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Greasy Coat
Sawmill Tuning - g D G C D
I don't drink and I don't smoke, I don't wear no greasy coat I don't spit and I don't chew, I don't kiss the girls that do
Josie-O
Sandy River Belle Tunging - f D G C D
Where’s that girl, where’s she gone, Where’s the girl with the josie on?
Stole my heart, away she’s gone, Where’s the girl with the josie on?
Valley Forge
Double C Tuning - g C G C D
Barlow Knife
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
I been livin' here all my life,
All I got is a Barlow Knife;
Buckhorn handle and a Barlow blade,
Best dang knife that ever was made.
I've been married all my life,
And all I've got is a Barlow knife. take my wife, take my life just don’t take my barlow knife
Richmond
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Old Yeller Dog
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Old yellar dog went trottin' through the meetin' house,
Trottin through the meetin' house,
Trottin through the meetin' house;
Old yellar dog went trottin' through the meetin' house,
Down in Alabam'.
Brave boys here, brave boys there,
Brave boys here, down in Alabam'.
Old Joe Hooker wont ya come on out the wilderness,
Come on out the wilderness,
Come on out the wilderness;
Old joe hooker wont you come on out the wilderness,
And fight these boys in gray
CHORUS
Great big house nobody lives in,
Nobody lives in, nobody lives in;
Great big house nobody lives in,
Down in Alabam'.
CHORUS
Sandy River
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Fort Smith Breakdown
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Roscoe
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
June Apple
G Tuning - g D G B D
Wish I was a june apple
Hanging on a tree
Everytime my true love pass
Take a bite of me
Take a bite of me my love
Take a bite of me
Everytime my true love pass
take a bite of me.
You ride the old grey mare
I'll ride the roan
You get there before I do
Leave my gal alone
Train on the island
Heard that whistle blow
Thought I heard my true love say
Yonder comes my beau
Going 'cross the mountain
I'm going in a swing
And when I get to the other side
I'll hear my true love sing.
Don't you hear that banjo sing
I wish that gal was mine
Can't you hear that banjo sing
I wish that gal was mine.
Charlie he's a nice young man
Charlie he's a dandy
Charlie he's a nice young man
Feeds the girls on candy.
Goin down to the river to feed my sheep
Going down to the river Charlie
Going down to the river to feed my sheep
Feed them on Barley.
Sourwood Mountain
G Tuning - g D G B D
Chickens a'crowin' on Sourwood Mountain
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
So many pretty girls I can't count 'em
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
My true love's a sun-burnt daisy
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
If I don't get her I'll go crazy
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
My true love's at the head of the holler
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
She won't come and I won't foller
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
Big dog'll bark and little one'll bite you
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
Big girl will court and the little one spite you
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
Chickens a'crowin' on Sourwood Mountain
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
So many pretty girls I can't count 'em
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
Christmas Eve
Double C Tuning - g C G C D
Happy Hollow
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Over the Waterfall
Double C Tuning - g C G C D
Cacklin’ Hen
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Cherokee Shuffle
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Fine Times at Our House
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Coleman’s March
Double C Tuning - g C G C D
Tommy Jarrell’s Sail Away Ladies
F tuning or sandy river belle tuning - f D G C D
Lyrics are from Tom, Brad & Alice (Album- Holly Ding). They are not traditional to the tune and are taken from the book Negro Folk Rhymes by Thomas W. Talley.
Never you mind what the rich folks say
May the Mighty bless you, sail away
Sail away, sail away, sail away ladies, sail away.
Never you mind what your daddy say
Shake your little foot and fly away
Never you mind if your mama say,
“Devil’s gonna take you,” sail away
Breaking Up Christmas
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Hooray Jake, hooray John
Breakin’ up Christmas all night long
Way back yonder, long time ago
The old folks danced the doesey-doe
Way down yonder alongside the creek
I seen Santa Claus washing his feet
Santa Claus come, done and gone
Breaking up Christmas night along
Little Billy Wilson
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Ways Of The World
Open G Tuning - g D G B D
Duck River Lesson 1
Double C Tuning - g C G C D
Duck River Lesson 2
Double C Tuning - g C G C D