Helen Winter
This book features a collection of 71 traditional melodies and songs, many of whichare typically performed on string instruments such as the harp, fiddle, or banjo. Thesepieces are rarely arranged for percussion, making this adaptation for tongue drumboth unique and refreshing.Many of the melodies come from Celtic traditions, including Irish and Scottish tunes,but the collection also features a significant number of American songs, as well assome English and Australian folk melodies. It includes love songs, ballads, drinkingand table songs, rustic melodies, and heroic ballads.Contents:A Rosebud Down My Early WalkAe Fond KissAll For Me GrogArkansas TravelerAuld Lang SyneBe Thou My VisionBeer, Beer, BeerBlack Velvet BandBury Me Beneath the WillowCaptain O’KaneCarrickfergusCherokee ShuffleCindyCold Frosty MorningColeman’s MarchComin’ Thro’ the RyeCourtin’ in the KitchenCripple CreekDanny BoyDanny Boy - Alternative VersionFanny PowerFarewell to WhiskeyFinnegan’s WakeFly Around, My Pretty Little MissGreen Grow the RashesHard Times, Come Again No MoreHow Many Biscuits Can You Eat?I’ll Tell Me MaJock o’ HazeldeanJug of PunchKesh JigLoch LomondMississippi SawyerMy Own Heart’s DelightNancy WhiskeyNiel Gow’s Lament on the Death of His Second WifeOld Dun Cow Caught FireRed WingReilly’s DaughterRye and ThymeSally AnnSandy River BelleSeven Drunken NightsShady GroveSimple GiftsSouth WindSpotted PonySwallowtail JigThe Ash GroveThe Baron of BrackleyThe Bluebells of ScotlandThe Holy GroundThe Juice of BarleyThe MermaidThe Milking Song (Arrane Ben-Vlieaun)The Minstrel BoyThe Night That Paddy Murphy DiedThe Parting GlassThe Piper’s WifeThe Rakes of MallowThe Rare Old Mountain DewThe Rattlin’ BogThe Rising of the MoonThe Rocky Road to DublinThe Skye Boat SongThe Star of County DownWayfaring StrangerWhiskey Before BreakfastWild Colonial BoyWild Mountain ThymeYe Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon
