The book, musician, entertainer, teacher, and recording artist Carol Stober provides melody lines, lyrics, chord symbols, and melody tablature for 35 tunes she learned in Appalachia. The stories woven through the music portray a mixture of life situations that were ever-present in the difficult struggle for survival of our ancestors. The lyrics of many of these songs, although sometimes harsh, give insight into the values of the Appalachian people. The autoharp tablature provides detailed indications for different types of thumb and finger strokes, plucking, and string pinching.

Aiken Drum      
All The Good Times      
All The Pretty Little Horses      
Aunt Rhody      
Barbara Allen       Arr. By Carol Stober
Butterbean Song      
Crawdad      
Dink's Song      
Down By The Bay      
Dumbarton's Drums      
East Virginia      
Five-Night Drunk       Arr. By Carol Stober
Four Marys       Arr. By Carol Stober
Freight Train       Arr. By Carol Stober
Gypsy Rover       Arr. By Carol Stober
Henry       Arr. By Carol Stober
How He Lied       Arr. By Carol Stober
Hush Little Baby       Arr. By Carol Stober
I Know Where I'm Going       Arr. By Carol Stober
In The Pines       Arr. By Carol Stober
Jenny Jenkins       Arr. By Carol Stober
Lost All My Money       Arr. By Carol Stober
My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains       Arr. By Carol Stober
One Morning In May       Arr. By Carol Stober
Riddle Song       Arr. By Carol Stober
Scarborough Fair       Arr. By Carol Stober
Shady Grove       Arr. By Carol Stober
Shenandoah       Arr. By Carol Stober
Simple Gifts       Arr. By Carol Stober
Stewball       Arr. By Carol Stober
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot       Arr. By Carol Stober
The Bear Went Over The Mountain       Arr. By Carol Stober
The Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly       Arr. By Carol Stober
Thyme       Arr. By Carol Stober
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot       Arr. By Carol Stober