Favorite Old Time American Songs for Appalachian Dulcimer

An outstanding collection of 116 essential American folk, old time and popular songs skillfully arranged for beginning and intermediate dulcimer players.
Drawing on over 30 years experience playing in schools, folk festivals, coffeehouses, hospitals, nursing homes, and street corners, Mark presents a healthy sampling of the essential American songs every dulcimer player should know. Each song includes chords, lyrics, and easy-to-read tablature. Most songs are arranged in the common dulcimer tunings of D-A-A and D-A-D.

Ballads and Story Songs

Songs From the Southern Highlands

Songs of the Frontier

Working on the Land and Sea

Songs of Good Times and Bad Whiskey

Songs of Faith and Hope

Songs of Freedom and Strife

Songs of the Restless Heart

Just for Fun

Songs include Acres of Clams, Amazing Grace, Barb'ry Allen, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, Camptown Races, The Cuckoo, Darlin' Cory, Erie Canal, Follow the Drinkin' Gourd, The Girl I Left Behind Me, Handsome Molly, I'm a Rambler I'm a Gambler, Jack O' Diamonds, The King's Daughter Fair, Let My People Go, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Oh Death, Pie in the Sky, Red River Valley, Silver Threads Among the Gold, The Texas Rangers, Wondrous Love, The Yellow Rose of Texas, and many, many more.

In TAB and standard notation. Includes information on reading TAB, tuning your dulcimer and transposing. Songs are listed by topic, tuning and alphabetically. Tunings include D-A-A; D-A-D, C-G-G; C-G-C and others. 232 pages.