Second volume in the series (first was The Boosey & Hawkes 20th-century Easy Song Collection). This one covers 1901-2004. The songs are suitable for UK exam grades 4 to 7: many pieces in this collection already feature on exam syllabuses of the Associated Board and Trinity Guildhall, and several songs are not otherwise currently available in print.

The publication is part of the ABRSM singing exam syllabus (grades 4,5,6,7,8).

L. Lehmann: The swing
R. Vaughan Williams: The sky above the roof
R. Quilter: O mistress mine
H. Hughes: She moved thro' the fair
R. Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea
F. Bridge: E'en as a lovely flower
J. Ireland: Spring sorrow
I have twelve oxen
M. Mead: The ships of Arcady
F. Keel: Trade winds
H. Howells: The widow bird
R. Clarke: Infant Joy
E. Poston: Sweet Suffolk owl
B. Britten: The birds
H. Hughes: A young maid stood in her father's garden
M. Mead: Mamble
M. Seiber: O your eyes are dark and beautiful
N. Rorem: Little elegy
M. Rose: See, see, mine own sweet jewel
A. Copland: Long time ago
N. Rorem: On a singing girl
A. Copland: Little horses
M. Rose: The lark in the clear air
H. Ferguson: The apron of lowers
R. Dray: In praise of ale
The Virgin's cradle hymn
C. Field: Spell of creation
P. Ayres: There was a naughty boy
C. McDowell: If there are angels