Book Description
Thomas Balinger The Big Book of American Classics 150 Songs + Chord charts for Guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo, Dulcimer and Merlin (M4) The ultimate collection of classic American songs. From Shenandoah, Aura Lee and Home on the range to Banks of the Ohio, Jingle Bells and Down by the riverside - whatever your musical tastes, there's something in here you'll enjoy playing. All songs have been transposed to ,,easy" keys (with easy chords) and feature extra-large notation so you can use this book when playing with other musicians. Chord diagrams for guitar ukulele, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer and Merlin M4 can be found in the appendix, along with a handy compendium of easy strumming and picking patterns. Songs A beautiful life/Acres of clams/Ain't it a shame/All the good times are past and gone/Amazing grace/America the beautiful/Angel Band/Auld lang syne/Aura Lee/Away in a manger/Banks of Allan Water/Banks of Sacramento/Banks of the Ohio/Beautiful brown eyes/Beautiful dreamer/Bill Bailey/Billy Boy/Bound for the Rio Grande/Buffalo Gals/Bury me beneath the willow/Camptown races/Careless love/Carry me back to old Virginny/Chilly Water/Cindy/Clementine/Colorado trail/Come and go/Come and go with me/Cotton-eyed Joe/Danny Boy/Darling Corey/Day-O (Banana Boat Song)/Deck the halls/Don't this road look rough and rocky/Down by the riverside/Down in the valley/Engine 143/Erie Canal/Ev'ry time I feel the spirit/Foggy mountain top/Get on board, little children/Give me that old time religion/Glory, glory Hallelujah/God rest ye merry, gentlemen/Good night, Ladies/Go, tell it on the mountain/Greensleeves/Hard times come again no more/Have you got good religion/Hawai'i pono'i/Heaven is so high/He's got the whole world in his hands/Home on the range/Home! Sweet Home!/House of the Rising Sun/I got a shoes/I'm a-rolling/I'm gonna sing/I'm on my way/It's a long way to Tipperary/It's me, oh Lord/I was born about ten thousand years ago/Jesse James/Jingle Bells/John Brown's body/John Hardy/Jolly good fellow/Joshua fit the battle of Jericho/Keep me from sinking down/Kum ba yah/Lawd! Lawdy! Lawd!/Listen to the lambs/Little brown jug/Long journey home/Mama don't 'low/Michael, row the boat ashore/Morning has broken/My Bonnie lies over the ocean/My country 'tis of thee/My home's across the smoky mountains/My Lord, what a morning/New river train/Nine pound hammer/Nobody knows the trouble/Oh Freedom/Oh, Mary don't you weep/Oh! Susanna/Oh, won't you sit down/Old black Joe/Old folks at home/Old Mac Donald had a farm/On top of Old Smokey/Over the river and through the woods/Peter, go ring them bells/Poor Paddy works on the railway/Red river valley/Reilly's daughter/Rise and shine/Rock my soul/Roll in my sweet baby's arms/Roll, Jordan, roll/Roll the old chariot along/Sailor on the deep blue sea/Scarborough Fair/Shady Grove/She'll be coming round the mountain/She moved through the fair/Shenandoah/Shortnin' bread/Silent night/Softly and tenderly/Somebody's knockin' at your door/Sometimes I feel like a motherless child/Steal away to Jesus/Sweet Betsy from Pike/Sweet by and by/Swing low, sweet chariot/The angel rolled the stone away/The ballad of John Henry/The coast of High Barbaree/The first Noel/The gospel train/The John B. sails/The last rose of summer/The Minstrel Boy/The star spangled banner/The Wabash Cannon Ball/The wild rover/The yellow rose of Texas/This train/This world is not my home/Tom Dooley/Turkey in the straw/Twinkle, twinkle little star/Up on the housetop/Waltzing Matilda/Way down the old plank road/Wayfaring stranger/We are climbing (Jacob's ladder)/We wish you a merry Christmas/What shall we do with the drunken sailor/When Israel was in Egypt's land/When the saints go marchin' in/Whiskey in the jar/Whiskey Johnny/Will the circle be unbroken/Yankee Doodle/You got a right/'Zekiel saw the wheel
