Songs with more than one name

[DryBones]

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]

"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]

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]

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]

All of these "old timey" tunes were derived from making "mistakes" while trying to play Mrs McLeod's Reel.

Curt

[John Flynn]

This is easy: There are only 12 old time tunes and eight of them are "Soldier's Joy!"

[JeffD]

This is easy: There are only 12 old time tunes and eight of them are "Soldier's Joy!"

Ulysses Grant said there are only two tunes, one is Yankee Doodle, and the other ummm... isn't.

[harper]

"The Fiddler's Companion" hereis an excellent site for quickly finding alternate names of fiddle tunes, as well as sources.

[James P]

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]

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]

All of these "old timey" tunes were derived from making "mistakes" while trying to play Mrs McLeod's Reel.

[John Ritchhart]

My favorite same with different name ideas is Stoney Point and Pigtown Fling.

[Dan Cole]

How about "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "Bluegrass Breakdown"! #Well they're not exactly alike but close.

[John Flynn]

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]

Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London...

[AlanN]

My Sweet Lord and He's So Fine...

[John Flynn]

"Ted Eschliman's Silent Night" and "Silent Night" are actually the same tune, but you have to listen really carefully!

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

[cooper4205]

Battle of N.O./Eighth of January

[dzen]

Katy Hill and Sally Johnson, though there are fiddlers who insist they're different tunes.

[Mike Bunting]

"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]

Evening Prayer Blues / Montgomery Belle
Hell Broke Loose in Georgia / Possum Up a Gumstump

[DailyAcousticMusic]

Charlie Parker's Donna Lee and Back Home in Indiana...

Kia Manuia,

Dale