Publisher's Synopsis
Need a great collection of old-fashioned American songs for a Fourth of July or Pioneer Day celebration? Here you go. Great for recitals, get-togethers like family reunions and Senior Centers visits.
Twenty-four beautifully harmonized songs from the American Frontier, arranged to help advancing beginners on violin or fiddle sound great in performance, complete with guitar chord diagrams for a folk-style accompaniment.
Includes songs from the Civil War era, the California Gold Rush and Pioneer Treks. Play them just as the frontier musicians did - as unaccompanied solos or duets. Or grab a guitar player - or any other chord instrument - and add to that old-time feel. Perfect for recitals, school programs, or jam sessions, and sing-alongs with fiddle, guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, accordion, dulcimer, auto harp, etc. You'll love the musical effect you create with this great selection of old-fashioned Americana.
Contents: Boil That Cabbage Down; Oh, Susanna; Red River Valley; Camp Town Races; Old Dan Tucker; Sweet Betsy from Pike; Billy Boy; Aura Lea; Oh, My Darling Clementine; Home on the Range; Wild Wood Flower; Shoo, Fly! Don't Bother Me; Hard Times, Come Again No More; Lorena; Beautiful Dreamer; Blue Tail Fly (Jim' Crack Corn); The Water is Wide; Green Grow the Lilacs; The Riddle Song (I Gave My Love a Cherry); My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean; Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms; The Fox; Barbara Allen; Shall We Gather at the River?
