"Pig In A Pen" follows Phyllis's first book and is also a comprehensive, informative book dedicated to the unique playing and construction style of the Galax Dulcimer. Included are songs with playing instructions and Phyllis' own adapted notation showing the authentic playing style of the Galax dulcimer. History and construction as well as some of the artists who defined this style are also included.
Phyllis has illustrated this book around the title theme. Her magic as an artist and illustrator abound as the book is not only informative but beautiful.
This book is published by Folkcraft® Instruments, under the Fingers Of Steel® imprint.
Songs included:
Can You Dance A Tobacco Hill?
Cheat River
Cousin Sally Brown
Down By The Salley Gardens
The Eighth Of January
Grasshopper Sittin' On A Sweet Potato Vine
Lifting Fog
Lily Of The Valley
Morpeth Rant
Nancy Blevins
Needlecase
Rocking My Babies To Sleep
Rock That Cradle, Joe
Trude Evans
Tucker's Barn
Twin Sisters
Barlow Knife
Billy In The Lowland
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Gentle Maiden
The Irish Washerwoman
Jamie Allen
Lost Girl
Magpie
Mulvahill's Polkas #1
Mulvahill's Polkas #2
Old Dad
Old Yeller Dog Came Trottin' Through The Meetin' House
Pear Tree
Pig In A Pen
Piney Woods Gal
Prettiest Little Girl In The County
Roscoe
Walking That Pretty Girl Home
Waves On The Ocean
The Deaf Woman's Courtship
Betty Likens
Callahan
June Apple
Little Dutch Girl
Little Rabbit
Oh, Miss Liza, Poor Gal
Old Mother Flannagan
Ole Time John Henry
Red Haired Boy
Santa Anna's Retreat
Sourwood Mountain
Sullivan's Polka
Tater Patch
Undaunted Noter
Walsh's Hornpipe
Belfast Polka
Little Black Dog Came Trottin' Down The Road
Puncheon Floor
Lanigan's Ball
Scollay's Reel
The Butterfly
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