Dulcimer Songs

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Week 1:

• Chording with the C chord and G7 chord
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
• The Bum Diddy Strum
• 2 chord songs -
  • He's Got the Whole World Lyrics - He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
  • Lemon Tree Lemon Tree
  • Yellow Submarine

Week 2:

• Shorten' Bread Shorten' Bread Shorten' Bread2
• More 2 chord songs
  • Polly Wooly Doodle Polly Wolly Doodle
  • Skip to My Lou Skip to My Lou

Week 3:

• Old Mac Donald Had A Farm Old MacDonald
• More 2 Chord Songs
  • London Bridge is Falling Down London Bridge is Falling Down
  • Ten Little Monkeys Ten Little Indians

Week 4:

• Old Blue
  
• Mary Had a Little Lamb with chording and harmony Mary Had a Little Lamb
• More 2 chord songs
  • Clementine Clementine
  • Here We Go Luby-Lou Looby Loo

Week 5:

• Go Tell Aunt Rhody Go Tell Aunt Rhody words , Go Tell Aunt Rhody music
• Down by the Station  -- What are "Pufferbellies?" -  - Picture of Pufferbellies.
  
• The Farmer and the Dell
• The More We Get Together
  
•  Extra practice for fun - Fast chord changes with:
  • Three Blind Mice Three Blind Mice
  • Frere Jacque Frere Jacques (Brother John)

Week 6:

• Simple Gifts
  
• Hush Little Baby Hush Little Baby
• More 2 chords songs
  • Eensy Weensy Spider Eensey Weensy Spider
  • Water Come to Me Eye Water Come To Me Eye
  • Hush Little Baby Hush Little Baby

Week 7:

• The 4 Chord Progression
  • Today While the Blossoms Still Cling to the Vine Today
  • Where Have all the Flowers Gone Where Have all the Flowers Gone
  • Heart and Soul
  • Lollipop
  • 26 Miles Across the Sea    (Santa Catalina)
  • I Love the Mountains.
    
• Wildwood Flower - melody and chords Wildwood Flower

Week 8:

• Chariot's a Comin'
• Yellow Bird
• Banana Boat Song
• Mary Anne
  
• 3 chord song - Happy Birthday Happy Birthday

Week 9:

• Chariot's a Coming Chariot's a Comin'
• Sloop John B
• Oleanna
• Jamaica Farewell
  
• 3 chord song - Happy Birthday Happy Birthday

2 Chord Songs

• He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
• Lemon Tree
• Yellow Submarine
• Polly Wolly Doodle
• Skip to My Lou
• London Bridges
• Ten Little Monkeys
• Clementine
• Here We Go Luby-Lou
• Aloutette
• Eensy Weensy Spider
• Whenever Mary Has Her Blue Bow On
• Rock A My Soul
• This Old Man
• Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush
• Water Come To Me Eye
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Hush Little Baby
• Bye Bye Miss American Pie
• Down in the Valley
• Streets of Laredo
• Play a Simple Melody (How Much Is That Doggie, and other tunes)
• Simple Gifts
• Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me
• Hey Betty Martin

3 Chord Songs

• Wildwood Flower
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• Shorten' Bread
• Old Mac Donald
• Happy Birthday
• Chariot's a Coming
• Jingle Bells
• Silent Night
• She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• The Bear Went Over the Mountain
• On Top of Old Smokey
• Home on the Range
• Amazing Grace
• You are My Sunshine
• Michael Row theBoat Ashore
• Kumbaya
• O'Susanna
• Bile 'em Cabbage Down
• This Land is Your Land

4 Chord Songs

• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
• Today
• 500 Miles
• Blowin' In the Wind
• Dream
• Octopus's Garden
• All Through the Night
• If I Had a Hammer
• Cruel War
• Heart and Soul
• Lollipop