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This catalogue is not yet complete but should give you a feel for the wide range of Betty Roe's works for concerted voices.
| Work Title | Movements | Words By | Instrumentation 1 | Accompaniment | Publisher |
| A Baby's Cry | Alison Taylor? | Unison voices, treble instruments | percussion | Manuscript | |
| A Birth Night Song | Elizabeth Tynan | SATB | Robish Music | ||
| A Chime of Carols | 1. Hark, how all the welkin rings! 2. Behold a silly tender babe 3. As I sat on a sunny bank 4. Come, all you children 5. Unto us is born a son |
Charles Wesley | Two-part upper voices | piano | Thames Publishing |
| A Crown of Briar Roses - five royal portraits | 1. A Crown of Briar Roses, 2. Mary Tudor, 3. Elizabeth I, 4. Anne, 5. Victoria, 6. Elizabeth II |
Marian Lines | Upper Voices | Piano/Piano Duet/Orchestra | Thames Publishing |
| A crown of piercing thorns | Michael Forster? | Voices (check volume) | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| A Cycle of Elements | 1. Prologue 2. Earth 3. Air 4. Fire 5. Water |
Marian Lines | Upper voices, piano, flute and percussion | Thames Publishing | |
| A Moonlit Scene | John Bishop (November 1946) | SSATB Choir Baritone or Tenor Solo Soprano Solo |
piano | Robish Music | |
| A Psalm for Sunday Night | Thomas Prestel | SSATB Choir, speaker | organ | Manuscript | |
| A Quire of Elements | Marian Lines | unison voices | Piano/Orchestra | Thames Publishing | |
| A Recipe for Gingerbread | Marian Lines | SATB and Soprano solo | piano, double bass and percussion | Thames Publishing | |
| A Song for Your Supper | 1 Aperitif 2 Shrimp Cocktail 3 Coq Au Vin 4 Summer Pudding 5 Peach Melba (alternative desert) 6 Cheese and Biscuits |
Jacqueline Froom | SATB Choir, Flute (opt), solo soprano (opt) | piano | Thames Publishing |
| A Wedding Prayer | SATB Choir | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | ||
| A.D. One - a Christmas fable | James Reeves | solo voices, SATBB., audience, piano, flute and double bass | (optional organ) | Thames Publishing | |
| All the day | 1. Cleaning shoes 2. Man-in-the-Moon 3. Summertime 4. Hurry Home |
Leonard Clark | Unison voices (and recorder?) | piano | Thames Publishing |
| Alleluia! O praise God | SATB or SA Men | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |||
| Alleluia! Praise the God of our salvation | SATB or SA Men | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |||
| Alleluia, sing to Jesus (last verse descant for trebles or brass) | trebles or brass | organ | Manuscript | ||
| Alleluia, sing to Jesus (last verse) | unison voices, flute, oboe, horn | organ | Manuscript | ||
| An Irish Blessing | Traditional | SSA (Childrens) voices, Violin | Piano | Robish Music | |
| Anti-clockwise | 1. Clock Song 2. Grandmother 3. Middle Age 4. Young Woman 5. Teenager 6. Schoolchild 7. Toddler 8. Baby |
Marian Lines | Thames | ||
| As I sat on a Sunny Bank | Traditional | treble voices | piano | Thames Publishing | |
| As our fertile harvest grows | mixed voices | ? | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | ||
| Away In A Manger | Traditional | unison choir or solo voice | organ | Thames Publishing | |
| Behold, a Silly Tender Babe | Choir | BR | |||
| Blessed is Everyone | Psalm 128 | Trebles/solo, SATB | Robish Music | ||
| Blessed is Everyone that Feareth the Lord | SATB Choir | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | ||
| Blessed is Everyone that Feareth the Lord | Psalm 128 | Solo voice or trebles, SATB Choir | Organ | Betty Roe | |
| Blessings | Robin's Carol Rune of Hospitality The Baby's Grace The Peace of God |
Choir | Thames Publishing | ||
| Blue John | Marian Lines | SATB | Robish Music | ||
| Butterflies and Bees | 1. Butterflies 2. Bees |
Leonard Clark | Voices - SSA | piano | Thames Publishing |
| Carol of the Beasts (version 1) | James Reeves | SSATB | piano | Thames Publishing | |
| Carol of the Beasts (version 2) | James Reeves | Medium Voice, flute and piano | Thames Publishing | ||
| Carol of the Universe Carter Arr. Roe | Sydney Carter | Treble solo, Choir SSA Men | Manuscript | ||
| Children's Song Of The Nativity | Frances Chesterton | two-part voices | piano and woodwind | Robish Music | |
| Christ The King | Alison Taylor | SATB Choir, Semi-chorus, Soloists, Speakers | piano, double bass, percussion and string quartet | Thames | |
| Christmas Cards (1) | 1. Time to Be Merry 2. Questions 3. Christmas Cards 4. Come, all you children 5. Gifts 6. Spare a thought for Santa |
Jean Kenward | Voices | piano | Thames Publishing |
| Christmas Cards (2) | 1. Time to Be Merry 2. Christmas Boxes 3. Come, sweet friends 4. Seasonal Blues 5. Sleep, Little Child 6. St Mary and St Michael |
Jean Kenward, Marian Lines and John Bishop | Voices - SATB, audience and flute (or other melody instrument) | keyboard | Thames Publishing |
| Christus Victor (1) | John Catterik | mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, semi-chorus, narrators, dancers, mime, guitar, oboe, flute, horn | organ, piano | Joseph Weinberger | |
| Christus Victor (2) (Revised 1987 and 2007) | John Catterik | mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, semi-chorus, narrators, dancers, mime, guitar, oboe, flute, horn | organ, piano | Thames | |
| Come All Ye Children | Barbara Softly | unison voices | piano (organ) | Thames Publishing | |
| Communion Service in D | Responses to the Commandments Creed Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei Gloria |
Liturgy | SATB Choir | Organ | manuscript |
| Dear Lord, you bring all good | SATB | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |||
| Deck the Hall | Traditional | SATTBB | Thames Publishing | ||
| Do you not know? | SA or TB | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |||
| Domestics - six choral cameos | 1. Frogs 2. Mouse 3. Seagull 4. Ants 5. Cat 6. Spider |
Jacqueline Froom | Voices - SATB | unaccompanied | Thames Publishing |
| Down by the Riverside | Traditional | SATB Choir | Manuscript | ||
| Everyone Sang | Wilfred Owen | SATB | Piano | Robish Music | |
| Fair Phyllis | Betty Roe | Voices - SATB | unaccompanied | Thames Publishing | |
| Final Verses for Christmas Carols | 1. O Come all Ye Faithful 2. Hark the Herald Angels Sing |
unison choir | 2 trumpets (C or Bb) and organ | Manuscript | |
| Flaming June | Marian Lines | Childrens voices SSA | piano | typeset | |
| Food Fad, The | H A Field | SA Choir, Clarinet | piano | Manuscript | |
| Four Double Carols plus One | 1. Christmas Boxes 2. Sleep, Little Child/The First Noel 3. We Three Kings/Noel 4. Hallelujah/God Rest you Merry, Gentlemen 5. Christmas Time is come again/Good King Wenceslas |
Marian Lines/Traditional | SATB/Audience | piano | Robish Music |
| Ghoules and Ghosts (2) | 1 Poltergeists 4 The Coachman |
Jacqueline Froom | Five solo voices plus SATB choir | Manuscript | |
| God's Story | St Martin in the Fields | SATB with optional soloists | organ or piano | Manuscript | |
| Goe and catche a falling starre | John Donne | Voices - SATB and solo soprano | unaccompanied | Thames Publishing | |
| Hang up the Mistletoe! | Lesley Bishop | SATB optional solos and descant | organ | In preparation for Robish | |
| Hark, the herald-angels sing (Last Verse) (2) | unison choir, 2 x Bb Trumpets | organ | Manuscript | ||
| Harvest Prayer | Peter Dainty | Unison Choir | organ (manuals) | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd? | |
| His Winding Sheet | Robert Herrick | Voices - SATB and solo soprano | Thames Publishing | ||
| Hosanna to the Living Lord | Bishop Heber | SATB Choir, Soprano solo | manuscript | ||
| In the beginning was the Word of life | SATB | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |||
| In the unity of the cross | Liturgy? | soprano solo and SATB choir | Manuscript | ||
| Infinite Light | Traditional carol | SATB | organ | Manuscript | |
| Innocents | Marian Lines? | Boys Chorus (2 part), recorder | piano | manuscript | |
| Jubilate Deo | SATB Choir | organ | Manuscript | ||
| Jubilee Bells | Marian Lines | Three part upper voices | Robish Music | ||
| Just a closer walk with thee | Hymn - Anonymous | SATB Choir or SA Men | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| Keera and Conch, Listen to the Voice, Blame | 1 Keera and Conch, 2 Listen to the Voice, 3 Blame |
Marian Lines | Manuscript | ||
| Kyrie | Liturgy | SATB Choir | manuscript | ||
| Lest we forget | Michael Forster? | Voices (check volume) | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| Like as the Hart | Psalms 42 and 43 | SATB choir, semi-choir, solo soprano | Robish Music | ||
| Love Walked Right In (George Gershwin Arr Roe) | Ira Gershwin | SATBB Choir | Manuscript | ||
| Lullaby | W E Kennedy and S Uminska | SATB choir | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1) | 1. Magnificat 2. Nunc Dimittis |
Unison voices | piano | Josef Weinberger | |
| Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (2) "Evening Canticles" | 1. Magnificat 2. Nunc Dimittis |
Liturgy | SATB Soli, SATB Choir | organ | Manuscript |
| Make All Things Well | Mother Julian of Norwich | Voices - S.S.A.A. | unaccompanied | Thames Publishing | |
| Man, Be Merry | Late 15th Century | SATB Choir | Manuscript | ||
| May the Grace of Christ Our Saviour | SATB Choir | Manuscript | |||
| Mercy and Love (Introit) | Robert Herrick | SSATB Choir | Manuscript | ||
| Merry Be Man | Jacqueline Froom | unison or mixed voices | piano | Thames Publishing | |
| Millennium Calypso | David Kerr | unison voices | piano | Thames Publishing | |
| Missa Brevis | 1 Kyrie 2 Gloria 3 Sanctus 4 Benedictus 5 Agnus Dei |
Litergy | SATB Choir | organ | Manuscript |
| Mouth Music (1) | Betty Roe? | voices | piano | Manuscript | |
| Mouth Music (2) | Betty Roe? | Six voice groups | piano | Manuscript | |
| Music's Universe | 1. To Music, to becalm his fever 2. Music 3. When music sounds 4. Music's Empire |
Robert Herrick | Voices - SATB | unaccompanied | Thames Publishing |
| My Lord, you called my name (Footsteps) | SATB | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |||
| Nisi Dominus Frustra | Liturgy | Two part choir | organ | Manuscript | |
| O Come Let us Sing unto the Lord | Psalm 95 | SATB Choir, Soprano solo | organ | Manuscript | |
| O Father, on your love we call | Michael Forster??? | Voices (check volume) | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| O Praise God | O Praise God - Psalm 150 | Psalm 150 | SATB Choir | organ | Robish Music |
| O Praise the Lord (1994 Thames) | Psalm 147 | Voices - SATB | organ | Thames Publishing | |
| O Praise the Lord (1996 revision) | Psalm 147 | Voices - S.A. Men | organ | Manuscript | |
| O Praise the Lord (1998 revision) | Psalm 147 | Voices - SATB, Harp, Percission, Cello | organ | Manuscript | |
| O Praise the Lord (1999 Roberton) | Psalm 147 | Voices - SATB | organ | Roberton Publications | |
| O Praise the Lord (original) | Psalm 147 | Voices - SATB | organ | Roberton Publications | |
| O praise ye the Lord! | Hymn | SATB Choir or SA Men | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| Out Of Your Sleep Arise And Wake | Poem Anon c. 1450 | SATB | trumpet, horn, cello and percussion | Thames Publishing | |
| Parliament of Birds, The | Chaucer (modernised) | narrator, TB Choir, flute, percussion | keyboard/organ | Manuscript | |
| Portraits from Union Street | 1. Timothy Winters 2. Mevagissey 3. Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience |
Charles Causley | Unison Chorus with optional second and third parts | piano | manuscript |
| Prefabulous Animiles | Prologue 1. The Hippocrump 2. The Bisk 3. The Catipoce 4. The Nonny |
James Reeves | Treble voices | piano | Thames Publishing |
| Prepare your Heart, O People | Manuscript | ||||
| Psalm 12 | Psalm 12 | Choir | Thames Publishing | ||
| Psalm 24 (1) | Psalm 24 | 2 solo sopranos, SATB Choir | Manuscript | ||
| Psalm 24 (2) | Psalm 24 | SSA(A) Choir | Manuscript | ||
| Sad, confused and shaken | Michael Forster? | Voices (check volume) | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| Sea Ghosts | Jacqueline Froom | chorus | piano | Manuscript | |
| Season's End | A H Berry-Hart | SAB Choir | piano | manuscript | |
| Sing for Christmas | 1. A-carolling 2. The Farmer's Lost His Donkey 3. Lullaby 4. Hot Porridge 5. Feasing Song 6. Song for Christmas |
Jean Kenward | Unison Voices | piano | Thames Publishing |
| Sing the Millennium | Marian Lines | Voices | piano (or organ) | Thames Publishing | |
| Sing to the Lord of Harvest | J S B Monsell (1811-75) | SATB Choir | piano duet | Manuscript | |
| Sing to the Lord of Harvest (1994 revision) | J S B Monsell (1811-75) | Two solo sopranos, SATB Choir | organ | Manuscript | |
| Songs for City Children | Fairground Market Square Tower Blocks |
Marian Lines | Choir | Robish Music | |
| St Mary and St Michael | Leonard Clark | SATB | piano | Thames Publishing | |
| Sweet Thames, Flow Softly | Sweet Thames, Flow Softly | Choir | Thames Publishing | ||
| Swing Low | Traditional | SA Men Choir | Manuscript | ||
| Thanksgiving Cantata (Part 1) | Alison Taylor | Choir SSATB | organ or piano | Manuscript | |
| That Thine Eyes may be Opened Toward this House | SATB Choir | (piano rehearsal) | Thames Publishing | ||
| The Heritage of Children | 1. Infant Joy 2. On my First Sonne 3. Holy Thursday 4. From 'Michael' 5. Round the Town 6. Envoy 7. Nurse's Song 8. When I was a boy 9. Two Women 10. Infant Joy |
William Blake Ben Johson William Blake William Wordsworth Charles Causley Walter de la Mare William Blake Charles Causley Anon William Blake |
Voices - SATB and solo soprano, children's choir and oboe | organ | Thames Publishing |
| The Holly and the Ivy | Anon 15th century | SATB | Thames Publishing | ||
| The Jackdaw of Rheims | Richard Harris Barham (1788–1845) | Soprano Solo (the Jackdaw), 2 x SATB Choir, SATB sem-chous, recorder/woodwind | Organ, piano and percussion | Manuscript | |
| The King of love my shepherd is | Hymn - Henry Williams Baker (1868) | SATB Choir or SA Men | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| The Legend of Gallant Sir Bevis of Southampton | Marian Lines | Voices - SATB | Keyboards, Percussion, 4 guitars | Manuscript | |
| The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) | Psalm 23 | SSA Choir | organ | Robish Music | |
| The Old Man's Hat | Alison Taylor/Betty Roe | mixed chorus, soloists, flute and double-bass (optional) | piano | Thames Publishing | |
| The Oxen | Thomas Hardy | SATB | Thames Publishing | ||
| The Peace of God (1) | Unison choir | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | ||
| The Peace of God (2) | Unison choir | string orchestra | Manuscript | ||
| The Snitterjipe | James Reeves | Trebles, SATB or SSA+Double Bass | Manuscript | ||
| The St Helen's Service (Holy Communion Series 3) | 1. Kyrie 2. Gloria 3. Sursum Corda 4. Sanctus 5. Acclamations 6. Benedictus 7. Agnus Dei 8. The Dismissal |
unison voices | Thames Publishing | ||
| The Storm-Hound | Marian Lines | Upper voices | organ (or keyboard) | Thames Publishing | |
| The Venite | unison voices | keyboard | Thames Publishing | ||
| The Wassaile | Robert Herrick | SATB Double choir | Thames Publishing | ||
| Thoughts Upon Christmas Eve | John Turner | two part medium voices or solo | piano | manuscript | |
| Three Childhoods | 1 Round the town 2 Who? 3 When I was a boy |
Charles Causley | Upper Voices | piano | Thames Publishing |
| Three children's songs | 1. Mr Nobody 2. Makers 3. Queen Nefertiti |
1. Anon 2. Nancy Dinah Watson 3. Anon |
Unison Children's voices | optional drum | manuscript |
| Three English Folksongs | 1. The Devil and the Ploughman 2. The Bold Benjamin 3. The Bird Song |
Voices - SATB | Thames Publishing | ||
| Three Songs for Marian's Christmas Play | 1. Ghosts Entry March 2. School Song 3. Little Spooks Soft Shoe |
Marian Lines | Children's choir | piano | manuscript |
| To Thee, my God, I Call | Lord Byron | SATB or SA Men | organ | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |
| Two Canonic Carols | 1. Children's Song of the Nativity 2. Rocking |
Frances Chesterton | Two-part upper voices, melody instrument and optional percussion | piano | Robish Music |
| Two River Songs | 1 Sweet Thames, Flow Softly 2 Shadwell Steps |
Ewan MacColl | Voices - SATB | unaccompanied | Thames Publishing |
| Unto Us Is Born A Son | Words 15th Century | treble voices | piano | Thames Publishing | |
| Upon Time and Another | Upon Time Another |
Robert Herrick | Voices - SATB | organ | Thames Publishing |
| Venite, Exultamus Domino & Jubilate Deo | 1 Venite, Exultamus Domino 2 Jubilate Deo |
unison choir | organ | Joseph Weinberger | |
| Villagers All, this Frosty Tide | Kenneth Grahame | SATB Choir, flute | organ | Robish Music | |
| Voices | 1. Voices 2. There was an old Man 3. Down in the Gardens of Abergavenny 4. Hi dicky dum chat 5. Moon Song 6. Hop out of bed |
Jean Kenward | Children's choir, melody instruments | piano | Manuscript |
| Warm welcome to you | SATB Choir | Manuscript | |||
| We praise you, O Lord | Bible? | SATB Percussion | Manuscript | ||
| Wedding Prayer (1) | Louis Bralant | soprano | organ | Manuscript | |
| Welcome, Child of Mary | 1 Welcome, Child of Mary 2 A Kiss for the Baby |
Traditional Netherlands/Marian Lines? | STB Choir | Thames Publishing | |
| Were you there (a sequence of spirituals) | 1. He had to run 2. O Peter, go ring-a dem bells 3. There's a man going round 4. Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel? 5. Were you there |
Traditional | 1. Solo and SATB 2. Solo 3. Solo and SATB 4. Solo 5. SATB |
piano, flute | manuscript with typeset sequences |
| What Child is This? | Traditional | Girls, Boys, TB | guitars | Manuscript | |
| What Sweeter Musick | Anon 16th century/Robert Herrick | Voices - SATB and solo soprano | orchestra | Thames Publishing | |
| With God my Saviour as my Light | SATB | Kevin Mayhew Publishers Ltd | |||
| Zither Carol | SSAA Choir | Robish |