Old-Time Tune Themes Analysis

Tunes played in Victoria BCs Old-Time Jams

Analysis by Wendy Anthony (4 Jan 2010)

Index of Themes:
Geography | Plants | Animals | Birds
Time | Money | Colour | Food & Drink | Items
Events | Dances | Cultural | Gals | Guys | Fun

Geography

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys

Places

Bibb County Breakdown/Hoedown

Arkansas Traveler

Altamont

Down In Little Egypt

Goodbye Girls, I'm Going To Boston (Gmix GDAE)


Cumberland Gap

Ashokan Farewell

Bostony

Farewell To Trion



Georgia Railroad (a.k.a. Peter Went A Fishin')

Belles of Lexington

Cumberland Gap

Road To Malvern (by Jim Childress)



Great Big Taters In A Sandy Land

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Dixie Hoedown

Texas Gals



Hell Amongst The Round Peakers

Cider Mill

Fort Smith Breakdown

Tuscaloosa Waltz



Jenny Ran Away In The Mud In The Night

Country Waltz

Going Back To Fielden




Kansas City Reel

Cumberland Gap

Going To Hamburg




Road To Malvern (by Jim Childress)

Grasshopper Sittin' On A Sweetpotato Vine

Katy Hill




Richmond

Idlewood

North Carolina Breakdown




Round Town Girls

Old Dubuque

Sheep & Hogs Walking Thru The Pasture




Texas

Old Missouri

Tennessee Breakdown





Robinson County

Texas Barbed Wire





Rochester Schottische






Rockingham Cindy






Rocky Mountain Goat






Soap Bubbles Over The Fence (aka Too Young To Marry)






Sugar Hill






Washington's March






We'll Die In The Pig Pen Fighting






Western Country (a.k.a. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss; Susanna Gal)










Feature

Black Jack Grove

5 Miles From Town

Cherokee Trail

Billy In The Lowground

Icy Mountain


Fine Times At Our House

Brushy Run

Moon Behind The Hill




Fire On the Mountain

Dry & Dusty

Muddy Roads




Old Yeller Dog Runnin' Through The Meeting House

Dusty Miller

Old Plantation




Shady Grove


Possum On A Rail




Shelvin' Rock


Stony Point









Water

Brushy Fork Of John's Creek

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Big Sciota

Mississippi Breakdown

Boating Up Sandy


Cripple Creek

Ducks On A Millpond

Bitter Creek


Ducks On The Pond


Crow Creek

Going Across The Sea

Cripple Creek


Salt River


Girl I Left On Sandy

Lady On The Lake

Elk River Blues




Going Across The Sea

Midnight On The Water

Ladies On The Steamboat




Grub Springs

Mississippi Sawyer

Lost Creek




Train On The Island

Over The Waterfall

Peeler Creek Waltz




Waterbound

Red Lick

Sandy River Belle





Sail Away Ladies

Willow In The Lake





Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes






Soap Bubbles Over The Fence (aka Too Young To Marry)






Spring Creek Gal






Swannanoa Waltz






Waiting For The Boatman






Waterbound






Westfork Gals










Plants

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys


Chinquapin

Apple Blossom

Blackberry Blossom

Four Cent Cotton

June Apple


Chinquapin Hunting

Cider Mill

Feed Your Horse Corn & Hay


Shakin' Down The Acorns


Cotton-Eye Joe

Folding Down The Sheet

Magnolia One-Step


Tater Patch


Great Big Taters In A Sandy Land

Grasshopper Sittin' On A Sweetpotato Vine

Nail That Catfish To A Tree




Indian On A Stump

Rose Tree

Willow In The Lake




Old Corn Liquor

Whiskey Before Breakfast





Sugar In the Guord






Teabag Blues






Zack Wheat's Piece











Animals

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys

Dogs

Granny Does Your Dog Bite


Stump Tailed Dog


Pretty Little Dog


Old Yeller Dog Runnin' Through The Meeting House


Wolves A Howlin'









Horses

Buckin' Dun

Single Footed Horse

Bucking Mule




Old Horse & Buggy-O

Spotted Pony

Flop-Eared Mule






Horses In The Canebreak






Old Grey Mare






Saddle Up The Grey









Cattle

Bull At The Wagon


Buffalo Gals




Red Steer


Bull At The Wagon









Pigs

Hog Eye

Pig Ankle Rag

Sheep & Hogs Walking Thru The Pasture Fire


Hog-Eyed Man



We'll Die In The Pig Pen Fighting

Shove That Pig's Foot Closer To The


Wild Hog In The Woods







Deer/Goats/Sheep


Forked Deer

Elk River Blues


John Riley The Shepherd



Rocky Mountain Goat

Sheep & Hogs Walking Thru The Pasture Fire









Cats



And The Cat Came Back


Sadie At The Back Door







Rodents

Ground Hog

Indian Ate A Woodchuck

Indian Ate A Woodchuck


Squirrel Hunter (Amix GDAE)


Little Rabbit Where's Your Mammy

Old Molly Hare

Possum On A Rail





Rabbit In A Pea Patch










Snakes

L'Ville / Snake Hunt

Black Snake Bit Me On The Toe










Fish


Fisher's Hornpipe

Nail That Catfish To A

Tree









Insects


Grasshopper Sittin' On A

Sweetpotato Vine










Birds

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys

Wild

Crow Creek

Cuckoo's Nest

Pretty Little Bird


Ducks On The Pond


Grey Eagle

Ducks On The Millpond

Jaybird Died Of The Whooping Cough





Hawks & Eagles

Magpie





Jump Jim Crow

Ootpik Waltz






Red Wing






Shoot That Turkey Buzzard









Barnyard

Crow Little Rooster

Checken Reel

Blue Goose

Old Grey Goose

Cluck Old Hen




Chicken & Dumplings






Chicken Reel









Time

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys


8th of January

28th of January

Dance All Night With A Bottle In My Hand


Cold Frosty Morning (A min)


Breakin' Up Xmas

Green Willis

Moon Behind The Hill




Fine Times At Our House

Kickin' Up The Devil On A Holiday

Walking In My Sleep




Get Up In The Cool

Midnight On The Water

Year Of The Jubilo




Jenny Ran Away In The Mud In The Night

Too Young To Marry





Late For The Dance

Waiting For Nancy






Waiting For The Boatman






Whiskey Before Breakfast










Money

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys



Fortune


Four Cent Cotton




Give Me Back My 15 Cents


Poor Girls Waltz (by Andy de Jarlis)






Wooden Nickel








Colour

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys


Black Jack Grove

Black-Eyed Suzie

Blackberry Blossom

East Tennessee Blues



Grey Eagle

Black Snake Bit Me On The Toe

Blue Goose

Old Grey Goose



John Brown's Dream

Green Willis

Coloured Aristocracy




Old Yeller Dog Runnin' Through

The Meeting House

Red Lick

Cousin Sally Brown




Teabag Blues

Spotted Pony

Elk River Blues






Golden Slippers






Greenback Dolly-O






Old Grey Mare






Red Wing






Saddle Up The Grey









Food & Drink

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys


Chinquapin

Apple Blossom

Blackberry Blossom


Ducks On The Pond


Chinquapin Hunting

Black Snake Bit Me On The Toe

Blue Goose

Fiddler's Drunk, Fun's All Over

June Apple


Cookhouse Joe

Checken Reel

Chicken & Dumplings

Old Grey Goose

Kitchen Girl


Fine Times At Our House

Cider Mill

Dance All Night With A Bottle In My Hand


Tater Patch


Great Big Taters In A Sandy Land

Fisher's Hornpipe

Dill Pickle Rag


Wild Hog In The Woods


Grub Springs

Forked Deer

Elk River Blues




Old Corn Liquor

Grasshopper Sittin' On A Sweetpotato Vine

Feed Your Horse Corn & Hay




Red Steer

Indian Ate A Woodchuck

Indian Ate A Woodchuck




Sugar In the Guord

Old Molly Hare

Nail That Catfish To A Tree




Teabag Blues

Molly Put The Kettle On

Old Plantation




Zack Wheat's Piece

Rabbit In A Pea Patch

Sheep & Hogs Walking Thru The Pasture





Rocky Mountain Goat

Temperance Reel





Shove That Pig's Foot Closer To The Fire






Sugar Hil






Whiskey Before Breakfast










Items

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys


Bull At The Wagon

Cider Mill

Barlow Knife

Wagoner One-Step

Greasy Coat (Ador AEAE)


Cookhouse Joe

Fortune

Bull At The Wagon


Old Bunch Of Keys


Double File

Katy Bar The Door

Chicken & Dumplin's


Sadie At The Back Door


Gunboat (a.k.a. Going Down to Georgie-o)

Make A Little Boat

Cowhide Boots




Old Horse & Buggy-O

Needle Case

Crooked Stovepipe





Rock The Cradle Joe

Gate To Go Through





Rusty Gun

Golden Slippers





Ship In The Clouds

Leather Britches





Shove That Pig's Foot Closer To The Fire

Puncheon Floor






Shoes & Stockings









Events

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys


8th of January

28th of January

And The Cat Came Back

Billy In The Lowground

Cold Frosty Morning (A min)


Booth Shot Lincoln

Bonaparte's Retreat

Bound To Have A Little Fun


Hobart's Transformation


Bull At The Wagon

Christmas Eve

Bull At The Wagon


Rock Andy (Amix AEAE)


Breakin' Up Xmas

Country Waltz

Dance All Night With A Bottle In My Hand


Roscoe's Gone


Chinquapin Hunting

Give Me Back My 15 Cents

Feed Your Horse Corn & Hay


Sadie At The Backdoor


Fine Times At Our House

Grasshopper Sittin' On A Sweetpotato Vine

Going Back To Fielden


Shakin' Down The Acorn


Fire On The Mountain

Hang Me

Going To Hamburg




Get Up In The Cool

Indian Ate A Woodchuck

Jaybird Died Of The Whooping Cough




Going Across The Sea

Liberty

Jenny Ran Away In The Mud In The Night




Hell Amongst The Round Peakers

Life's Fortune (by Erynn Marshall)

Lost Girl




Jenny Ran Away In The Mud In The Night

Little Girl Will Fool Me

Nail That Catfish To A Tree




John Brown's Dream

Make A Little Boat

Saddle Up The Grey




Late For The Dance

Molly Put The Kettle On

Shoot That Turkey Buzzard




Old Yeller Dog Runnin' Through The Meeting House

Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes

Shove That Pig's Foot Closer To The Fire




Poor Little Thing Cried Mammy

Soap Bubbles Over The Fence (aka Too Young To Marry)

Wolves A Howlin'




Snake Hunt

Soldier's Joy

Year Of The Jubilo




Train On The Island

Walkin' In The Parlour





Trouble In Mind

Washington's March





Up Jumped Trouble

Whiskey Before Breakfast










Dances

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys


Big Hoedown

Country Waltz

Bound To Have A Little

Fun

Barndance Polka

Damion's Winder


Cherokee Shuffle

Durang's Hornpipe

Dance All Night With A

Bottle In My Hand

Chinese Breakdown



Fine Times At Our House

Kickin' Up The Devil On A Holiday

Dill Pickle Rag

Fiddler's Drunk, Fun's All Over



Hangman's Reel

Sharpe's Hornpipe

Dixie Hoedown

Poor Girl Waltz (by Andy deJarlis)



Irish Polka

Shuffle About

Fort Smith Breakdown




Kansas City Reel

St. Anne's Reel

Hopscotch Polka




Late For The Dance

Too Young To Marry

Irish Waltz




Miller's Reel

Walkin' In The Parlour

Miss McLeod's Reel





Washington's March

North Carolina Breakdown





Winder Slide

Roustabout





Woodchopper's Reel

Temperance Reel






Walking In My Sleep









Cultural

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys

Aboriginal

Cherokee Shuffle

Cherokee Trail

Indian Ate A Woodchuck

Chinese Breakdown



Indian On A Stump

Indian Ate A Woodchuck

Seneca Squaredance




Lost Indian

Kiowa Special










Multi Culture

Irish Polka

Chinese Breakdown

Coloured Aristocracy

Down In Little Egypt



Little Dutch Girl


Irish Waltz









Gals

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys

Sal

Sally Goodin'

Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes

Cousin Sally Brown

Poor Girl Waltz (by Andy de Jarlis)




Sally Ann

Sally Johnson





Sally Johnson






St. Anne's Reel










Other Gals

Candy Girl

Angeline The Baker

Buffalo Gals

Texas Gals

Goodbye Girls, I'm Going To Boston (Gmix GDAE)


Dinah

Belles of Lexington

Girl I Left Behind Me




Girl I Left On Sandy

Backstep Cindy

Granny (from Henry Reed)


Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman


Granny Does Your Dog Bite

Black-Eyed Suzie

Johnson Girls


June Apple


Jenny Ran Away In The Mud In The Night

Cindy

Josie-O


Kitchen Girl


Little Dutch Girl

Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

Katy Hill


Little Doney


Little Girl With Her Hair All Down Behind

Julianne Johnson

Ladies On The Steamboat


Little Maggie


Little Rabbit Where's Your Mammy

Katie Bar The Door

Liza Jane


Sadie At The Backdoor


Old Ma Flannagan

Lady On The Lake

Lost Girl


Santa Anna's Retreat


Poor Little Thing Cried Mammy

Little Gal Will Fool Me

Miss McLeod's Reel




Round Town Girls

Martha Campbell

Ora Lee




Sail Away Ladies

Molly Put The Kettle On

Red Wing




Say Old Man Can I Have Your Daughter

Nancy

Sandy River Belle




Sweet Marie

Polly Put The Kettle On

Where's That Preacher With The Rabbi's Wife





Ragtime Annie






Rockingham Cindy






Sail Away Ladies






Spring Creek Gals






Susanna Gals






Twin Sisters






Waiting For Nancy






West Fork Gals


































Guys

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys

Joe

Black Jack Grove

Jack Wilson

John Paul Jamieson

Old Joe

John Riley The Shepherd


Brushy Fork Of John's Creek

Johnny Don't Get Drunk

Lazy John




Cookhouse Joe

Rock The Cradle Joe

Walk Along John




John Brown's Dream






Old Joe Clark











Other Guys

Arnold Van Peet's Tune

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Ebeneezer

Billy In The Lowground

Elzick's Farewell


Bill Cheatum

Bonaparte's Retreat

Old Billy Hell

Boston Boy

Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman


Boatman

Durang's Hornpipe

Roscoe

Flat Foot Henry

Hobart's Transformation


Bob Will's Tune

Green Willis

Tom Bigbee Waltz


Hog-Eyed Man


Booth Shot Lincoln

Grott's

Where's That Preacher With The Rabbi's Wife


Jack Of Diamonds


Hangman's Reel

Marmaduke



Old Joe Clark (Amix)


Jeff Sturgeon

Old Jimmy Sutton



Rock Andy (Amix AEAE)


Little Billy Wilson

Washington's March



Roscoe's Gone (by Hank Bradley (Dmix ADAE)


Policeman






Sandy Boys






Say Old Man Can I Have Your Daughter











Fun

Key of A

Key of D

Key of G

Key of C

Modal Keys

(“Sex” was missing,

according to a Banjo player

Fine Times At Our House

Cider Mill

Bound To Have A Little Fun

Fiddler's Drunk, Fun's All Over

Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman


Late For The Dance

Cuckoo's Nest

Dance All Night With A Bottle In My Hand



I looked for

Moon Behind The Hill

Folding Down The Sheet

Where's That Preacher With The Rabbi's Wife



Ingredients ...

Old Corn Liquor

Kickin' Up The Devil On A Holiday

Wolves A Howlin'




Say Old Man Can I Have Your Daughter

Life's Fortune (by Erynn Marshall)





Shady Grove

Little Girl Will Fool Me





Sweet Marie

Midnight On The Water





Trouble In Mind

Soap Bubbles Over The Fence (aka Too Young To Marry)





Up Jumped Trouble












Themes: Geography | Plants | Animals | Birds | Time | Money | Colour | Food & Drink | Items | Events | Dances | Cultural | Gals | Guys

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Old-Time Tunes Theme Analysis
Conception & Orchestration by Wendy Anthony
Updated 4 Jan 2010


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