Favorite Old-Time American Songs For Ukulele
[Songbook] [Book & CD]
This book features over 100 traditional American folk songs newly arranged for the ukulele, with chord diagrams and melody lines in tablature and standard notation. This extensive collection makes "Favorite Old-Time American Songs for Ukulele" a treasury of the best songs from the American tradition.Nothing in this book is out of range for novice ukulele players. The songs are in keys that are both easy to sing and that fit the melodic range of the ukulele. Of course, not every voice sings comfortably in every key, so information on transposition and a short discussion for players of the baritone ukulele are included. Although you do not need to read music or tablature to use this book, short introductions to each are included.In putting together this collection, the author was inspired by the old American practice of making a sampler: an endearing needlework design showing off various stitches and techniques. The book presents a sampling of the best American songs for folks working in schools, churches, hospitals, coffeehouses and other public performance spaces, or for anyone wishing to expand their repertoire and brush up on a few old chestnuts. There's a little of everything here: sentimental old hearth songs, laments and lullabies, ballads and play-parties, the sacred and profane. The overwhelming majority of songs come from pre-industrial rural traditions, because this is the kind of music that seems to go well with homemade music-making in any age.
Foreword
Introduction to Reading Tablature
A Brief Word About Musical Notation
How to Transpose
What About Baritone Ukes?
The Unquiet Grave – Ballads and Story Songs
Jenny Fair Gentle Rosemarie
Barb’ry Allen
The Lady From York
The King’s Daughter Fair
The Banks of the Ohio
The Unquiet Grave
The Farmer’s Curst Wife
Fennario
The Two Sisters
One Morning in May
Lady Mary
The Devil’s Questions
Little Mattie Groves
Chicken’s Crowin’ on Sourwood Mountain — Songs From the Southern Highlands
Shady Grove
Sourwood Mountain
The Cuckoo
Tom Dooley
Groundhog
Same Old Man
Omie, Let Your Bangs Hang Down
Cold Rain and Snow
Cindy
Cripple Creek
Oh, Death
Old Joe Clark
Chickens are a-Crowin’
Little Old Sod Shanty – Songs of The Frontier
When First Unto This Country
Red River Valley
In the Good Old Colony Days
The Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn
The Sow Took the Measles
Kansas Boys
Alsea Girls
Home on the Range
Acres of Clams
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Beulah Land
Dakota Land
Sweet Betsy From Pike
Little Old Sod Shanty
The Shanty Man’s Life – Working on the Land and Sea
John Henry
Haul Away, Joe
The Little Brown Bulls
Boatman Dance
The Glendy Burk
Shenandoah
The Shantyman’s Life
The Erie Canal
Whoopie Ti Yi Yo
The Drunken Sailor
The E-Ri-E
Blood Red Roses
Pie in the Sky
The Greenland Whale Fishery
No More Will I Work in the Factory
I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler — Songs of Good Times and Bad Whiskey
Darling Cory
Frankie and Johnnie
Bonnie Black Bess
Camptown Races
I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler
Handsome Molly
Jack o’ Diamonds
Jimmy Crack Corn
Hallelujah, I’m a Bum
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down
Nearer My God To Thee – Songs of Faith and Hope
Wondrous Love
Little David, Play on Your Harp
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
Amazing Grace
Let My People Go
Hold On
Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Simple Gifts
Steal Away
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
I’m On My Way
All Night, All Day
Nearer, My God, To Thee
There’s a Little Wheel a-Turnin’
My Country, ‘Tis Of Thee – Songs of Freedom and Strife
The Girl I Left Behind Me
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Eating Goober Peas
Yankee Doodle
All Are Talking of Utah
The Yellow Rose of Texas
The Texas Rangers
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
John Brown’s Song
Dixie
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Tenting Tonight
America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)
It’s Love, Oh Careless Love — Songs of the Restless Heart
Aura Lee
Beware, Oh Take Care
Down in the Valley
Wedding Dress
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
On Top of Old Smokey
There’s More Pretty Girls Than One
The Buggerboo
Careless Love
The Riddle Song
The Wagoner’s Lad
Oh, Can’t You Hear That Turtle Dove
Old Dog Tray
Silver Threads Among the Gold
Froggie Went a-Courtin’ — Just For Fun
Polly Wolly Doodle
The Crawdad Song
Quit Kickin’ My Dog Around
Reuben and Rachel
Froggie Went a-Courtin’
Fod
Turkey in the Straw
Clementine
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
Old Dan Tucker
Little Liza Jane
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Shoo, Fly, Don’t Bother Me
About the Author
Alphabetical Song List
| Featured Product | No |
|---|---|
| Composer | NELSON, MARK "KAILANA" |
| Availability | Available |
| TAB/Notation | Music Notation PLUS TAB |
| Additional Media | One Audio CD |
| Description | This book features over 100 traditional American folk songs newly arranged for the ukulele, with chord diagrams and melody lines in tablature and standard notation. This extensive collection makes "Favorite Old-Time American Songs for Ukulele" a treasury of the best songs from the American tradition.Nothing in this book is out of range for novice ukulele players. The songs are in keys that are both easy to sing and that fit the melodic range of the ukulele. Of course, not every voice sings comfortably in every key, so information on transposition and a short discussion for players of the baritone ukulele are included. Although you do not need to read music or tablature to use this book, short introductions to each are included.In putting together this collection, the author was inspired by the old American practice of making a sampler: an endearing needlework design showing off various stitches and techniques. The book presents a sampling of the best American songs for folks working in schools, churches, hospitals, coffeehouses and other public performance spaces, or for anyone wishing to expand their repertoire and brush up on a few old chestnuts. There's a little of everything here: sentimental old hearth songs, laments and lullabies, ballads and play-parties, the sacred and profane. The overwhelming majority of songs come from pre-industrial rural traditions, because this is the kind of music that seems to go well with homemade music-making in any age. Foreword Introduction to Reading Tablature A Brief Word About Musical Notation How to Transpose What About Baritone Ukes? The Unquiet Grave – Ballads and Story Songs Jenny Fair Gentle Rosemarie Barb’ry Allen The Lady From York The King’s Daughter Fair The Banks of the Ohio The Unquiet Grave The Farmer’s Curst Wife Fennario The Two Sisters One Morning in May Lady Mary The Devil’s Questions Little Mattie Groves Chicken’s Crowin’ on Sourwood Mountain — Songs From the Southern Highlands Shady Grove Sourwood Mountain The Cuckoo Tom Dooley Groundhog Same Old Man Omie, Let Your Bangs Hang Down Cold Rain and Snow Cindy Cripple Creek Oh, Death Old Joe Clark Chickens are a-Crowin’ Little Old Sod Shanty – Songs of The Frontier When First Unto This Country Red River Valley In the Good Old Colony Days The Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn The Sow Took the Measles Kansas Boys Alsea Girls Home on the Range Acres of Clams Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie Beulah Land Dakota Land Sweet Betsy From Pike Little Old Sod Shanty The Shanty Man’s Life – Working on the Land and Sea John Henry Haul Away, Joe The Little Brown Bulls Boatman Dance The Glendy Burk Shenandoah The Shantyman’s Life The Erie Canal Whoopie Ti Yi Yo The Drunken Sailor The E-Ri-E Blood Red Roses Pie in the Sky The Greenland Whale Fishery No More Will I Work in the Factory I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler — Songs of Good Times and Bad Whiskey Darling Cory Frankie and Johnnie Bonnie Black Bess Camptown Races I’m a Rambler, I’m a Gambler Handsome Molly Jack o’ Diamonds Jimmy Crack Corn Hallelujah, I’m a Bum Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down Nearer My God To Thee – Songs of Faith and Hope Wondrous Love Little David, Play on Your Harp He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands Amazing Grace Let My People Go Hold On Poor Wayfaring Stranger Simple Gifts Steal Away Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen I’m On My Way All Night, All Day Nearer, My God, To Thee There’s a Little Wheel a-Turnin’ My Country, ‘Tis Of Thee – Songs of Freedom and Strife The Girl I Left Behind Me When Johnny Comes Marching Home Eating Goober Peas Yankee Doodle All Are Talking of Utah The Yellow Rose of Texas The Texas Rangers The Battle Hymn of the Republic John Brown’s Song Dixie Follow the Drinking Gourd Tenting Tonight America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee) It’s Love, Oh Careless Love — Songs of the Restless Heart Aura Lee Beware, Oh Take Care Down in the Valley Wedding Dress My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean On Top of Old Smokey There’s More Pretty Girls Than One The Buggerboo Careless Love The Riddle Song The Wagoner’s Lad Oh, Can’t You Hear That Turtle Dove Old Dog Tray Silver Threads Among the Gold Froggie Went a-Courtin’ — Just For Fun Polly Wolly Doodle The Crawdad Song Quit Kickin’ My Dog Around Reuben and Rachel Froggie Went a-Courtin’ Fod Turkey in the Straw Clementine I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground Old Dan Tucker Little Liza Jane Go Tell Aunt Rhody Shoo, Fly, Don’t Bother Me About the Author Alphabetical Song List |