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Catalog > Books > Songbooks updated May 9, 2008
Songbooks | Celtic Collections

Titles listed in alphabetical order

101 Plus 5 Folk Songs for Camp -- 152 pages, by Mike Cohen $24.95
A collection of folk song favorites for camp, school and home. Includes guitar chords, historical notes, and extended introduction on the use of folk songs in a camp music program.
101 Three-Chord Country and Bluegrass Songs -- 144 pages, by Larry McCabe $14.95
You need only minimal playing skills and three chords - G, C, and D7 - to accompany each song in this innovative book. This is the perfect book for beginners, casual musicians, and teaching studios. The book is absolutely bursting with an abundance of timeless standards, many of which are rarely found in print. All songs are made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. Melody, lyrics, and chords are included for each song. We invite your entire family to enjoy this unique book. It is also an excellent, compact fakebook for pros.
101 Three-Chord Hymns and Gospel Songs -- 136 pages, by Larry McCabe $14.95
You need only minimal playing skills and three chords; G, C and D7 to accompany the beautiful songs of faith in this innovative book. If you are a beginning or "casual" player on a chording stringed instrument, this is the book for you. The book is bursting with a great variety of timeless standards your entire family will enjoy. An outstanding collection of innovation arrangements made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. Melody and lyrics are included with all songs. Guitar, ukulele and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords along with tips on strumming. Transposing and use of capo tips are included for singers.
101 Three-Chord Songs -- 128 pages, by Larry McCabe $14.95
You need only minimal playing skills and three chords--G, C, and D7--to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started, or if you are a "casual" player on a chording instrument, this is the perfect book for you. The book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time, bluegrass, gospel, Christmas, children's tunes, Stephen Foster, British and Celtic, cowboy, blues, and more. Because melody and lyrics are provided with every song, singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements, made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some of these songs, like "Dark Hollow" and "Way Downtown," are hard to find in print.) Guitar, uke, and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords, along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. An invaluable reference book for teachers and pros, too!
The Backpacker's Songbook -- 128 pages, by Jerry Silverman $9.95
This compact book presents 130 songs in a convenient 5 1/2 inches by 8 inch format. All selections are written in leadsheet format for voice with complete lyrics, guitar chords and harmonica tablature. Ideal for the trail or campfire singing, take it along on your next hike or camping trip. Written in the guitar- friendly keys of C, G, D, A, E major and A, D, and E minor. Songs include A Tisket, a Tasket; All the Pretty Little Horses; Arkansas Traveler; Aunt Rhody; Bury Me Beneath the Willow; Clementine; Cripple Creek; I've Been Working on the Railroad; Oh Susanna; Pop Goes the Weasel; and many more.
Ballads and Songs of the Civil War -- 272 pages, by Jerry Silverman$14.95
A comprehensive and historically significant song collection, this massive volume captures the hopes and tragedy of the Civil War era. Songs are grouped into the following categories: The Union, The Confederacy, Lincoln, Universal Sentiments, Soldiers Songs, Battles, Negro Spirituals & Abolitionist Songs, The Lighter Side, and Post Bellum. A special feature of this text is the inclusion of authentic formal and informal portraits, plus depicting military encampment of the aftermath of the battle. Arranged for voice with piano accompaniment and guitar chords.
The Bluegrass Gospel Songbook -- 172 pages, by Wayne Erbsen $19.95
This handsome book has over 100 of your favorite bluegrass gospel songs with lyrics, music (melody line), guitar chords, 100+ vintage photos, song histories, the roots of bluegrass gospel music, painless gospel music theory, how to choose the right key, how to operate a capo, using the guitar in gospel music, harmony 101, tips on how to sing lead, baritone, tenor and bass. 9" x 12." Large, easy-to-read font.
Campfire Songbook -- 64 pages, by Jerry Silverman $9.95
Each song in this book was selected for its rousing chorus or its pattern of repeated lyrics (so everyone can sing along). Sixty songs are included to enhance any campfire gathering. Guitar chords, melody notation, and complete lyrics are included.
Children's Song Favorites -- 96 pages, by Alex Usher $12.95
A collection of 75 songs for children of all ages, most of them from the folk tradition. Each song has the melody line, complete lyrics and suggested accompaniment chords for guitar or other instrument. Many of them are unusual¬â¬€ˆ§ for example, all 13 verses of "The Three Blind Mice," "Hail to Britannia" (a British nursery rhyme song), and for older children, "Chopo, My Pony" (a cowboy song), "Old Thompson's Mule" (of minstrel origin) and "The Housewife's Lament." Audience requests have persuaded the author to include two pieces she has written¬â¬€ˆ§"The Doll Song" and "The Solution to Pollution." More than three-quarters of the songs involve audience participation, making this an ideal repertory resource for teachers and youth leaders. A few descriptive sentences, sometimes with suggestions for creative activity, precede each song. The songs are arranged alphabetically, and an extra table of contents lists the songs by categories: animals, cowboys and the West, creative activity, dance tunes, history, holidays, quiet time, and teaching. Although this book was designed primarily for children, the author regularly uses many of these songs with grown-up audiences.
Family Hymn Book -- 148 pages, by Pamela Cooper Bye $14.95
A collection of more than 90 hymns and gospel songs with keyboard harmony and chord symbols. An excellent gift book or comprehensive source book for favorite hymns.
Folk Songs for Schools and Camps -- 96 pages, by Jerry Silverman $12.95
A deluxe, comprehensive collection of 103 school and camp favorites. Contains patriotic songs, campfire songs, hiking songs, and even fun songs for use on buses. Includes melody line, lyrics, and guitar chords.
Front Porch Old-Time Songbook -- 64 pages, by Wayne Erbsen $10.95
Forty-eight all-time favorite Southern songs selected by Wayne Erbsen. Each selection is ideal for "singing and pickin" and is presented with melody line, lyrics, and guitar chords. A special feature is the inclusion of folk stories, jokes and photos.
Fun With Folk Songs With Chords for All Instruments -- 40 pages, by Mel Bay $5.95
Includes chords for all instruments on famous folk songs such as Billy Boy, Frankie and Johnny, Careless Love, and many more.
Kidsongs 48 Easy Folk Songs for Children with Chordal Accompaniment -- 48 pages, by Jerry Silverman $8.95
Created with both children and parents in mind, this collection offers songs that children can sing to their parents, songs that parents can sing to their children, and songs that parents and children can sing together. The musical arrangements are simple, and the keys are user friendly. Includes melody line, lyrics, and suggested guitar chords.
Log Cabin Pioneers - Stories, Songs and Sayings -- 184 pages, by Jerry Silverman $19.95
Step inside the door of Log Cabin Pioneers as Wayne Erbsen takes you on a personal journey of finding and restoring a historic log cabin. By the magic of a crackling fire, he'll introduce you to authentic pioneers who will sing you ancient songs, spin yarns about Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Thomas Jefferson, and tell spell-binding tales of bear hunting with moonshine or give you advice on how to buy a mule. You'll join other settlers in a house raising, new logs for a cabin, find a red ear of corn at a husking bee, and kick up your heels at an old-fashioned barn dance. They'll take you inside an old-time general store and a one-room schoolhouse, and will feed you molasses crips and ash cake. If you're sickly, they'll heal you with remedies and superstitions, or take you to a "yarb doctor" or "granny woman." Ladies will learn how to "catch a man," and gents will learn "how to pick a wife." The book includes 143 vintage black and white photos and melodies, lyrics and chords to 19 songs.
Old-Time Gospel Songbook (with CD) -- by Wayne Erbsen $24.95
Southern gospel classics that will warm your heart, fill your soul, and even get your toes to tapping. Most of these religious songs come from American soil, but the imagery of the poetry, and some of the twists and turns of the melodies have been borrowed from unknown songwriters in ancient times and foriegn lands. The book includes a historical survey of the roots of gospel music--shape-note hymns, religious folk songs, camp meeting spirituals, and sentimental religious songs. All songs are in melody form with lyrics and guitar chords. The CD contains 13 songs from the book.
Old-Time String Band Songbook $21.95
Classic old-time melodies as played by the New Lost City Ramblers. Hundreds of rare photographs, annotations and discographies. Plus an extensive introduction by John Cohen, Mike Seeger, and Hally Wood
Rural Roots of Bluegrass: Songs, Stories and History -- 180 pages, by Wayne Erbsen $22.95
Takes a deep look at bluegrass music to uncover its true roots: ballads of early pioneers, Scots-Irish fiddle tunes, black spirituals, plantations melodies, blues, murder ballads, sentimental parlor songs from Tin Pan Alley, North Carolina banjo styles and gospel songs. The book is richly illustrated with over 100 vintage photos and includes lyrics, musical notation, chords, history and playing tips to 94 songs. There are also nearly 80 pages of history and profiles portraying important musicians including the Monroe Brothers, Carter Family, Riley Puckett, Charlie Poole, Wade & J.E. Mainer, Carolina Tar Heels, Fiddlin¬â¬€ˆ† Arthur Smith, Fiddlin¬â¬€ˆ† John Carson, Coon Creek Girls, Earl Scruggs, Eck Robertson, Jimmie Rodgers and more. Optional CD by Wayne Erbsen and Laura Boosinger is available containing fourteen songs from the book.
Russian Gypsy Folk Songs -- 96 pages, by Bibs Ekkel $14.95
Presented here is a rare collection of some of the best Gypsy folk songs popular among the Romanies of Russia and Eastern Europe. All offered in the original Romany tribal dialect, as appropriate to each song, with easy-to-follow pronunciation guide specially formulated for the native English speaker and literal (word-for-word) English translation. The appended short historical and linguistic overview offers a rare insight into the history, traditions, language as well as the music and songs of this unique and mysterious people. Piano/vocal arrangements.
Saint Louis Blues and Other Song Hits of 1914 -- by Sandy Marrone $9.95
102 pages. 21 songs scored for piano and vocal/melody, no chord symbols.
The Yiddish Songbook -- by Jerry Silverman $19.95
206 pages. 113 songs in standard melody notation with chord symbols and lyrics in transliterated Yiddish plus English translation.