Thanks for your kind words, John Hardly, and and thanks for posting some fingerings--don't forget that you can play E:
O-5-7-x-x-x
A:
O-O-5-7-x-x
D:
x-O-O-2-x-x

You only need two notes, and, since the fiddler will be busy bouncing around in the higher registers, you can get by without any notes at all on those high strings--incidentally, for those who need to know everything, the bottom in early classical music was played this way, on a kind of bass lute, called the theorbo--

Mark,if you want to bake an easy pie, start with one of those pre-made Pillsbury crusts;-)