50 Tunes for Banjo, Volume 1
About the Author ......................................................................................................................................................................................3
Foreword ..................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Preface ......................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................................................................6
Arrangements............................................................................................................................................................................................7
Angus Campbell ......................................................................................................................................................................................9
Arkansas Traveler ..................................................................................................................................................................................10
Aura Lee ................................................................................................................................................................................................14
The Battle Cry of Freedom ....................................................................................................................................................................17
Beaumont Rag ........................................................................................................................................................................................18
Billy in the Lowground ..........................................................................................................................................................................22
Blackberry Blossom................................................................................................................................................................................24
Bonaparte’s Retreat ................................................................................................................................................................................26
Carthage Waltz........................................................................................................................................................................................27
Cherokee Shuffle ....................................................................................................................................................................................29
Cluck Old Hen ........................................................................................................................................................................................32
Cotton Eyed Joe......................................................................................................................................................................................34
Cotton Patch Rag ....................................................................................................................................................................................35
Cripple Creek..........................................................................................................................................................................................38
Devil’s Dream ........................................................................................................................................................................................42
Down Yonder ..........................................................................................................................................................................................46
Eighth of January....................................................................................................................................................................................48
Forked Deer ............................................................................................................................................................................................50
Gardenia Waltz ......................................................................................................................................................................................52
Grandfather’s Clock................................................................................................................................................................................54
Green Willis ............................................................................................................................................................................................60
Indian’s Farewell Waltz ..........................................................................................................................................................................63
Irish Washerwoman ................................................................................................................................................................................65
La Bastringue..........................................................................................................................................................................................66
Leather Britches......................................................................................................................................................................................67
Liberty ....................................................................................................................................................................................................68
Martin’s Waltz ........................................................................................................................................................................................72
Mason’s Apron........................................................................................................................................................................................74
Mississippi Hornpipe ..............................................................................................................................................................................75
Mississippi Sawyer ................................................................................................................................................................................76
Old Dan Tucker ......................................................................................................................................................................................78
Old Joe Clark ..........................................................................................................................................................................................79
President Garfield’s Hornpipe ................................................................................................................................................................81
Pretty Peg................................................................................................................................................................................................84
Red-haired Boy ......................................................................................................................................................................................85
Red Wing ................................................................................................................................................................................................88
Sailor’s Hornpipe....................................................................................................................................................................................92
College Hornpipe*..................................................................................................................................................................................93
Saint Anne’s Reel....................................................................................................................................................................................94
Sally Ann ................................................................................................................................................................................................96
Sally Goodin’..........................................................................................................................................................................................98
Sally Johnson ........................................................................................................................................................................................100
Salt Creek..............................................................................................................................................................................................102
Soldier’s Joy ........................................................................................................................................................................................104
Swallowtail Jig......................................................................................................................................................................................106
Temperance Reel ..................................................................................................................................................................................107
Tom and Jerry ......................................................................................................................................................................................110
Turkey in the Straw ..............................................................................................................................................................................112
Uncle Joe ..............................................................................................................................................................................................114
Under the Double Eagle ......................................................................................................................................................................115
Whiskey Before Breakfast....................................................................................................................................................................118
*This tune is out of alphabetical order because it is the second tune of a medley.
Appendix ..............................................................................................................................................................................................121