Old Time Fiddle Tunes  
A collection of fiddle tunes from old recordings and workshops, transcribed by John Lamancusa
Click on the title for the sheet music (pdf file), the piano keys to hear a synthesized midi file, or for a field recording.

QUICK INDEX:  Reels (old time, contra, celtic)   Celtic (polka, hornpipe, jigs)   Waltzes   Southwestern Tunes   Misc. Tunes    Links
Most Recent Additions (From Swannanoa Old Time Week, and Clifftop):   
I Love My Wife As Well As Anybody, But When My Back's Turned, She's Hugging Everybody  (Bruce Greene)  
The Last of Sizemore  (Bruce Greene)  
Feather Bed (AEAE)  (Bruce Greene)  (played in GDGD)
Getting George Bush Upstairs (AEAE)  (Bruce Greene)  (played in GDGD)
Ducks on the Millpond (ADAE)  (Rayna Gellert)  
Sweet Bammie (AEAE)    
The Coast Is Clear    
Duck's Eyeball    
Its So Quiet Waltz    
Laughing Boy (AEAE)    
Down The River    
Red Hills Polka    

Reels
Appalachian, Old Timey, and a bit of Bluegrass
Abe's Retreat  (Bruce Greene) 
Adrain's (Adrian's) Hornpipe (Chirps Smith)  
Backstep Cindy  (Tom Sauber) 
Barndance Polka  (Art Stamper) 
Big Eyed Rabbit  (Kirk Sutphin AEAE) 
Billy in the Lowground  (Bruce Molsky) 
Black Cat in a Briar Patch (Erynn Marshall) 
Black Satin  (Brad Leftwich GDAD) 
Blue Mule (Chirps Smith)  
Boatman  (Bruce Molsky)   
Bob Tailed Mule  (Tom Sauber AEAE)   
Bob Walter's Hornpipe (Chirps Smith)  
Booth Shot Lincoln   
Boston Boy (Woodshed AllStars) 
Box the Fox  (Bob Carlin) 
Boys Them Buzzards are Flying  (by Gary Harrison)  
Breezy Point (by Jane Rothfield)  
Briar Picker Brown  (Buddy Thomas)  
British March (Lost Indian) 
Cacklin Hen  (Brad Leftwich)  
Calico (by Erynn Marshall, GDAD) 
Camp Chase  (Bruce Greene) 
Camp Meeting on the Fourth of July (James Bryan)  
Chinquapin Hunting (Bruce Molsky AEAE) 
Cindy (Brad Leftwich AEAE) 
Cluck Old Hen (Claire Milliner) 
The Coast Is Clear    
Coleman's March  (Grey Larsen) 
Colonel Crockett  (Bruce Greene) 
Cumberland Gap  (Freewill Savages) 
Damon's Winder (Bruce Molsky)   
Dandy Lusk (Claire Milliner) 
Davey Come Back and Do What You Oughta (Erynn Marshall) 
Doney (Brad Leftwich AEAE) 
Down The River    
Duck River (Atlas String Band)  
Duck's Eyeball    
Ducks on the Millpond  (Rayna Gellert ADAE)  
Feather Bed  (Bruce Greene AEAE)  (played in GDGD)
Feed Your Horse Corn and Hay (Erynn Marshall)  
Fine Times at our House  (Rayna Gellert) 
Folding Down the Sheets (Jake Krack) 
Forked Deer  (Bruce Greene) 
Fortune  (Bruce Molsky)  
George Booker  (Wily Milo, AEAE) 
Georgia Row  (Buddy Thomas AEAE)  
Getting George Bush Upstairs  (Bruce Greene AEAE)  (played in GDGD)
Getting Out of the Way of the Federals (Bruce Greene)  
Grigsby's Hornpipe  (Bruce Molsky AEAC#) 
Glory at the Meeting House  (Gerry Milnes) 
Gunboat  (Bruce Greene AEAE) 
Half Past Four  (Bruce Molsky AEAE) 
Hogeyed Man  (Bruce Greene) 
Huntin' for the Buffalo   
I Love My Wife As Well As Anybody, But When My Back's Turned, She's Hugging Everybody  (Bruce Greene)  
Indian Ate the Woodchuck  (Bruce Molsky) 
Indian War Whoop  (Brad Leftwich)  
Jenny Get Around  (Claire Milliner AEAE) 
Jenny Run Away in the Mud in the Night (Erynn Marshall, AEAE) 
Jimmy Johnson     
John Brown's March  (J. Taylor)  
John Sharp's I  (Bruce Molsky AEAE) 
John Sharp's II  (Bruce Molsky AEAE)   
Joke on the Puppy (Chirps Smith)  
JulieAnn Johnson  (Bruce Molsky ADAE) 
Jump Jim Crow  (Tom Sauber)  
Katie Bar the Door  (Rayna Gellert ADAE)  
L&N Rag (Jeremy Nutter)  
L'ville (Snake Hunt) (Volo Bogtrotters)  
Laughing Boy  (Donna Fatur AEAE)  
Lacy Brown (Foghorn String Band) 
Ladies on the Steamboat  (Bruce Molsky) 
Lady of the Lake (Bruce Molsky ADAE)   
The Last of Sizemore  (Bruce Greene)  
Leather Britches (Flat and Scruggs)  
Little Billy Wilson  (Jake Krack) 
Liza Jane  (Rafe Stefanini AEAE) 
Lost Indian  (Ed Haley)  
Louisiana Hornpipe (Chirps Smith)  
Maggie Meade (by J. P. Fraley)   courtesy of Berea College Sound Archives
Meriweather (Erynn Marshall)  
Mississippi Sawyer  (Kirk Sutphin) 
Mountain Hornpipe (James Bryan)  
Nail that Catfish to the Tree  (by Steve Rosen) 
Natchez Under the Hill  (Bruce Greene) 
Needle Case  (Bob Carlin) 
New Coat of Paint (by Erynn Marshall DDAD) 
New Five Cent Piece (Buffalo Nickel)   
New Jordan  (Bruce Molsky) 
Oh My Little Darling (Brad Leftwich AEAE)   
Old Baldy Kickin Up (Chirps Smith)  
Old Horse and Buggy  (Art Stamper) 
Ora Lee (James Bryan) 
Paddy Won't You Drink Some Good Old Cider (Brad Leftwich)   
Pretty Little Girl (Freighthoppers AEAE)   
Quince Dillon's High D (Henry Reed Reunion) 
Rachel (Kirk Sutphin) 
Railroad Runs Thru Georgia (Tom Sauber AEAE) 
Railroading Thru the Rockies (Woodshed AllStars) 
Rebel Raid  (Brad Leftwich)   
Red Haired Boy  (Stuart Duncan) 
Red Hills Polka    
Richmond  (Claire Milliner) 
Robinson County (Bruce Molsky)   
Rochester Schottische (Henry Reed)  
Rock the Cradle Joe (Jane Rothfield)  
Rundown Boot  (Chirps Smith)  
Run Rebel Run (Bruce Greene)  
Rush and the Pepper  (Chirps Smith)  
Rye Straw (Brad Leftwich ADAE) 
Sally Cooper  (Bruce Molsky GDAD) 
Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes   
Santa Anna's Retreat (by Henry Reed) 
Shakin Down the Acorns  (Bruce Molsky ) 
Shenandoah Falls  (Jennifer Wrigley) 
Ship in the Clouds   
Sleepy Eyed Joe (Foghorn String Band)  
The Snouts and Ears of America (Sarah Armstrong)  
Spring Creek Gal  (Carl Jones) 
Squirrel Heads and Gravy   
Squirrel Hunters  (Chirps Smith) 
Step to the Music Johnny  (Bruce Greene) 
Stormstown  (Sam Bayard) 
Stumptail Dog  (Chirps Smith)  
Sugar Hill (Woodshed AllStars) 
Sullivan's Hollow (Freeny's Barn Dance Band)  
Sweet Bammie  (Donna Fatur AEAE)  
Sweet Little Julie  (Kirk Sutphin) 
Tar River (Tom Sauber AEAE)   
28th of January  (Fuzzy Mountain) 
22nd of February (Bruce Greene)  
Twin Sisters  (Hoover Uprights) 
Wagoner (Bruce Greene)  
Wake Up Susan  (Woodshed AllStars) 
Walking in My Sleep  (Greg Hoven) 
Waynesboro  (Simon Mayer) 
Ways of the World  (Bruce Molsky AEAE) 
White Creek  (Tom Sauber AEAE)   
White's Polka  (Chirps Smith)  
Wild Goose Chase  (Bruce Molsky) 
Winder's Slide  (Rayna Gellert) 
Yellow Barber  (Buddy Thomas)  
 New England, Contra, Irish
Banjo Tramp   
The Banshee   
Batchelder's Reel  
Bay of Fundy     
Reel Beatrice 
Big John McNeil  
Chorus Jig  
Crooked Stovepipe 
Dancing Bear  
Dick's Gossip  
Eddy's Reel  
Frenchie's Reel  
Happy Acres Two Step  
Homage a Belle Gaspesie  (Wild Asparagus) 
Homage a Edmund Parizeau   
J. B. Milne   
Joys of Quebec   
Knockdhu Reel   
The Long Acre  (by Kevin Burke) 
Mary and Julia's Reel (by Winifred Horan)  
Mason's Apron   
McQuillen's Squeezebox   
Miss McCloud's (Charley Mulvihill version from Win Horan)  
Money Musk  (Scottish version)  
Reel de Montreal   
Mouth of the Tobique    
Old French   
Old Gray Cat   
Opera Reel   
Pays du Haut   
Prince Charlie (Elke Baker)  
Richmond Cotillion  
Road to California  
Road to Skye (Bruce McGregor)  
Reconciliation   
Red House    
Red House Quick Step   
Rose Tree   
Ross's Reel   
Silver Spear   
Speed the Plow   
Spoodiskerry   
St. Joseph's   
St. Antoine   
March of St. Timothy   
Whistling Rufus   

Celtic Jigs
Calliope House   
Cowboy's Jig   
Holm Band Tune (Wrigley Sisters) 
Joanie's Jig (Bob McQuillen)  
The Joys of Wedlock   
Little Burnt Potato   
Off She Goes   
One Horned Sheep 
R. Aim's Compliments to J. Craigie (Wrigley Sisters)   
Sarah's Jig  (Bob McQuillen)    
Swelkie  (Wrigley Sisters) 
Top of Cork Road 
Tripping Up the Stairs  
The White Petticoat   

Celtic Polkas, Hornpipes, etc.
Biddy Martin's Polka (Kevin Burke)   
Patchwork Polka    
Ger the Rigger Polka (Kevin Burke)   
Bill Sullivan's Polka (Kevin Burke) 
Crested Hens  (Win Horan)  
Ducks of Magheralin  (Polka, Win Horan) 
Derry Hornpipe (Eugene O'Donnell)   
Em Polka  (Win Horan) 
The Long Acre  (by Kevin Burke) 
Maids of Mitchelstown (Kevin Burke)  
Morning Mist (James Keane)  
Road to Skye (Bruce McGregor) 

Waltzes
Anna's Waltz    
Belgarth Waltz    
Black Hills Waltz   
Blue Mountain Waltz  (Kenny Baker)     
Elie's Waltz (Chirps Smith)  
Emma's Waltz    
Estonian Waltz (Aly Bain)  
Evening Star Waltz (Chirps Smith)  
Fiddle Fever (by AnnBjorg Lien) 
Highlands of Holland (by Win Horan) 
Ingi (by Jennifer Wrigley) 
Inishere  (by Thomas Walsh)  
Italian Waltz (Run of the Mill String Band)  
Its So Quiet Waltz    
Josefin's Dopvals  (by Roger Tallroth, Vasen)  
Judy and Jim's Wedding  (by Larry Unger)  
La Vie Est Pas Donne (Aly Bain) 
Lonely Bird  (Aly Bain)  
Madison County Waltz (by Erynn Marshall)  
Margaret's Waltz   
Margaret Randolph  (Trevor Stuart) 
Metsakukkia   
Moonlight on the Colorado (Joe Stephenson) 
Nancy's Waltz    
New Land   
Ozark Waltz (Bob Taylor, Buck Mountain Band)  
Pinedale Waltz  (K. Kartchner) 
Poor Girl Waltz  
Sour Grass and Granite  (by Brian Pickell) 
Swedish Waltz (James Bryan)  
Waltzing With the One I Love (by Sarah Armstrong)  
Yuke Pik (Ook Pic) Waltz    

Southwestern Tunes
Valse Apasionado    
Biscuit Cheeks Two Step  (Bayou Seco) 
Cababi Polka (Gu-achi Fiddlers)   
Caballito Blanco (Bayou Seco)     
La Comancha Waltz    
El Coyote  (Larry Edelman) 
E. J. Special Polka (Gu-achi Fiddlers)     
Elliott's Favorite Waltz (Gu-achi Fiddlers)     
Valse de Escoba    
First Choice Two Step  (Bayou Seco) 
Hohokum Polka (Bayou Seco)   
Its In There  (Bayou Seco) 
Lonnie's Polka  (Bayou Seco) 
Memories in Ajo  (Gu-achi Fiddlers)   
Paul's White Sox Polka (Bayou Seco)     
Valse de los Panos    
Pinto Beans Two Step  (schottish, Bayou Seco) 
Purple Lilies Polka    
Santa Rosa Processional (Gu-achi Fiddlers)   
Second Time in San Javier Two Step  (Bayou Seco) 
Squash Fields    
Uncle Charlie's    
La Varsovienna    

Misc. Tunes
Dill Pickle Rag  
East Tennessee Blues  
Silver Bells    
Tarantella    
Kim Fisher's Lament (by Paul Rito) 

Links

  • Shot At and Missed String Band Three old coots from central PA who play Old Time music

  • State College Old Time Jam - Third Wednesday of every month, State College PA

  • WPSU Folk Calendar - Calendar of local folk music events in the State College PA area

  • Hill Country Tunes - Historic 1944 collection of Western PA tunes by Sam Bayard

  • Central Pennsylvania Country Dance Association - Monthly Contra Dances in State College, PA

  • Bayou Seco - collectors and performers of traditional tunes of the American Southwest

  • Pegram Jam Website - Recordings and chord charts from a weekly Nashville oldtime jam

  • JC's ABC Tune Finder - tunes in text, ABC, Postscript, PDF, GIF, PNG, and MIDI formats (PDF is easiest to read)

  • THE VIRTUAL GRAMOPHONE - Canadian Historic Sound Recordings

  • Fiddle Resources on the Web - by Mickey Koth, Yale

  • Ceolas - Celtic PDF, GIF, ABC, and MIDI formats with really good background history on songs

  • The Session - A collection of Irish traditional tunes in abc and GIF formats contributed by members

  • Fiddletunes.net - Old timey tunes and transcriptions by Leo McDermott

  • Virtual Bluegrass Band - Backup arrangements of OT and BG standards to practice by, from Dave Marshall

  • Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier, The Henry Reed Collection - the Library of Congress

  • Berea College Sound Archives - Recordings that document Appalachian history and culture, predominantly Kentucky

  • Mountain Sentinel - Fiddle and banjo transcriptions of R.P. Christeson's "Old Time Fiddler's Repertory"

  • Folkjam.org - the international jam session sharing site

  • Hetzler's Fakebook - MIDI fakebook of traditional fiddle music. It consists of 549 American Old Time, Celtic, English, and Welsh fiddle tunes.

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