favorite old fiddle tunes for the mandolin

**banjomanva** · Aug-02-2005, 1:42pm

just curious what everyones favorite old time fiddle tune is that they play on the mandolin. I guess mine would be bill cheatham or mississippi sawyer

**John Flynn** · Aug-02-2005, 2:32pm

There are too many favorites to list, but here are some of my favorite titles of the fiddle tunes I either do or am learning:
> Squirrel Heads and Gravy
> Nail That Catfish to a Tree
> Bonaparte Crossing the Rockies
> Jawbone
> She Shoulda' Been a Lady
> That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It
> Forty Miles From Georgetown With No Whiskey
> Screamer
> Indian Ate a Woodchuck
> Goodbye Girls, I’m Goin’ to Boston
> Jump in the Well, My Pretty Little Miss
> Sheep and Hogs Walking Through the Pasture
> Snouts and Ears of America
> Hog Eyed Man

**fatt-dad** · Aug-02-2005, 2:40pm

It changes every day - this could be a long thread. . . . .

Right now, I'm working on "Fat Meat and Dumplings", Weave and Way and Katy Hill. I really enjoy playing Dubuque, Hawks and Eagles, Chinese Breakdown and Durang's Hornpipe too. And, I'm trying to get the folks that I play with to learn Rye Straw and Sally in the Garden. Tonight I play with a monthly Old-Time group (in Richmond, Virginia if you can join) and tomorrow, I may have some different tunes to work on. . . .

f-d

**evanreilly** · Aug-02-2005, 2:47pm

My fave real oldie is 'Smoky Mountain Schottische'; others are 'Heel and Toe Polka', 'Rickett's' and 'Durang's' hornpipes.

**bsimmers** · Aug-03-2005, 1:18pm

Arkansas Traveler.
St. Anne's Reel.
Anything Big Mon played.

**fatt-dad** · Aug-03-2005, 1:20pm

I want to learn "Martha Campbell" - anybody have the tab?

f-d

**John Ritchhart** · Aug-16-2005, 9:48am

Red Haired Boy, Cuckoo's Nest, and Fisher's Hornpipe

**JGWoods** · Aug-16-2005, 10:42am

Right now
Spring Creek Gal- because I am playing itin a fiddle contest soon
Sugar in the Gourd- love the B part under my fingers
Bill Cheatem- not easy that, especially the B part

**acousticphd** · Aug-16-2005, 10:58am

Recently I've been getting together with a fiddler, banjo player, and guitarist to play old-time, and slowly learning various new and arcane tunes.

Some new favorites:
Spotted Pony
Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap
Fine Times at Our House
Snowdrop
Fly Around Pretty Little Miss (what she did right before she jumped in the well)
Hangman's Reel

More familiar favorites:
Washington's March
Winder Slide
Twin Sisters
Big Sciota

No end to the various ways people play these tunes.

Fatt-dad, I thought you'd given up tab.

**Coy Wylie** · Aug-16-2005, 11:08am

The list of favorites is way too long to post...

Here are the ones I've recently learned and enjoy playing:

Dixie Breakdown
The World is Waiting for the Sun to Shine

I love this medley from the "Songs from the Mountain" CD. I'm learning it on fiddle but also practice it on mandolin:

Mountain Air/Washington's March/Bonapart's Retreat

Next up: Mexican Stomp

**fatt-dad** · Aug-16-2005, 9:38pm

Originally Posted by (acousticphd @ Aug. 16 2005, 11:58)

Fatt-dad, I thought you'd given up tab.

Just a couple of days ago (and now that I've learned Martha Campbell).

f-d

**kvk** · Aug-17-2005, 7:32am

Right now....

Salt River
Blackberry Blossom

**Coy Wylie** · Aug-17-2005, 9:06am

I found a cool old tune on Jim Moss's Frank Wakefield site. It's called "Cruel Willie." Sounds great on both mando and fiddle.

I'm also learning "Brown County Breakdown" by Big Mon.