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DryBones
May-16-2007, 5:40pm
I knew Rabbit in a Log and Feast Here Tonight were the same song but scrolling through my iPod I also found Cherokee Shuffle and Lost Indian. How many more are out there?

MartinD_GibsonA
May-16-2007, 8:10pm
"Red Haired Boy" and "Little Beggarman" (Also called "Jolly Beggarman") ... although to be completely honest about it, it's called "Red Haired Boy" when you only play it and "Little/Jolly Beggarman" when you also sing it.

Don Smith

Flowerpot
May-16-2007, 8:51pm
Well, "Cherokee Shuffle" and "Lost Indian" are different songs, even if you made them in the same key. The A parts are nearly identical, but the B parts are very different.

There are a LOT of Irish, Celtic and Old-time tunes with multiple names, as in hundreds of tunes with two or three names. It would be hard to even start. Well, OK there's Uncle Joe/Hop High Ladies/Hop Light Ladies, and Robinson County/New Five Cent (though the latter two may be different tunes, but I can't hear a nickel's worth of difference.... grooooannnn).

sgarrity
May-16-2007, 9:07pm
This was done a few months back with a ton of songs listed. But I'll be darned if I can find the thread

mythicfish
May-16-2007, 9:16pm
All of these "old timey" tunes were derived from making "mistakes" while trying to play Mrs McLeod's Reel.

Curt

John Flynn
May-16-2007, 9:26pm
This is easy: There are only 12 old time tunes and eight of them are "Soldier's Joy!" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

JeffD
May-16-2007, 9:57pm
This is easy: There are only 12 old time tunes and eight of them are "Soldier's Joy!" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Ulysses Grant said there are only two tunes, one is Yankee Doodle, and the other ummm... isn't.

harper
May-16-2007, 10:08pm
"The Fiddler's Companion" here (http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc/)is an excellent site for quickly finding alternate names of fiddle tunes, as well as sources.

James P
May-16-2007, 10:18pm
This was done a few months back with a ton of songs listed. #But I'll be darned if I can find the thread
I remember that too. #
I think I posted 'Manha de Carnival' aka 'Black Orpheus' aka 'A Day in the Life of a Fool.'

Or there's 'Arthur Daley's' aka Arthur Darley's Swedish, The Bruckless Shore, Doherty's and The Swedish Jig.

Any Day Now
May-17-2007, 12:11pm
One of the best songs off Chris Thile and Mike Marshall's "Live Duets" is called "Joyride in a Toy Car" or "Tally Ho" personally I like joyride better.

jmcgann
May-17-2007, 2:57pm
All of these "old timey" tunes were derived from making "mistakes" while trying to play Mrs McLeod's Reel.


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John Ritchhart
May-17-2007, 10:33pm
My favorite same with different name ideas is Stoney Point and Pigtown Fling.

Dan Cole
May-18-2007, 5:48pm
How about "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "Bluegrass Breakdown"! #Well they're not exactly alike but close.

John Flynn
May-18-2007, 7:01pm
The Boys of Bluehill/Twin Sisters/ She Shoulda Been a Lady
Mississippi Snag/Fort Smith Breakdown
Miss McLoed's Reel/Did You Ever See the Devil Uncle Joe?
Goin' Down to Cairo/Goodbye Liza Jane
Sally in the Garden/Hogeyed Man
Waterbound/Stay All Night

jmcgann
May-18-2007, 7:08pm
Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London...

AlanN
May-18-2007, 9:11pm
My Sweet Lord and He's So Fine...

John Flynn
May-18-2007, 10:32pm
"Ted Eschliman's Silent Night" and "Silent Night" are actually the same tune, but you have to listen really carefully! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

http://www.mandolincafe.net/mp3/eschliman.mp3

cooper4205
May-18-2007, 11:06pm
Battle of N.O./Eighth of January

dzen
May-19-2007, 7:13pm
Katy Hill and Sally Johnson, though there are fiddlers who insist they're different tunes.

Mike Bunting
May-19-2007, 9:57pm
"Red Haired Boy" and "Little Beggarman" (Also called "Jolly Beggarman") ... although to be completely honest about it, it's called "Red Haired Boy" when you only play it and "Little/Jolly Beggarman" when you also sing it.

AKA" Gilderoy" and "There Was An Old Soldier (and He Had a Wooden Leg).

Steve G
May-19-2007, 11:28pm
Evening Prayer Blues / Montgomery Belle
Hell Broke Loose in Georgia / Possum Up a Gumstump

DailyAcousticMusic
May-20-2007, 12:40am
Charlie Parker's Donna Lee and Back Home in Indiana...

Kia Manuia,

Dale