50 Tunes for Bass Volume 1
About the Author........................................................................................................................................................................................3
Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Preface........................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Angus Campbell ........................................................................................................................................................................................7
Arkansas Traveler ......................................................................................................................................................................................8
Aura Lee ..................................................................................................................................................................................................12
The Battle Cry of Freedom......................................................................................................................................................................14
Beaumont Rag..........................................................................................................................................................................................18
Billy in the Lowground............................................................................................................................................................................20
Blackberry Blossom ................................................................................................................................................................................22
Bonaparte’s Retreat ..................................................................................................................................................................................24
Carthage Waltz ........................................................................................................................................................................................27
Cherokee Shuffle......................................................................................................................................................................................30
Cluck Old Hen ........................................................................................................................................................................................34
Cotton Eyed Joe ......................................................................................................................................................................................36
Cotton Patch Rag ....................................................................................................................................................................................40
Cripple Creek ..........................................................................................................................................................................................46
Devil’s Dream ..........................................................................................................................................................................................48
Down Yonder............................................................................................................................................................................................52
Eighth of January ....................................................................................................................................................................................58
Forked Deer..............................................................................................................................................................................................62
Gardenia Waltz ........................................................................................................................................................................................64
Grandfather’s Clock ................................................................................................................................................................................68
Green Willis ............................................................................................................................................................................................76
Indian’s Farewell Waltz............................................................................................................................................................................77
Irish Washerwoman..................................................................................................................................................................................78
La Bastringue ..........................................................................................................................................................................................82
Leather Britches ......................................................................................................................................................................................84
Liberty ......................................................................................................................................................................................................86
Martin’s Waltz ..........................................................................................................................................................................................87
Mason’s Apron ........................................................................................................................................................................................88
Mississippi Hornpipe ..............................................................................................................................................................................92
Mississippi Sawyer ..................................................................................................................................................................................94
Old Dan Tucker........................................................................................................................................................................................96
Old Joe Clark ..........................................................................................................................................................................................98
President Garfield’s Hornpipe................................................................................................................................................................101
Pretty Peg ..............................................................................................................................................................................................104
Red-haired Boy ......................................................................................................................................................................................107
Red Wing................................................................................................................................................................................................110
Sailor’s Hornpipe ..................................................................................................................................................................................116
College Hornpipe* ................................................................................................................................................................................117
Saint Anne’s Reel ..................................................................................................................................................................................118
Sally Ann................................................................................................................................................................................................119
Sally Goodin’ ........................................................................................................................................................................................120
Sally Johnson ........................................................................................................................................................................................124
Salt Creek ..............................................................................................................................................................................................126
Soldier’s Joy ..........................................................................................................................................................................................128
Swallowtail Jig ......................................................................................................................................................................................132
Temperance Reel....................................................................................................................................................................................134
Tom and Jerry ........................................................................................................................................................................................136
Turkey in the Straw................................................................................................................................................................................138
Uncle Joe................................................................................................................................................................................................144
Under the Double Eagle ........................................................................................................................................................................146
Whiskey Before Breakfast ....................................................................................................................................................................155
*This tune is out of alphabetical order because it is the second tune of a medley.
Appendix................................................................................................................................................................................................158