Prairie Pioneer Fiddle Tunes (eBook)
Tunes from the Laura Ingalls Wilder book series The Little House on the Prairie
Night after night, Charles “Pa” Ingalls lifted his fiddle and filled their cabin with music as the family gathered to listen, sing, and dance. Music was the heartbeat of their home, lifting their spirits amid the hardships of prairie life. Step into the world of Prairie Pioneer Fiddle Tunes—a musical journey inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved stories of 19th-century frontier life.

This book brings together the 106 tunes that Wilder w ...more
Product Number:
31252EB
Format:
eBook
Skill Level:
Multiple Levels
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
138
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-8524-5
ISBN13:
978-15134-8524-9
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
1/15/2026
Night after night, Charles “Pa” Ingalls lifted his fiddle and filled their cabin with music as the family gathered to listen, sing, and dance. Music was the heartbeat of their home, lifting their spirits amid the hardships of prairie life. Step into the world of Prairie Pioneer Fiddle Tunes—a musical journey inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved stories of 19th-century frontier life.

This book brings together the 106 tunes that Wilder wrote about in her Little House books. The tunes are presented in lead sheet format, with chord symbols for optional accompanying instruments. Written in the traditional fiddling keys that Pa Ingalls most likely used, these tunes range in difficulty from Very Easy to Somewhat Difficult, with most falling in the Easy to Moderate range. Bowing and fingering suggestions are included, as well as helpful violin and fiddling techniques. Also included are historical notes for many of the tunes, along with book quotes and scene descriptions highlighting when each tune first appears in the Little House stories.

How To Use This Book

Abbreviations for Book Quotes

From Little House in the Big Woods

Yankee Doodle  

Money Musk  

The Red Heifer  

Devil's Dream  

Arkansas Traveler  

Darling Nellie Gray  

Rock of Ages  

Am I A Soldier of the Cross  

Pop! Goes the Weasel  

Uncle Ned  

Sweet Kitty Wells

Captain Jinks  

Buffalo Gals  

Irish Washerwoman  

Home, Sweet Home  

Old Grimes is Dead  

Oh, Susanna!

Auld Lang Syne  

From Little House on the Prairie

Daisy Deane  

The Gipsy King  

Old Dan Tucker  

Roll On Silver Moon  

Bye, Baby Bunting  

Green Grows the Laurel  

There is a Happy Land Far, Far Away  

The Blue Juniata  

Dixie  

Rally 'Round the Flag  

The Tom Bigbee Waltz  

From On the Banks of Plum Creek

Ring-Around-a-Rosy  

Uncle John is Sick Abed  

Wait for the Wagon  

Jerusalem, The Golden  

Blue Bonnets Over the Border  

The Campbells are Coming  

Life Let Us Cherish  

When Johnny Comes Marching Home  

The Girl I Left Behind  

My Old Kentucky Home  

Old Folks at Home  

When Jesus Holds My Hand  

Sweet Sabbath School  

Weevily Wheat  

Lily Dale  

Polly Put the Kettle On  

From By the Shores of Silver Lake

Take Care! Beware!  

A Railroad Man for Me  

Uncle Sam's Farm  

Buy a Broom!  

My Pretty Maid  

Mary of the Wild Moor  

Paddle Your Own Canoe  

Hail Columbia  

Highland Mary  

Comin' Through the Rye  

Heel and Toe Polka  

Down the (Ohio) River  

Why Chime the Bells so Merrily  

Jingle Bells  

Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord  

Gentle Words and Loving Smiles  

Merry, Merry Christmas Everywhere  

The Gypsy's Warning  

The Old Time  

I Wish I Were Single Again  

Billy Boy  

Camptown Races  

Three Blind Mice  

Nelly Was a Lady  

Ben Bolt  

Oft in the Stilly Night  

Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon

Lend A Helping Hand  

I'm as Happy as a Big Sunflower  

Drive Dull Cares Away  

Beacon-Light of Home  

Keep the Horseshoe Over the Door  

Barbara Allen  

From The Long Winter

The Floating Scow of Old Virginia  

Roll Out the Old Chariot  

Little Annie Rooney  

The Old Gray Mare  

Sweet By and By  

A Shelter in the Time of Storm  

Say Brothers, Will You Meet Us on Canaan’s Happy Shores  

Bright Canaan  

Home of the Soul   

We’re All Here (Do No Harm)  

It Will Never Do To Give It Up So  

Great is the Lord and Greatly Be Praised  

Bring Flowers of the Rarest  

Where There’s a Will There’s a Way  

From These Happy Golden Years

My Sabbath Home  

Here's to the Maid of Bashful 15

Polly Wolly Doodle  

Golden Years are Passing By

Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad

In the Starlight  

Singing School

Come In and Shut the Door  

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God

For the Sake of Somebody

In Dreamland Far Away

The Star of Bethlehem

The Treadmill Song

Love's Old Sweet Song

Glossary

Additional Tune Lyrics

Alphabetical Tune List  

Bibliography  

 
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