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The General Volume 2002 Revision is in 8.5" X 11" format printed on both sides of paper and assembled in book form with a ¾” plastic binder comb. The songs include melody lines in standard musical notation, accompaniment chords, and words for most songs. Numbers for the melody string(s) for fretted dulcimers are also shown (usually for dulcimers tuned in a DAA tuning). All of the songs listed below (including the Christmas songs) are included in the 2002 Revision. There are a few pages that have more than one song on them. The 2002 Revision includes 14 introductory pages, 250 pages of music in the general section, 1 cover page in the Christmas section, and 45 pages of music in the Christmas section for a total of 310 pages printed on both sides of 155 sheets of paper. The usual format for the book includes heavier protective cover stock around those pages bound with a standard 19 hole ¾” black plastic binder. The price for this book is $30. In the USA, include $10.00 shipping/handling for each General Volume ordered.

Dulci-More Public Domain Songbook General Volume (with DAA Dulcimer Numbers) 2002 Revision

The Autoharp Volume 2002 Revision is in 8.5" X 11" format printed on both sides of paper and assembled in book form with a ¾” plastic binder comb. The songs include melody lines in standard musical notation, accompaniment chords, and words for most songs. Numbers for the melody chords for autoharps are also shown. All of the songs listed below (including the Christmas songs) are included in the 2002 Revision. There are a few pages that have more than one song on them. The 2002 Revision includes 14 introductory pages, 250 pages of music in the general section, 1 cover page in the Christmas section, and 45 pages of music in the Christmas section for a total of 310 pages printed on both sides of 155 sheets of paper. The usual format for the book includes heavier protective cover stock around those pages bound with a standard 19 hole ¾” black plastic binder. The price for this book is $30. In the USA, include $10.00 shipping/handling for each Autoharp Volume ordered.

Dulci-More Public Domain Songbook Autoharp Volume (with Autoharp Melody Chord Numbers) 2002 Revision

The Octave Volume 2018 Revision is in 8.5" X 11" format printed on both sides of paper and assembled in book form with a ¾” plastic binder comb. The songs include melody lines in two octaves in standard musical notation, accompaniment chords, and words for most songs. Numbers for the melody string(s) for fretted dulcimers (for the lower octave) are also shown (usually for dulcimers tuned in a DAA tuning). All of the songs listed below (including the Christmas songs) are included in the 2002 Revision. There are a few pages that have more than one song on them (including the Christmas music so that there are a cover page and 45 pages of music in that section). This 2018 Revision includes 14 introductory pages, 250 pages of music in the general section, 1 cover page in the Christmas section, and 45 pages of music in the Christmas section for a total of 310 pages printed on both sides of 155 sheets of paper. The usual format for the book includes heavier protective cover stock around those pages bound with a standard 19 hole ¾” black plastic binder. The price for this book is $30. In the USA, include $10.00 shipping/handling for each Autoharp Volume ordered.

Dulci-More Public Domain Songbook Octave Volume (with DAA Dulcimer Numbers) 2018 Revision

The Sing Along Volume 2004 Revision is in 8.5" X 11" format printed on both sides of paper and assembled in book form with a 3/8” plastic binder comb. The songs include accompaniment chords and words for most songs (or just accompaniment chords for instrumentals). There are no melody lines in standard musical notation nor numbers for playing melody for any kind of instrument. The numeric chord notation used in this book is similar to the Nashville system or other chord notation, which allows a musician to play chord accompaniment easily in any key without much extra thought (once the structure of chords is understood). All of the songs listed below (including the Christmas songs) are included in the 2004 Revision. The 2004 Revision includes 4 introductory pages, 130 pages of chords and words, and 2 index pages (with references to page numbers, and these pages are numbered) for a total of 136 pages printed on both sides of 68 sheets of paper. The usual format for the book includes heavier protective cover stock around those pages bound with a standard 19 hole ¾” black plastic binder. The price for this book is $15. In the USA, include $10.00 shipping/handling for each Sing Along Volume ordered.

Dulci-More Public Domain Songbook Sing Along Volume (with Chords & Lyrics) 2004 Revision

The Sing Along Volume 2004 Revision is in 8.5" X 11" format printed on both sides of paper and assembled in book form with a 3/8” plastic binder comb. The songs include just the words for the songs (and a list of the instrumentals that are in the companion books). This volume is designed to be used for sing along sessions for those who do not play instruments (or play completely by ear). There are no chords, melody lines in standard musical notation, nor numbers for playing melody for any kind of instrument. All of the songs listed below (including the Christmas songs) are included in the 2004 Revision (except that only the titles are listed for about 33 instrumentals). The 2004 Revision includes 6 introductory pages (including 2 pages of table of contents), 68 pages of words, and 2 index pages (with references to page numbers, and these pages are numbered) for a total of 74 pages printed on both sides of 37 sheets of paper. The usual format for the book includes heavier protective cover stock around those pages bound with a standard 19 hole ¾” black plastic binder. The price for this book is $8. In the USA, include $10.00 shipping/handling for each Sing Along Volume ordered.

Dulci-More Public Domain Songbook Lyrics Volume (with Lyrics Only) 2004 Revision

Songs from Canal Days

1 The Old Canal 3:47

2 A Canal Dance 2:30

3 The Old Skipper 2:13

4 Fairy Palace 5:02

5 It’s Pleasant to Run in Full Moon 1:23

6 Canal Boat Wedding 3:46

7 The Er-i-e Canal 3:36

8 The Erie Canal 3:31

9 In the Good Old Summertime 2:45

10 Little Sally Waters 3:34

11 The Clever Skipper 4:18

12 My Old Canal Mule 2:32

13 Erin’s Green Shore 4:26

14 Get That Boat 2:31

15 The Mules Ran Off 2:18

16 Last Trip in the Fall 3:01

17 That Old Towpath 4:02

Songs from Canal Days CD

The index shown here is from the Sing Along Volume. The page references are for that volume only, but the songs and tunes are common to all of the companion volumes shown on this page.

A B C 5

Abide with Me 5

All Good Times Are Passed and Gone 5

All Through the Night 6

Am I a Soldier of the Cross? 6

Amazing Grace 6

America 7

America (Round) 7

America the Beautiful 7

Angel Band 8

Angelina Baker 8

Angels from the Realms of Glory 113

Angels We Have Heard on High 113

Another Year Is Dawning 8

Artist in Residence 91

As with Gladness Men of Old 113

Ash Grove (The) 9

Auld Lang Syne 10

Aunt Rhodie 10

Aura Lee 10

Away in a Manger 114

Banks of the Ohio 11

Battle Cry of Freedom (The) 11

Battle Hymn of the Republic 12

Be Thou My Vision 12

Bill Schilling & Folks 83

Bill Schilling and Linda Sigismondi 81

Bill Schilling Description 90

Bill Schilling, Linda Sigismondi, & Marge Diamond 81

Black Eyed Susan 13

Blackberry Blossom 13

Blessed Assurance 13

Blessed Be the Name 13

Blest Be the Tie that Binds 14

Blow the Man Down 14

Blue-Tail Fly 15

Boatman Dance (The) 15

Boil Them Cabbage Down 16

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine 16

Bonnie Blue Flag (The) 16

Books & Recordings 124

Breathe on Me, Breath of God 17

Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella 114

Buffalo Boy 17

Buffalo Gals 18

Camptown Races (The) 18

Canal Boat Wedding 19

Canal Dance (A) 19

Careless Love 20

Cherry Tree Carol (The) 114

Chester 20

Chinese 20

Chinese Breakdown 21

Christmas Cover Page 112

Cindy 21

Clementine 21

Clever Skipper (The) 22

Cluck Old Hen 23

Cockles and Mussels 23

Come Life, Shaker Life 24

Come Take a Trip in My Airship 24

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus 115

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come 24

Concerts by Bill Schilling 91

Cornwallis Country Dance 25

Cover & Copyright Page 1

Crawdad Song (The) 25

Current or Recent Musical & Performance Affiliations 126

Daisy Bell 26

Danny Boy 26

Deck the Hall 115

Dixie (Dixie’s Land) 26

Do Lord 27

Dona Nobis Pacem 28

Down Among the Cane-Brakes 28

Down in the Valley 28

Drowsy Maggie 28

Dulci-More Festival 68

Dulci-More Information 68

Eating Goober Peas 29

Erie Canal (Low Bridge, Everybody Down) (The) 29

E-ri-e Canal (The) 30

Erin’s Green Shore 30

Fairest Lord Jesus 31

Fairy Belle 31

Fairy Boy 32

Fairy Palace 32

Faith of Our Fathers 33

First Noel (The) 116

Flop-Eared Mule 33

Flow Gently, Sweet Afton 33

Folk Music at Weatherbury Farm 123

For the Beauty of the Earth 34

Fortune 34

Fox (The) 34

Frere Jacques 35

Friendly Beasts (The) 116

Froggie Went a-Courting 35

General Public Domain Information 72

Gentle Annie 36

Gentle Maiden 36

Get That Boat 36

Girl in the Wood (The) 37

Glendy Burke (The) 38

Gloria Medley 116

Go, Tell It on the Mountain 117

God Be with You till We Meet Again 38

God Leads Us Along 39

God Rest You Merry Christians 118

God, that Madest Earth and Heaven 39

Good Christian Friends, Rejoice 118

Good King Wenceslas 118

Grandfather’s Clock 40

Grandma’s in the Cellar 40

Green Corn 41

Greensleeves 41

Groundhog 42

Gum-Tree Canoe (Tombigbee River) (The) 42

Hand Me Down My Walking Cane 43

Happy the Home When God Is There 43

Hard Crackers 44

Hard Times, Come Again No More 44

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 119

He Is Born, the Holy Child 119

He Leadeth Me: Oh, Blessed Thought 45

Here We Come a-Wassailing 120

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands 45

Hey, Ho, Nobody Home 46

His Eye Is on the Sparrow 46

Holly and the Ivy (The) 120

Holly Bears a Berry (The) 120

Holy, Holy, Holy 46

Holy Is God 47

Home on the Range 47

Home, Sweet Home 48

Hour for Thee and Me (The) 48

How Can I Keep from Singing 48

How Firm a Foundation 49

Hush, My Babe, Lie Still and Slumber 121

I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow 50

I Love to Tell the Story 50

I Ride an Old Paint 50

I Saw Three Ships 121

I’ve Been Working on the Railroad 51

I’ve Got Peace Like a River 52

In Christ There Is No East or West 52

In the Bleak Midwinter 122

In the Garden 52

In the Good Old Summertime 53

It Is Well with My Soul 53

It’s Pleasant to Run in Full Moon 53

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair 54

Jesse James 54

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross 55

Jesus Loves Me 55

Jingle Bells 122

John Ryan’s Polka 55

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 123

Joy to the World 123

Just After the Battle 56

Just As I Am 56

Just Over in the Glory-Land 56

Keys to the Kingdom 57

Kumbaya 57

Lady Mary 57

Land Where We’ll Never Grow Old (The) 57

Last Trip in the Fall 58

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms 58

Lessons 124

Let the Lower Lights Be Burning 58

Liberty 59

Life’s Railway to Heaven 59

List to the Bells 59

Little Brown Church in the Vale (The) 60

Little Brown Jug 60

Little Joe, the Wrangler 61

Little Sally Waters 62

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming 124

Loch Lomond 62

Long Green Valley 63

Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days 63

Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want (The) 64

Lorena 64

Love (Round) 65

Love Is Little 65

Maggie in the Woods 65

Mairi’s Wedding 65

Major Key Chord Chart (with Relative Minors) 4

Make New Friends 65

Manger Medley 125

Marching Through Georgia 66

Mary Had a Baby 125

Mary Had a Little Lamb 66

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore 67

Mississippi Sawyer 67

Mules Ran Off (The) 67

Music Alone Shall Live 67

My Home 68

My Hope Is Built 68

My Old Canal Mule 69

My Old Kentucky Home 70

My Own Home 70

Nine Hundred Miles 71

Nonesuch 71

O Christmas Tree 126

O Come, All Ye Faithful 127

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 127

O Holy Night 128

Off to California 71

Oh, How Lovely Is the Evening 71

Oh, Susanna 72

Oh, the Lamb 72

Oh, Them Golden Slippers 73

Old Canal (The) 74

Old Dan Tucker 75

Old Folks at Home 75

Old Joe Clark 76

Old Skipper (The) 76

On Top of Old Smoky 76

Once in Royal David’s City 129

Our Bright Summer Days Are Gone 77

Over the Waterfall 77

Paddle Song 78

Planxty Fanny Power 78

Planxty George Brabazon 78

Planxty Irwin 78

Polly Wolly Doodle 78

Pop Goes the Weasel 78

Potluck Jams & Other Events 68

Preacher and the Slave (Pie in the Sky) (The) 79

Ragtime Annie 79

Rainbow Waltz 80

Red River Valley 80

Red Wing 80

Revive Us Again 80

Rock of Ages 81

Rock the Cradle, Joe 81

Rosin the Beau 82

Row, Row, Row Your Boat 82

Roxanna Waltz 82

Saint Anne’s Reel 83

Sally Ann 83

Sandy River Belle 83

Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name 83

Schilling's Slides, Songs, & Stories 91

Select Featured Performances and/or Workshops 126

Shady Grove 84

Shakers (The) 84

Shall We Gather at the River 84

She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain 85

Shenandoah 85

Si Bheag Si Mhor 86

Silent Night 130

Simple Gifts 86

Sipping Cider Through a Straw 86

Skip to My Lou 86

Skye Boat Song 87

Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling 87

Soldier’s Joy (Love Somebody) (Payday in the Army) 87

Some Folks 88

Somebody Touched Me 88

Southwind 89

Stepstone 89

Still, Still, Still 130

Streets of Laredo 90

Study War No More 91

Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) 131

Sweet Betsy from Pike 92

Sweet By-and-By 93

Sweet Hour of Prayer 93

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 93

Take My Life, and Let It Be 94

Taps 94

Tenting on the Old Camp Ground 94

That Old Towpath 95

There Is a Balm in Gilead 96

There’s a Song in the Air 131

This Little Light of Mine 96

Thou Poor Bird 96

Three Blind Mice 96

Time Has Made a Change in Me 97

‘Tis the Old Ship of Zion 97

Titanic (The) 98

Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! 98

Transposing Wheels and Chart 3

Turkey in the Straw 99

Twelve Days of Christmas (The) 132

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 100

Uncloudy Day (The) 100

Up on the Housetop 133

Using the Dulci-More Public Domain Songbook 2

Vacant Chair (The) 101

Wabash Cannonball 101

Wait for the Wagon 102

Water Is Wide (The) 102

Wayfaring Stranger 102

We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder 103

We Are Going Down the Valley 103

We Gather Together 104

We Wish You a Merry Christmas 133

Were You There 104

Westphalia Waltz 104

What a Friend We Have in Jesus 105

What Child Is This 133

What Wondrous Love Is This 105

When Christ Was of a Virgin Born 134

When I Can Read My Title Clear 106

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross 106

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 106

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder 106

When the Saints Go Marching In 107

When the Wagon Was New 107

When You and I Were Young, Maggie 108

Where the Soul Never Dies 108

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 134

Whiskey Before Breakfast (Spirits in the Morning) 108

Whispering Hope 109

Wildwood Flower 109

Will the Circle Be Unbroken 110

Wind that Shakes the Barley 110

Wonderful Words of Life 110

Workshops 129

Worried Man Blues 110

Yankee Doodle 111

Yellow Rose of Texas 111