Stranger On The Shore Song

Stranger on the shore is a piece for clarinet written by acker bilk for his young daughter and originally named jenny after her.

Stranger on the shore song. Download and print in pdf or midi free sheet music for stranger on the shore by mr acker bilk arranged by hildrizhausener for piano solo. Print instantly or sync to our free pc web and mobile apps. Lyrics to stranger on the shore by andy williams. Acker bilk words by robert mellin peaked at 73 in 1962 this is a vocal cover of the instrumental by mr.

The music world mourns as it has lost yet another legend. Originally named jenny after his daughter on his lp sentimental journey the song s name was changed when bilk played it as the theme song for a new children s tv show stranger on the shore the show which aired on the bbc the was about a french au pair girl living in england she was the stranger on the shore. The tune was written on a single scrap of paper by bilk and handed over to leon young 1916 1991 who crafted the string arrangement including the characteristic harmonic shifts at the very end. Download sheet music for stranger on the shore.

Acker bilk wrote stranger on the shore for a british television serial series and recorded it as the title track of a new album in which his signature deep quivering clarinet was backed by the leon young string chorale.