During the lockdowns I did lots of arrangements, mostly for choir, and mostly of folk music, but I also started arranging things through the sheetmusicplus scheme whereby you can arrange music on their comprehensive list, they sell the scores, and I get a teensy royalty. It suits me down to the ground, as I love doing the arrangements, and permission for the use of copyrighted material is there.

You can find Cheryl’s arrangements on sheetmusicplus here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=%22Cheryl+Camm%22

Here are the arrangements I’ve done so far (in alphabetical order):

59th Street Bridge Song/Feelin’ Groovy. (SATB) It’s a favourite of Simon and Garfunkel.

Blinded By Your Grace Part 2 (SATB) This arrangement has no divisi, is fairly straightforward, can be mastered in fairly quick time. There’s scope for improvising if you want it, but you don’t have to. It was created for an amateur choir asked to sing it at a wedding at fairly short notice.

Chattanooga Choo Choo (TTBB) I made this arrangement for Lionheart Harmony. We’ve added it to our repertoire in 2024, but haven’t performed it as yet. The upper tenor part sometimes has two notes, so if you’re only a quartet, you need to choose one or other!

Days (SATB) A song by The Kinks, arranged for The Bridge Singers and performed by them many times, but first in 2023.

Do You Hear What I Hear? (brass quintet). It’s the popular Christmas number.

Englishman In New York (SATB) The Sting song.

Forever Autumn (SATB). It’s Justin Hayward’s song. We have performed this in The Bridge Singers, but the recordings are filled with extraneous clicks and shufflings, so alas, we’ll have to wait until next time!

Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) (SATB) a reflective version of the main intro and melody.

Goodbyee (TTBB or SATB). Another cheerful wartime song.

Hey Little Hen (TTBB). It’s the “cheerful in the face of difficulties” WW2 rationing song.

I Am A Rock (SATB – or four part harmony of any type) It’s a versatile arrangement with bassline, melody and two accompanying harmony parts.

I Can See Clearly Now (SATB) It’s the Johnny Nash song. Update: as of March 2023, this title has been withdrawn from sale by the sheetmusicplus website – a rights issue with the copyright owners. Maybe one day it will be restored…

I’ve Never Seen A Straight Banana (SATB) Not a serious song, and one that Rock Festival Choir have sung on many occasions, including at the memorial service for our beloved Eric, but alas, no recording to share!

Jesus (SATB). It’s the Queen song.

Kathy’s Song (SATB). A reflective arrangement of Paul Simon’s rainy song for SATB choir. The texture builds from beginning to end, starting with tenors in unison, and ending with plenty more parts including divisi in the soprano and alto parts.

Leaves That Are Green (SATB). It’s the Simon and Garfunkel song.

Lovely Day (SATB) This arrangement of Bill Withers’ cheery song was made for Swarland Voices, who performed it in the summer of July 2023.

Misty Morning (SSAATTBB) It’s one of Bob Marley’s songs arranged in a sort-of reggae style, with lots of vocal percussion, and a slight alteration of the ending, which fades out on Bob Marley’s recording.

Only You (TTTBBB). A song made popular by Yazoo, and also The Flying Pickets.

The Peanut Vendor (SATB), also known as El Manisero. One of the first songs we ever sang in The Bridge Singers – a very cheery number! Here we are singing it in Longhirst Village Hall way back in 2019…or maybe 2018…?

“Right”, Said Fred (SATB) A song made popular by Bernard Cribbins. I was asked to make this arrangement for the funeral of a friend, and it had to be mastered by the choir in two rehearsals, so it’s not too difficult!

Ring Out Solstice Bells (SATB with clapping and optional piano)

Run For Home (SATB) A hit from Lindisfarne, a group from the north-east of England.

Somebody To Love (SATB) It’s the Freddie Mercury/Queen song.

Sunny Afternoon (SATB) A song by The Kinks. This arrangement was made in 2023 for The Bridge Singers. They performed in summer 23, along with Days!

Teo Torriatte (SATB) A Queen song by Brian May. Below is the original lockdown video that we made with all the problems of individual recording and mass editing together that we grappled with in the lockdowns. The video is special to The Bridge Singers though as it typifies what we went through, and tells very clearly the story of our creativity during the lockdowns of 2020. We did sing the song again in 2022, all together and making a much better sound. You can also hear a snippet of this below.

The Bridge Singers have been singing this song again in 2025 and there’s another video of that here!

Unsquare Dance (SATB)
It’s an instrumental by Dave Brubeck in seven time, with clapping! I made the arrangement for Swarland Voices and they performed it with great gusto in May 2024. That concert was not recorded, alas, but we did give it a go at our end-of-choir-year rehearsal on July 31st 2024, and here’s that recording!

The Washing On The Siegfried Line (TTBB) Another jolly wartime song.

The Way Old Friends Do (SATB). It’s the ABBA song. The Bridge Singers sang it lots during the Zoom phase of our lifetime, and then on into 2021 when we could sing outside and together again. Here is our lockdown version of it:

When A Child Is Born (TTBB or SATB). It’s the song that in my mind is always sung by Jonny Mathis! Both versions have been performed a few times, but no recording as yet…

Update December 2025. The Bridge Singers have been re-learning When A Child Is Born this term, and here’s a snippet from our rehearsal at the beginning of December at the beginning of this advert for our concert. You can also hear a clip of The Peanut Vendor and Old Foster.