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Here is a wonderful collection of 177 of the best traditional songs, tunes and sea shanties from Ireland, Scotland, England and beyond. Also included are a number of songs written by people who emigrated from the British Isles and settled in other parts of the world, notably the United States and Australia. All of these timeless songs are arranged by Ben "Gitty" Baker for 3-string "GDG" cigar box guitars.Song List: A Nation Once AgainA Jug of This; Ae Fond Kiss; All For Me Grog; Annie Laurie; Arthur McBride; As I Roved Out; Auld Lang Syne; Aweigh, Santy Ano; The Bard of Armagh; The Barnyards of Delgaty; Beer, Beer, Beer; Black Velvet Band; Blarney Pilgrim Jig; Blarney Stone; Blow, Boys, Blow; Blow the Man Down; Blow Ye Winds in the Morning; The Blue Bells of Scotland; The Bold Fenian Men; Bold Thady Quill; Bonnie Charlie; Bonnie Dundee; Bonnie Hieland Laddy; Bonnie Ship the Diamond; Botany Bay; Boulavogue; Boys From the County Armagh; The Boys of Wexford; Brennan on the Moor; Broom of the Cowdenknowes; The Butcher Boy; Carrickfergus; The Cobbler; Cockies of Bungaree; The College Hornpipe; Comin' Thro the Rye; Courtin' In the Kitchen; The Croppy Boy (Versions 1 & 2); Cruiscin Lan; Cruising 'Round Yarmouth; Cunla; Danny Boy; Donkey Riding; Down by the Sally Gardens; Drill Ye Tarriers Drill; Eileen Aroon; Enniskillen Dragoons; Farewell to Nova Scotia; Farewell to Tarwathie; Finnegan's Wake; The Flowers Of the Forest; Foggy Dew; The Gallant Forty-Twa; Galway Races; Galway Shawl; Go To Sea No More; God Save Ireland; Green Grow the Rashes-O; Greenland Whale Fisheries; Haul Away Joe; Hector the Hero; Her Mantle So Green; The Holy Ground; Homeward Bound; I'll Take you Home Again Kathleen; I'll Tell Me Ma; I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday; Irish Washerwoman Jig; Isn't It Grand Boys; It's A Long Way To Tipperary; The Irish Rover; Johnson's Motor Car; Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye; The Jolly Tinker; John Barleycorn; Juice of the Barley; Jug of Punch; Kelly the Boy from Killane; Kevin Barry; Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl; Lark In the Morning; Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her; Leaving of Liverpool; Leezie Lindsay; Legion of the Rearguard; Let Your Back and Sides Go Bare; The Little Beggarman; Loch Lomond; Loch Tay Boat Song; MacPherson's Lament; Maid of Fife; Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe; Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man; Master McGrath; The Men Of the West; The Mermaid; The Merry Ploughboy; Mick McGuire; Minguilay Boat Song; The Minstrel Boy; Molly Malone; The Moonshiner; Morning Glory; Muirsheen Dirkin; My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean; My Johnny Lad; My Wild Irish Rose; Nancy Whiskey; Nell Flaherty's Drake; The Nightingale; The Night That Paddy Murphy Died; The Night Visiting Song; Off To California Hornpipe; The Old Dun Cow; The Old Orange Flute; Old Woman From Wexford; Oro Se Do Bheatha Abhaile; Paddy Doyle's Boots; Paddy West; The Parting Glass; Peggy Gordon; Poor Old Dicey Reilly; Poor Paddy On the Railway; Quare Bungle Rye; The Rakes of Mallow; Rare Old Mountain Dew; Rattlin' Bog; Rattlin' Roarin' Willie; Red Is the Rose; Reilly's Daughter; Rising of the Moon; Rocky Road to Dublin; Roddy McCorley; Rolling Down to Old Maui; Rolling Home; The Rose of Allendale; Rose of Tralee; Rosin the Bow; Rothsea-O; Scotland the Brave; Sam Hall; Sean Ryan's Polka; Seven Drunken Nights; Siege of Ennis Polka; Skibbereen; Skye Boat Song; Soldier's Song; Sound the Pibroch; South Australia; Spancil Hill; Spanish Lady; Stand To Your Glasses Steady; Star of the County Down; Threescore and Ten; Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral; Waly, Waly (The Water Is Wide); Wearing of the Green; Weile Waile; The West's Asleep; Westering Home; Whack Fol the Diddle; What Do We Wo With A Drunken Sailor; When Irish Eyes are Smiling; When You And I Were Young, Maggie; Whiskey in the Jar; Whiskey is the Life of Man; Whiskey You're the Devil; The Whistling Gypsy; Wild Colonial Boy; Wild Mountain Thyme; Wild Rover; Wind That Shakes the Barley; Work of the Weavers;

It has never been easier to play familiar tunes on your Cigar Box Guitar! This is a collection of 49 beloved, easy-to-play classic songs arranged in tablature for 3-string Open GDG cigar box guitars. Each song includes tablature, chords, lyrics and additional information. All of the songs include multiple arrangements for different keys and skill levels.Easy-to-follow instructional material is also provided: How to Read Tablature, How to Read Chord Forms, and some suggestions on how to play the songs. This is a must-have resource for any cigar box guitar player.Song List: Aloho 'Oe, Are You Sleeping, Arkansas Traveler, Aura Lee, Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home), Black Velvet Band, Blessed Assurance, Blow the Man Down, (The Beautiful) Blue Danube, Cripple Creek, For He's A Jolly Good Fellow, Git Along Little Dogies, God Save the Queen, Goodnight Ladies, Gospel Train, Grandfather's Clock, Haul Away Joe, Hot Cross Buns, Hush Little Baby, Just A Closer Walk With Thee, Loch Lomond, The Marines' Hymn, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Molly Malone, The Moonshiner, Nine Pound Hammer, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, Old Joe Clark, Old MacDonald Had A Farm, Pop Goes the Weasel, Precious Memories, The Rattlin' Bog (Bog Down In the Valley-O), Rock-a-Bye Baby, The Rock Island Line, Shady Grove, Skip To My Lou, Streets of Laredo, Swanee River (Old Folks At Home), This Old Man, Tom Dooley, Turkey In the Straw, The U. S. Field Artillery March, The Wabash Cannonball, The Water Is Wide, We Shall Overcome, What Do We Do With A Drunken Sailor, When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Yankee Doodle, You're A Grand Old Flag.

This fully illustrated and easy-to-follow guide will walk you through all of the steps to build your very own 3-string slide cigar box guitar. Written by Cigar Box Guitar guru Ben "Gitty" Baker, this guide is chock full of photos and diagrams and easy-to-follow hands-on instructions and advice garnered from the author's decade-plus experience in building homemade instruments.This is a practical introduction to easily build your own fun and fully playable three-string cigar box guitar (CBG), complete with clear and detailed how-to instructions and photos, resource links, tips and tricks, how-to-play lessons, and more. In addition to the clear how-to instructions, this guide also includes practical advice on where and how to source parts, materials and tools, as well as informative historical snippets, how-to-play information and many free resources for further learning.

A collection of 107 classic Christian hymns and spirituals, arranged for one-string diatonic canjo. Includes tablature, lyrics, additional verses and related historical information and images. A wonderful resource for anyone wanting to play sacred traditional music on their one-string canjo. This tablature can also be used for picking the melody on a standard dulcimer that includes the "blue note" sixth fret. These are the beloved songs that have been the back bone of worship services in modern times, some of them for over two centuries. The canjo is an easy-to-play instrument that you can build yourself. It is basically a one-string dulcimer, and picking out tunes on a canjo is one of the easiest ways to get started making music. Song List: All Things Bright and Beautiful; All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name; Amazing Grace; An Old Account Settled; Angel Band; Angels We Have Heard On High; Are You Washed in the Blood?; At the Cross; Away In A Manger; Battle Hymn of the Republic; Bless the Lord, O My Soul; Blessed Assurance; Blessed Be the Name; Bringing in the Sheaves; Children Go Where I Send Thee; Christ Arose; Down in the River to Pray; Faith of Our Fathers; Give Me Oil in My Lamp; Glory To His Name; Go Tell It On the Mountain; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Gospel Train; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Have Thine Own Way; He Is Lord; Holy, Holy; I Am Bound For the Promised Land; I Can, I Will, I Do Believe; I Come To the Garden Alone; I Feel Like Traveling On; I Have Decided To Follow Jesus; I Love To Tell The Story; I Must Tell Jesus; I Shall Not Be Moved; I Would Not Be Denied; In the Sweet By and By; It Came Upon A Midnight Clear; It Is Well With My Soul; Jesus Loves Me; Jesus Loves the Little Children; Jesus Paid It All; Joy To The World; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Just As I Am; Just Over in the Glory Land; Kum-Ba-Ya; Leaning on the Everlasting Arms; Let the Lower Lights Be Burning; Little David Play On Your Harp; Living By Faith; Love Lifted Me; Mary Don't You Weep; Michael Row the Boat Ashore; My Savior First of All (I Shall Know Him); Nearer My God To Thee; Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Nothing But the Blood; O Come All Ye Faithful; O Happy Day; O Holy Night; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Oh, How I Love Jesus; Oh, I Want To See Him; Old Time Power; Old Time Religion; On Christ the Solid Rock; Only Trust Him; Onward Christian Soldiers; Pass Me Not; Precious Memories; Redeemed; Revive Us Again; Rock of Ages; Send the Light; Shall We Gather At the River; Showers of Blessing; Silent Night; Softly and Tenderly; Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus; Standing On the Promises; Sweet Hour of Prayer; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Tell It To Jesus Alone; Tell Me the Story of Jesus; The B-I-B-L-E; The First Noel; The Lily of the Valley; The Old Rugged Cross; The Unclouded Day; There Is a Fountain; There Is Power in the Blood; This Little Light of Mine; This Train (Is Bound for Glory); 'Tis So Sweet To Trust in Jesus; Trust and Obey; What A Friend We Have in Jesus; When the Redeemed Are Gathering In; When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder; When the Saints Go Marching In; When They Ring the Golden Bells; When We All Get To Heaven; Where the Soul Never Dies; Where We'll Never Grow Old; Whispering Hope; Work, For Night Is Coming; Yield Not To Temptation

This is the music of America's soul! The 65 pieces in this songbook form Volume Twoof a collection of some of the best traditional songs from the mountains, farms and woods of America - Old-Time and Bluegrass favorites that have been a mainstay of down-home American music for generations. These songs were chosen by author Ben "Gitty" Baker from among his personal favorites, the sort that you'd be most likely to hear around a camp fire at a bluegrass or old-time music festival. Each song arrangement includes 3-string tablature, chord names and forms, lyrics and additional verses. A short snippet of background and history is also provided, as well as multiple arrangements in different keys and styles, to accommodate varying skill levels and vocal ranges. Includes these songs and many more: - Mama Don't Allow; - Man of Constant Sorrow; - Maple on the Hill, The; - Midnight on the Stormy Deep; - Milwaukee Blues; - Molly and Tenbrooks; - My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains; - My Old Kentucky Home; - New River Train; - Nine Hundred Miles; - Nine Pound Hammer; - Nobody's Business; - Oh Death; - Oh Susannah; - Old Dan Tucker;- Old Gray Mare, The; - Old Joe Clark; - Old Paint; - Old Time Religion; - Paul and Silas; - Pig in a Pen; - Railroad Bill; - Rain and Snow; - Red River Valley; - Reuben's Train; - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; - Roll On Buddy; - Roving Gambler; - Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea; - Sally Goodin; - Salty Dog Blues; - Shady Grove (Bluegrass Style); - Shady Grove (Old-Time Style); - Shenandoah; - Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me; - Short Life of Trouble; - Shortnin' Bread; - Silver Threads Among the Gold; - Sitting On Top of the World; - Somebody Touched Me; - Standing in the Need of Prayer; - Streets of Laredo; - Sugar Hill; - Take This Hammer; - There's More Pretty Girls Than One; - This Train (Is Bound For Glory); - Tom Dooley; - Train That Carried My Girl From Town, The; - Train They Call the Cannonball, The; Turkey In The Straw; - Unclouded Day, The; - Wabash Cannonball, The; - Walk In Jerusalem Just Like John; - Walking In My Sleep; - Wayfaring Stranger; - Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?; - When I Lay My Burden Down; - When the Work's All Done This Fall; - When You and I Were Young, Maggie; - Where the Soul Never Dies; - Whitehouse Blues; - Wild Bill Jones; - Wildwood Flower; - Worried Man Blues; - Wreck of the Old '97.Also includes supplemental instructional sections on how to read tablature, play chords and more!

The 143 songs in this 430-page songbook represent our complete collection of some of the best traditional tunes from the mountains, farms and woods of America - Old-Time and Bluegrass favorites that have been a mainstay of down-home American music for generations. These songs were chosen by author Ben "Gitty" Baker from amongst his personal favorites, the sort that you'd be most likely to hear around a camp fire at a bluegrass or old-time music festival. Each song arrangement includes 3-string tablature, chord names and forms, lyrics and additional verses. A short snippet of background and history is also provided, as well as multiple arrangements in different keys and styles, to accommodate varying skill levels and vocal ranges. The book also includes supplemental instructional sections on how to read tablature, play chords and more!Includes these songs and many more: All the Good Times Are Past and Gone- Angeline the Baker- Arkansas Traveler- The Ballad of Casey Jones- Bile Them Cabbage Down- Black-Eyed Susie- Blue-Tail Fly- Bound To Ride- Buffalo Gals- Bury Me Beneath the Willow- Camptown Races- Church in the Wildwood- Cluck Old Hen- Cotton-Eyed Joe- Cripple Creek- Crying Holy- Deep Elem Blues- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down- East Virginia Blues- Foggy Mountain Top- Footprints In the Snow- Going Down the Road Feeling Bad- The Great Speckled Bird- Green Pastures- Hand Me Down My Walking Cane- Handsome Molly- Hills of Roane County- Home On the Range- Honey In the Rock- I Know You Rider- I'm Working On A Building- In the Pines- Jesse James- John Hardy- John Henry- Keep On the Sunny Side- Let Me Rest At the End of My Journey- Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane: - Mama Don't Allow; - Man of Constant Sorrow; - Maple on the Hill, The; - Milwaukee Blues; - Molly and Tenbrooks; - My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains; - My Old Kentucky Home; - New River Train; - Nine Hundred Miles; - Nine Pound Hammer; - Nobody's Business; - Oh Death; - Oh Susannah; - Old Dan Tucker;- Old Joe Clark; - Old Paint; - Old Time Religion; - Paul and Silas; - Pig in a Pen; - Railroad Bill; - Rain and Snow; - Red River Valley; - Reuben's Train; - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; - Roll On Buddy; - Roving Gambler; - Sally Goodin; - Salty Dog Blues; - Shady Grove; - Shenandoah; - Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me; - Silver Threads Among the Gold; - Sitting On Top of the World; - Somebody Touched Me; - Standing in the Need of Prayer; - Take This Hammer; - There's More Pretty Girls Than One; - This Train (Is Bound For Glory); - Tom Dooley; - Train That Carried My Girl From Town, The; - Turkey In The Straw; - Unclouded Day, The; - Wabash Cannonball, The; - Walking In My Sleep; - Wayfaring Stranger; - Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?; - When I Lay My Burden Down; - When You and I Were Young, Maggie; - Where the Soul Never Dies; - Whitehouse Blues; - Wildwood Flower; - Worried Man Blues; - Wreck of the Old '97

A collection of 45 beloved, easy-to-play classic songs arranged in tablature for 3-string Open GDG cigar box guitars. Each song includes tablature, chords, lyrics and additional information. Many of the songs include multiple arrangements. Easy-to-follow instructional material is also provided: How to Read Tablature, How to Read Chord Forms, and some suggestions on how to play the songs. This is a must-have resource for any cigar box guitar player. Song List: Amazing Grace, America the Beautiful, Anchors Aweigh, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Boogie Woogie Blues, Camptown Races, Crawdad Hole, Down By the Riverside, Down in the Valley, Farmer in the Dell, Happy Birthday, Hard Times Come Again No More, Home On the Range, I'll Tell Me Ma, In the Pines, John Henry, Kum-Ba-Ya, Little Brown Jug, London Bridge, Lullaby (Cradle Song), Mary Had A Little Lamb, Midnight Special, My Country 'Tis of Thee, Nearer My God, To Thee, Ode To Joy, Oh My Darlin' Clementine, Oh, Susannah, Oh When the Saints (Go Marching In), Polly Wolly Doodle, Red River Valley, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Sailing, Sailing, Scotland the Brave, She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, Shenandoah, Simple Gifts, The Star-Spangled Banner, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Take Me out To the Ball Game, Twelve Bar Blues, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Wayfaring Stranger, Whiskey In the Jar, Wildwood Flower

Get ready to do some picking on your one-string canjo! This songbook contains a collection of over 115 beloved, timeless classics. From traditional spirituals to Americana and patriotic pieces, children's favorites to well-known Celtic ballads and folk songs, the tunes in this book will have you making beautiful music on your one-string diatonic canjo in no time at all!Here is a list of songs included in this book: All For Me Grog; All Through the Night; Amazing Grace; America the Beautiful; Anchors Aweigh; Angel Band; Are You Sleeping (Frere Jacques); Arkansas Traveler; Auld Lang Syne; Aura Lee; Ave Maria; Baa Baa Black Sheep; Battle Hymn of the Republic; Bill Bailey (Won't You Come Home); Black Velvet Band; Blow the Man Down; The Bog Down In the Valley-O Boogie Woogie Blues; Buffalo Gals; Camptown Races; Children Go Where I Send Thee; Crawdad Hole; Cripple Creek; Down By the Riverside; Down in the River to Pray; Down in the Valley; Farmer in the Dell; Git Along Little Dogies; God Save the Queen; Goodnight Ladies; Gospel Train (Get On Board); Grandfather's Clock; Happy Birthday; Hard Times (Come Again No More); Haul Away Joe; He's Got the Whole World In His Hands; Home On the Range; Hot Cross Buns; Hush Little Baby; I'll Tell Me Ma; In the Pines; In the Sweet By and By; I've Been Working On the Railroad; (The Ballad of) John Henry; (For He's A) Jolly Good Fellow; Keep On the Sunny Side; Kum-Ba-Ya; Little Brown Jug; Little David Play On Your Harp; Loch Lomond; London Bridge (Is Falling Down); Lullaby (Cradle Song); Marines' Hymn (Halls of Montezuma); Mary Had a Little Lamb; Michael Row the Boat Ashore; Midnight Special; Molly Malone; The Moonshiner; My Country 'Tis of Thee; Nearer, My God to Thee; Nine Pound Hammer; Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Ode To Joy (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee); Oh My Darlin' Clementine; Oh, Susanna; The Old Gray Mare (She Ain't What She Used To Be); Old Joe Clark; Old MacDonald Had a Farm; Over There; Polly Wolly Doodle; Pop Goes the Weasel; Precious Memories; Red River Valley; The Rock Island Line; Rock-a-by Baby (Hush-a-by Baby); Rock of Ages; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; Sailing, Sailing; Scotland the Brave; Shady Grove; She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain; Shenandoah; Simple Gifts; Skip To My Lou; Streets of Laredo; Swanee River (Old Folks At Home); Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; (Give Me) That Old Time Religion; Theme from the Blue Danube Waltz; Theme from the Surprise Symphony; Theme from the Trout Quintet; This Old Man; This Train (Is Bound for Glory); Tom Dooley; Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (Down Around Killarney); Turkey in the Straw; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; The Unclouded Day; The U S Field Artillery March (Caissons Go Rolling Along); The Wabash Cannonball; Waltzing Matilda; (The) Water Is Wide; Wayfaring Stranger; What Do We Do With a Drunken Sailor; When Irish Eyes Are Smiling; When Johnny Comes Marching Home; When The Saints Go Marching In; Whiskey in the Jar; Whispering Hope; Wild Mountain Thyme; The Wild Rover; Wildwood Flower; Wreck of the Old '97; Yankee Doodle; You're a Grand Old Flag

This is a collection of 38 of the best traditional patriotic, war and love songs from Scotland, with a few from elsewhere in the British Isles as well. This songbook contains 140 pages with multiple tablature arrangements of each song, and also includes full lyrics, chord and chord forms, and historical snippets. Author Ben "Gitty" Baker has a strong background in music and music theory, and has been studying and performing Celtic and Folk music for years, as well as building and playing cigar box guitars. He has turned his knowledge and experience to creating this unique presentation of wonderful traditional songs, geared for beginning musicians. Songs included in this book: - Ae Fond Kiss - Annie Laurie - Auld Lang Syne - The Barnyards of Delgaty - The Blue Bells of Scotland - Bonnie Charlie - Bonnie Dundee - Bonnie Hieland Laddy - Broom of the Cowdenknowes - Comin' Thro' the Rye - The Flowers of the Forest - The Gallant Forty-Twa - Green Grow the Rashes-o - Hector the Hero - I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday - Leezie Lindsay - Loch Lomond - Loch Tay Boat Song - MacPherson's Lament - The Maid of Fife - The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean - My Johnny Lad - Nancy Whiskey - The Old Dun Cow - The Night Visiting Song - The Parting Glass - The Rakes of Mallow - Rattlin' Roarin' Willie - The Rose of Allendale - Rosin the Bow - Rothsea-o - Scotland the Brave - Skye Boat Song - Sound the Pibroch - The Water is Wide - Westering Home - Wild Mountain Thyme

Here is a collection of some of the best traditional love songs and ballads from the British Isles (and beyond) - classic pieces about love, courtship, sad partings and love lost. These songs were chosen by author Ben "Gitty" Baker from amongst his personal favorites, the sort that you would be likely to hear at an Irish or Scottish singing session. Each song arrangement includes 3-string tablature, chord names and forms, lyrics and additional verses. A short snippet of their background and history is also provided, as well as multiple arrangements in different keys and styles, to accommodate varying skill levels and vocal ranges.Song List: - Ae Fond Kiss- Annie Laurie - As I Roved Out - The Blue Bells of Scotland - Broom of the Cowdenknowes - The Butcher Boy - Carrickfergus - Comin' Thro' the Rye - Courtin' In the Kitchen - Danny Boy - Down By the Salley Gardens - Eileen Aroon - The Galway Shawl - Green Grow the Rashes-o - Her Mantle So Green - I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen - The Leaving of Liverpool - Leezie Lindsay - Loch Lomond - Loch Tay Boat Song - The Maid of Fife - The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe - Maids When You're Young (Never Wed An Old Man) - The Morning Glory - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean - My Wild Irish Rose - The Night Visiting Song - The Nightingale - Peggy Gordon - Red Is the Rose - Reilly's Daughter - The Rose of Allendale - The Rose of Tralee - The Spanish Lady - The Star Of the County Down - The Water is Wide - When You And I Were Young, Maggie - The Whistling Gypsy- Wild Mountain ThymeAlso includes supplemental instructional sections on how to read tablature, play chords and more!

*** FAMILIAR, EASY TO PLAY SONGS *** DESIGNED FOR BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS ALIKE *** PLAY THESE SONGS ON ANY STANDARD (gCEA) TUNING UKULELE *** Here is the latest tablature songbook from master songsmith Ben "Gitty" Baker, containing 140 pages and including new arrangements of 46 traditional favorites laid out just for ukulele! While the ukulele is often thought of as only a strumming instrument, Ben shows you that it's possible to pick out all sorts of great old tunes on them as well! This new songbook features the author's tried-and-true arrangement presentation, which includes easy-to-read tablature as well as lyrics and chords. He also includes written lessons (with photos and diagrams) on how to read tablature and chord forms, and how to apply that knowledge to playing the songs. Multiple arrangements of each song are included (basic melody and melody+chords), and wherever possible songs are presented in two different keys (C and G). So grab your Uke and get ready to make some music! Here is a sampling of the songs included in this book: Aloha Oe, Amazing Grace, America the Beautiful, Auld Lang Syne, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Blow the Man Down, Camptown Races, Crawdad Hole, Down In the Valley, Git Along Little Dogies, Gospel Train, Happy Birthday, Hard Times Come Again No More, Home On the Range, I'll Tell Me Ma, Keep On the Sunny Side, Lullaby (Cradle Song), My Country 'Tis of Thee, Oh My Darlin' Clementine, Oh, Susannah, Polly Wolly Doodle, Red River Valley, She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, Whiskey In the Jar

In this complete illustrated how-to guide, Ben "Gitty" Baker walks you through how to build your own canjo (one-string tin can banjo). All of the key concepts are covered, from choosing the right can, to finding a neck, installing frets, sourcing and installing hardware, tuning and even how to play lessons! Canjos are easy to build and play, and a great project for young and old alike. There is no better way to get a child interested in making music than to give them the opportunity to BUILD THEIR OWN instrument and then play it. The canjo is a perfect way to spark their interest and get them started on a lifetime of making music. The author has been a huge fan and major advocate of canjos ever since receiving one as a gift over a decade ago, and event which sparked his interest in homemade instruments and led to the founding of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, the premiere worldwide supplier of parts, kits and gear related to homemade instrument building (including cigar box guitars and other homemade instruments in addition to canjos).

This is a collection of 35 of the best traditional drinking and work songs from Ireland, Scotland, England and beyond. This songbook contains 144 pages with multiple tablature arrangements of each song, and also includes full lyrics, chord and chord forms, and historical snippets. Author Ben "Gitty" Baker has a strong background in music and music theory, and has been studying and performing Celtic and Folk music for years, as well as building and playing cigar box guitars. He has turned his knowledge and experience to creating this unique presentation of wonderful traditional songs, geared for beginning musicians.

A collection of 55 classic Christian hymns, carols and spirituals, arranged in tablature for 3-string Cigar Box Guitars tuned to Open G GDG. In addition to the tablature, lyrics and additional verses are presented, along with chord forms and brief historical sketches on each song.This is a great resource for churches, Sunday schools, Bible camps or anyone wanting to be able to "make a joyful noise to the Lord" on their cigar box guitar or other 3-string Open G instrument. Song List: Nearer My God To Thee; Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Nothing But the Blood; O Come All Ye Faithful; O Happy Day; O Holy Night; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; O, I Want To See Him; Ode To Joy; Oh, How I Love Jesus; Oh When the Saints Go Marching In; Old Time Power; Old Time Religion; On Christ the Solid Rock; Only Trust Him; Onward Christian Soldiers; Pass Me Not; Precious Memories; Redeemed; Revive Us Again; Rock Of Ages; Send the Light; Shall We Gather At the River; Showers of Blessing; Silent Night; Softly And Tenderly; Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus; Standing On the Promises; Sweet Hour Of Prayer; Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Tell It To Jesus Alone; Tell Me the Story Of Jesus; The B-I-B-L-E; The First Noel; The Lily Of the Valley; The Old Rugged Cross; The Unclouded Day; There Is A Fountain; There Is Power In the Blood; This Little Light Of Mine; This Train Is Bound For Glory; 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus; Trust And Obey; We Three Kings; What A Friend We Have In Jesus; What Child Is This; When the Redeemed Are Gathering In; When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder; When They Ring the Golden Bells; When We All Get To Heaven; Where the Soul Never Dies; Where We'll Never Grow Old; Whispering Hope; Work For Night Is Coming; Yield Not To Temptation

The 72 pieces in this songbook form Volume One of a collection of some of the best traditional songs from the mountains, farms and woods of America - Old-Time and Bluegrass favorites that have been a mainstay of down-home American music for generations. These songs were chosen by author Ben "Gitty" Baker from amongst his personal favorites, the sort that you'd be most likely to hear around a camp fire at a bluegrass or old-time music festival. Each song arrangement includes 3-string tablature, chord names and forms, lyrics and additional verses. A short snippet of background and history is also provided, as well as multiple arrangements in different keys and styles, to accommodate varying skill levels and vocal ranges. Includes these songs and many more: - All the Good Times Are Past and Gone- Angeline the Baker- Arkansas Traveler- The Ballad of Casey Jones- Bile Them Cabbage Down- Black-Eyed Susie- Blue-Tail Fly- Bound To Ride- Buffalo Gals- Bury Me Beneath the Willow- Camptown Races- Church in the Wildwood- Cluck Old Hen- Cotton-Eyed Joe- Cripple Creek- Crying Holy- Deep Elem Blues- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down- East Virginia Blues- Foggy Mountain Top- Footprints In the Snow- Going Down the Road Feeling Bad- The Great Speckled Bird- Green Pastures- Hand Me Down My Walking Cane- Handsome Molly- Hills of Roane County- Home On the Range- Honey In the Rock- I Know You Rider- I'm Working On A Building- In the Pines- Jesse James- John Hardy- John Henry- Keep On the Sunny Side- Let Me Rest At the End of My Journey- Little Old Log Cabin in the LaneAlso includes supplemental instructional sections on how to read tablature, play chords and more!

This 265-page songbook contains all of the best and most beloved traditional songs from Ireland, ready to be played sung and strummed at your favorite session! This collection includes all of the best traditional Irish love songs, rebel songs and drinking songs, as well as some sea shanties and folk ballads that have been popular with Irish bands over the years. The author created this book specifically for people who like to sing Irish songs or strum them on a guitar. Full large-print lyrics are given for each song, along with the guitar chords and chord forms. A short informational snippet for each song, explaining some of its origin and history, is also included. A special "First Lines and Alternate Titles" index is also included, to help you find the song you are looking for. Each song is given in two different keys (C and G), with capo information to help you find your best key for singing. Please note: this is not a tablature or music notation songbook: only the lyrics and chords are given. This is a wonderful treasury of Irish songs perfect for session musicians or anyone wanting to learn more of this beautiful music.

This 130-page songbook contains 31 of the best-known and beloved Christmas carols and songs, all arranged specifically for playing on 3-string cigar box guitars tuned to Open G GDG. The words and additional verses are included for all of the selections, along with chords and chord forms and as well short historical sketches for each selection. All of the songs are presented with multiple arrangements for different keys and vocal ranges. The cover artwork is an original drawing by Farley Andresen, based on an old 1886 pen-and-ink rendition of Santa Claus by artist Thomas Nast.Playing these holiday favorites is easier than you ever believed, just follow the numbers above the words in the easy-to-play 3-string tablature format. This book was designed here at C. B. Gitty, with all tablature arranged by Ben "Gitty" Baker. This book features full-color front and back covers and large-print, easily-readable black and white tablature pages.This songbook also includes how-to-play pages showing you how to read the tablature, read and use the chord forms, and how to approach playing the songs!Here is the list of songs included in this song book: All Through the Night; Angels We Have Heard On High; Auld Lang Syne; Away In A Manger; Children Go Where I Send Thee; Deck the Halls; Go Tell It On the Mountain; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Good King Wenceslas; Hark the Herald Angels Sing; I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day; I Saw Three Ships; In the Bleak Midwinter; It Came Upon A Midnight Clear; Jingle Bells; Jolly Old Saint Nicholas; Joy To the World; O Christmas Tree; O Come All Ye Faithful; O Holy Night; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; Over the River And Through the Woods; Silent Night; The First Noel; The Twelve Days Of Christmas; The Wassail Song; There's A Song In the Air; Up On the House-Top; We Three Kings; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; What Child Is This.

In this complete how-to guide, Ben walks builders of Cigar Box Guitars and other homemade instruments through all of the steps of installing frets on their instruments, from basic methods using simple hand tools to more advanced methods using specialty and power tools. Author Ben "Gitty" Baker is the founder of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, where thousands of instruments, necks and fretboards have been manufactured over the past 10 years, and Ben draws upon all of that experience and distills it into this easy-to-follow guide, packed with detailed photos and diagrams. If you have been wanting to learn how to fret, or uncertain whether you can get the hang of it... or even if you've tried in the past without success, this book will help you become a confident master fretter.

This is a collection of some of the best traditional pub songs from Ireland, Scotland and beyond - the drinking songs and rebel songs, sea shanties and folk ballad favorites that you'd expect to hear in a good Irish Pub on St. Patrick's Day. - - - - - Each song arrangement includes 4-string mandolin/GDAE tablature, chord names and forms, lyrics and additional verses. No standard musical notation is given, just the simple and easy-to-follow tablature, lyrics and chords. A short snippet of each song's background and history is also provided, as well as multiple arrangements in different keys and styles, to accommodate varying skill levels and vocal ranges. - - - - - This songbook includes these GREAT OLD SONGS & More: - All For Me Grog- Auld Lang Syne - Beer, Beer, Beer - Black Velvet Band - The Boys From the County Armagh - Brennan On the Moor - Carrickfergus - Courtin' In the Kitchen - Danny Boy - Finnegan's Wake - The Holy Ground - I'll Tell Me Ma - The Irish Rover - Isn't It Grand Boys - Jug of Punch - The Juice Of the Barley - Molly Malone - The Mermaid - The Moonshiner - Nancy Whiskey - The Night That Paddy Murphy Died - The Old Dun Cow - The Parting Glass - The Rare Old Mountain Dew - The Rattlin' Bog - Reilly's Daughter - The Rising of the Moon - The Rocky Road To Dublin- Seven Drunken Nights - South Australia - Star Of the County Down - Whiskey In the Jar - Wild Mountain Thyme - Wild Colonial Boy - The Wild Rover. Also includes supplemental instructional sections on how to read tablature, play chords and more!

A collection of 57 classic Christian hymns, carols and spirituals, arranged in tablature for 3-string Cigar Box Guitars tuned to Open G GDG. In addition to the tablature, lyrics and additional verses are presented, along with chord forms and brief historical sketches on each song.This is a great resource for churches, Sunday schools, Bible camps or anyone wanting to be able to "make a joyful noise to the Lord" on their cigar box guitar or other 3-string Open G instrument. Song List: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name, All Things Bright and Beautiful, Amazing Grace, An Old Account Settled, Angel Band, Angels We Have Heard On High, Are You Washed In the Blood?, At the Cross, Away In A Manger, Battle Hymn Of the Republic, Bless the Lord, O My Soul, Blessed Assurance, Blessed Be the Name Of the Lord, Bringing In the Sheaves, Children Go Where I Send Thee, Christ Arose, Down By the Riverside, Down In the River To Pray, Faith Of Our Fathers, Give Me Oil In My Lamp, Glory To His Name, Go Tell It On the Mountain, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Gospel Train, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Have Thine Own Way, He Is Lord, He's Got the Whole World In His Hands, Holy, Holy, I Am Bound For the Promised Land, I Can, I Will, I Do Believe, I Come To the Garden Alone, I Feel Like Traveling On, I Have Decided To Follow Jesus, I Love To Tell the Story, I Must Tell Jesus, I Shall Not Be Moved, I Would Not Be Denied, In the Sweet By And By, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, It Is Well With My Soul, Jesus Loves Me, Jesus Loves the Little Children, Jesus Paid It All, Joy To the World, Just A Closer Walk With Thee, Just As I Am, Just Over In the Glory Land, Kum-Ba-Ya, Leaning On the Everlasting Arms, Let the Lower Lights Be Burning, Little David Play On Your Harp, Living By Faith, Love Lifted Me, Mary Don't You Weep, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, My Savior First Of All

This is a collection of some of the best-known traditional children's songs from through the ages, the songs that so many of us remember from our own early days: Lullabies, Sunday school songs, nursery rhymes and more. These are the songs of our childhoods, and with this songbook you can help pass them for generations to come. Each song arrangement includes 3-string tablature, chord names and forms, lyrics and additional verses. A short snippet of background and history is also provided, as well as multiple arrangements in different keys and styles, to accommodate varying skill levels and vocal ranges.Contains these songs and many more: - A-Hunting We Will Go - A Tisket A Tasket - The Alphabet Song - The Ants Go Marching - Baa Baa Black Sheep - The Bear Went Over the Mountain - B-I-N-G-O (Was His Name-O) - Buffalo Gals - Down By the Station - The Eensy Weensy Spider - The Farmer In the Dell - Five Little Monkeys - Froggie Went a-Courtin' - Grandfather's Clock - Happy Birthday - Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes - Hickory, Dickory, Dock - Hot Cross Buns - I've Been Working On the Railroad - Keep On the Sunny Side - London Bridge - The Man On the Flying Trapeze - Michael Row the Boat Ashore - The Mulberry Bush - Oh the Noble Duke of York - Polly Put the Kettle On - Polly Wolly Doodle - Pop Goes the Weasel - Rain, Rain, Go Away - Ring Around the Rosie - Simple Simon - Six Little Ducks - Skip To Me Lou - This Little Light of Mine - Three Blind Mice - The Wheels On the Bus - Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

This is our complete collection of hymns and spirituals arranged for Cigar Box Guitars, 113 songs in total. We created this special edition for worship leaders and others who want a complete single-volume reference of all of the great old Christian hymns. Each song arrangement includes 3-string tablature, chord names and forms, lyrics and additional verses. Most hymns also include a short snippet of their background and history. Multiple arrangements of most songs are given, to accommodate different skill levels and vocal ranges. Also includes supplemental instructional sections on how to read tablature, play chords and more!