{"id":206432,"date":"2026-09-22T15:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=206432"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:10:03","slug":"bushes-and-briars","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/laurie-peterson\/bushes-and-briars\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushes and Briars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Note from the arranger<\/h3>\n<p>This beautiful folk song was &#8220;discovered&#8221; by Ralph Vaughan Williams when he was traveling through Essex, England. He published an arrangement for men&#8217;s chorus in 1908 and subsequently published it for different voicings. Vaughan Williams recalled that when he first heard the tune, he felt as though it was something he had known all his life. This arrangement is in the key of A minor and has no lever or pedal changes.<\/p>\n<h3>Listen<\/h3>\n<p>Laurie Peterson performs the intermediate harp version of &#8220;Bushes and Briars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bushes and Briars (Traditional English Folk Song)\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vlSfdXdlXiQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4>Scroll down to listen.<\/h4>\n<p>Laurie Peterson has arranged the Essex folk song &#8220;Bushes and Briars&#8221; for solo lever or pedal harp. The arrangement begins with a straightforward accompaniment that gradually expands, culminating in rich chords and a haunting ending. Suggested fingering and the lyrics are included. Choose either advanced beginner or intermediate version below.<\/p>\n<p>This piece is available as a PDF download for\u00a0<strong>$5.00<\/strong>. Available as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced beginner version<\/li>\n<li>Intermediate version<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Pages to print:<\/em> Each version is 6 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Duration: <\/em>2:45<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":206435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[8665],"product_tag":[477],"class_list":["post-206432","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-laurie-peterson","product_tag-harp-solo","pa_artist-peterson-laurie","pa_combinations-advanced-beginner-harp-solo","pa_combinations-intermediate-harp-solo","pa_composer-traditional","pa_genre-folk-traditional","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-advanced-beginner","pa_level-intermediate","pa_nationality-other-european","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/206432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=206432"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=206432"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=206432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}