Harmonica Songbook: American Folk Songs (Songbooks for Harmonica);

Thomas Balinger
Harmonica Songbook
American Folk Songs

A collection of American Folk Songs, arranged for easy Blues Harp (10-channel diatonic harp, system Richter) in C. You’ll find the “classics”, but you’ll also encounter songs not as common and maybe even some you might never have heard before.
This book is aimed at the beginning to intermediate player. The songs have been transposed and arranged for easy playing – you can play all of them without having to master advanced playing techniques like bending and overblowing first. Whether you’re a complete beginner or have been playing for some time: these songs you can play right away.
All songs feature additional harmonica tablature. This system of graphical notation tells you exactly what to play, making it ideally suited for beginners and players who don’t read standard notation.
Plus chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams. If you happen to have any guitar playing friend(s), you can start playing these songs together right away!

Songs

1. A cowboy‘s life
2. Acres of clams
3. A horse named Bill
4. All the good times are past and gone
5. Angel Band
6. Arkansas Traveler
7. Aura Lee
8. Beautiful brown eyes
9. Billy Boy
10. Billy the kid
11. Blood on the saddle
12. Boil them cabbage down
13. Buffalo gals
14. Bury me not on the lone prairie
15. Carry me back to old Virginny
16. Cluck old hen
17. Colorado trail
18. Cotton-eyed Joe
19. Cumberland Gap
20. Danville girl
21. Dixie
22. Down to the river to pray
23. East Virginia Blues
24. Engine 143
25. Erie Canal
26. Frankie and Johnny
27. Git along, little dogies
28. Goin‘ across the mountain
29. I‘m sad and I‘m lonely
30. In the pines
31. I ride an old Paint
32. Jack of diamonds
33. Lakes of Ponchartrain
34. Little brown jug
35. Make me down a pallet
36. My home‘s across the smoky mountains
37. My old Kentucky home
38. Oh! Susanna
39. Old Dan Tucker
40. Shady Grove
41. Shortnin‘ bread
42. Simple gifts
43. The cruel war
44. The golden Vanity
45. Tom Dooley
46. When Johnny comes marching home
47. Wildwood flower
48. Wind and rain
49. Worried man Blues
50. Yankee Doodle