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Thread #72308   Message #1244030
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
10-Aug-04 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: appalachian dulcimer - what to play
Subject: RE: appalachain dulcimer - what to play
I've been waiting for someone to ask this!

Here is the list of tunes I have compiled, first for D-A-A tuning and then for D-A-G tuning. The letter after the name is the first note of the song. If you tune differently, you can still probably use the list, but the first note may need to be changed.

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Songs for dulcimer in D-A-A tuning

Across the wide Missouri---------------------------        A
Ah, had I a golden thread        F#
All creatures of our God and king------------------        D
All my sorrows        A
All through the night---------------------------------        D
Annie Laurie        F#
As we march-ed down to Fenario        D
Beautiful savior---------------------------------------        D
Believe me, if all these endearing young charms        F#
Bendemeer's stream---------------------------------        A
Blind Mary        E
Bright morning stars are shining--------------------        A
Camptown races...............................................E
Cockles and mussels        A
Come Christians, for to sing------------------------        D
Come ye shepherds (Infant lowly)......................A lo
Dainty Davy        D
Down by the Riverside.......................................F#
Down by the sally gardens--------------------------        D
Drink to me only with thine eyes                         C#
Country gardens................................................A hi
Farewell to Tarawathie        D
Flow gently, sweet Afton---------------------------        A
For the beauty of the earth        D
Galway Bay------------------------------------------        E
Go tell aunt Rhodie        F#
Great storm is over----------------------------------        A hi
Guantanamera        D
Hard times--------------------------------------------        D
He shall feed his flock        A hi
Hector the hero.................................................A lo
Holly and the Ivy                                              D
Holy God, we praise thy name----------------------D
Holy, holy, holy        D
Holy manna......................................................A lo
How brightly beams the morning star--------------        D
Huna blentyn.....................................................A
I gave my love a cherry        A
I know where I'm going-----------------------------        D
I see the moon        A
In the bleak midwinter........................................F#
Irish washerwoman-----------------------------------A hi
Jacob's ladder                                                    F#
Jamaica farewell-------------------------------------        E
Kelvingrove        D
King of love my shepherd is------------------------        D
Kum by Yah                                                    D or A
Last thing on my mind........................................E
Lavender's blue--------------------------------------        A hi
Leaving of Liverpool                                          D
Lo how a rose e'er blooming        A hi
Loch Lomond-----------------------------------------        D
Long, long ago        D
Lord Haddon's favorite------------------------------        E
Lord of all hopefulness/be thou my vision        D
Mama don't allow------------------------------------        A
Mary Hamilton        A hi
Merry Widow Waltz--------------------------------        A
Miss Thompson                                                 A hi
Morning has broken        D or A
Never love thee more-------------------------------        A
O come, little children                                        A hi
Oh, Susannah....................................................D
Old black Joe                                                    D
On the bridge of Avignon        D
On top of Old Smokey.......................................A
Pack up your sorrows-------------------------------        F#
Polly-wolly doodle        D
Praise to the Lord------------------------------------        D
Red river valley        A
Ring, ring the banjo----------------------------------        A hi
River (Bill Staines)        D
Shores of Ponchatrain-------------------------------        A
Southwind.........................................................A hi
Spring has now unwrapped the flowers        D
Stars of the summer night---------------------------        A
10th Batn Highland Light infantry c'ing the Rhine        D
Stewball-----------------------------------------------        A
This joyful Eastertide        A lo
Ting, ting, ting-----------------------------------------        F#
'Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry                            D
There is a tavern in the town                               ?
There's a wideness in God's mercy.....................D
Water is wide-----------------------------------------        A
When you and I were young, Maggie        A hi
Who's gonna hold her hand?------------------------        A
Wreck of the sloop John B        A

Songs in D-A-G tuning

Banks and braes of Bonnie Doon        A 1st fret
Black is the color of my true love's hair-----------        E 5th
Blow the candle out        A 1st
Can't help but wonder where I'm bound-----------        E 5th
Come all you pretty maidens, wherever you be        C 3rd
Darlin' Corey-----------------------------------------        G 0
Erie Canal        A 1st
Elm tree branches------------------------------------        C 3rd
A hundred miles (if you miss the train I'm on)        C 3rd
Froggie went a-courting-----------------------------        A 1st
The great silkie        D 4th
Here I sit on Buttermilk hill................................        F 6th
Icelandic horseman        A 1st
Johnny, I hardly knew you/when J. comes mar...        A 1st
Masters in this hall        A 1st
My lord, what a morning----------------------------        F# 6 1/2
Now the green blade rises (Noel, nouvelet)        A 1st
Old Chisholm trail------------------------------------        A 1st
Scarborough Fair        A 1st
Star of the County Down---------------------------        C 3rd
Sweet Willie and Lady Margot        E 5th
Swing low, sweet chariot----------------------------        F# 6 1/2
The Cuckoo's Nest (Welsh tune)        C 3rd
Turn ye to me----------------------------------------        A 1st
Two young brothers marched away        D 4th
Wayfaring stranger----------------------------------        A 1st
Wild Rover        E 5th