The four movement work includes:
- Emerald Isle, in this part, the musical spotlight focuses in on the green island of Ireland and its great wealth of traditional folk music. The piece opens with the air My Lodging Is on the Cold Ground, also known under the title Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms (bars 5-24). Next, we hear another well-known air The Minstrel Boy (bars 29-44). Finally, the air The Groves of Blarney, possibly better known as The Last Rose of Summer (bars 53-68) is heard. Each air is heralded by a short introduction and brought to an end by a short conclusion.
- Old Kentucky Memories, following an introduction of 14 bars all attention is claimed by the song My Old Kentucky Home. As the piece goes on, snippets of memories emerge, fleetingly, surfacing fast, but quickly disappearing again: this is musically featured by way of small motifs and themes from other songs. These can be heard briefly, and then they disappear, musing on Old Kentucky until the introduction returns to end the piece.
- Uppland, is a province in Sweden that had a rich folk music culture, like the whole of Sweden, that boasts many songs and dances. A notable amount of these songs and dances have been composed in minor keys, three of which feature in this part. First, we hear Svensk folkvisa (bars 1-38), followed by the famous Varmlandsvisan (bars 39-67) and then brought to an end by Vexelsang (bars 68-end).
- Ratatouille, in this part, no folk songs of just one country or one province are featured. This piece is a mishmash (or ratatouille), a hotchpotch of three folk songs with no significant relation at all. In succession, we hear a song from Russia (bars 1-30), one from Japan (bars 31-58) and one from Australia (bars 59-end). The composer of the Russian song titled The Nightingale is Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851), but the composers of the Japanese song titled Sakura and the Australian Waltzing Matilda are unknown.
