American Canjo Songbook - Volume 1 - Easy-to-play Tablature for 53 Well-Known Songs (Printed Version)

Grab your canjo and get picking, with this treasure trove of 53 beloved, well-known songs! Playing these songs is easier than you ever believed, just follow the numbers above the words in the easy-to-play canjo tablature format. This 60-page song book was designed and printed at C. B. Gitty, with all tablature arranged by Ben "Gitty" Baker and Nick Lanciano. We even include a page on how to read the tablature and play your canjo, and links to more canjo-related resources online!

This is the printed version of the song book, where we ship you a 60-page black and white book, with a glossy cardstock cover and nice brochure-stock pages. For the e-book downloadable version of the songbook, click here.

Here is a sample of the tablature style:

(Each number above the word corresponds to which fret you should finger on the canjo's fretboard. A zero (0) means plug the string open/unfretted.)

Here is the list of songs included in this song book:

• Amazing Grace
• Auld Lang Syne
• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Buffalo Gals 
• Camptown Races 
• Crawdad Hole 
• Down By the Riverside 
• Down in the River to Pray 
• Grandfather’s Clock 
• Happy Birthday 
• Hard Times (Come Again No More) 
• Home on the Range 
• I’ll Tell Me Ma 
• In The Pines 
• I’ve Been Working on the Railroad 
• Keep On the Sunny Side 
• Kum-ba-ya 
• London Bridge (Is Falling Down) 
• Lullaby (Cradle Song) 
• Marines’ Hymn (Halls of Montezuma) 
• Mary Had a Little Lamb 
• Michael Row the Boat Ashore 
• My Country ‘Tis of Thee 
• Nearer, My God to Thee 
• Ode to Joy (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
• Oh My Darlin’ Clementine
• Oh! Susanna
• Old Joe Clark
• Polly Wolly Doodle
• Red River Valley
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Scotland the Brave
• She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain
• Shenandoah
• Simple Gifts
• Skip To My Lou
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Take Me Out To The Ball Game
• (Give Me) That Old Time Religion
• This Land is Your Land
• This Old Man
• This Train (is Bound for Glory)
• Tom Dooley
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• (The) Water Is Wide
• Wayfaring Stranger
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• When The Saints Go Marching In
• Wild Mountain Thyme
• Wildwood Flower
• Wreck of the Old ‘97
• Yankee Doodle