Trad., arr. I Holst
River Wisla 
Nineteen European Folk Songs
Novello NOV490383
61
D; d'-d"
Trad., arr. I Holst
Spin, Spin
Nineteen European Folk Songs
Novello NOV490383
62
F; d'-c"
Trad., arr. Marsh
Gōngkè wánbi tàiyáng xī (School Is Over and Work Is Done) 
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
63
G; d'-e"
Trad., arr. Moore
All Through the Night
Singing Grade 1 from 2023
Buy printed book
64
Em; c'-e"
Trad., arr. Rubin & Stillman
Song of the Volga Boatmen
A Russian Songbook
Dover DP14069

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