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The last of the three G tunes that we played in a jam session at Midwest Banjo Camp. They were all tunes that I had known years ago, but had not played for quite a while so I wasn't really able to play along at that time.

Common tune, also known as "little beggerman" and "soldier with a wooden leg" and I expect lots of other names.

My second tune from Bob Fleshers book (his tune number 4). The tuning is probably a bit sharp from the notes given above. This is the first recording in which I've faked an ending by doing a fade out. It was the best of several takes except for the ending.

My first tune from Bob Flesher's "Minstrel Banjo Stroke Style" tutor. Based on Briggs 1855. The original verses are fairly embarrasing, so I have taken the first one, added one that I knew from my youth from a Pete Seeger childrens record, and a third from Dan Gellert's wonderful version of "Jim Crack Corn". For some unknown reason I sing "Wake up in the morning" instead of "get up".

I forget when I first heard this, but I had a great time relearning it in the Intermediate jam session at Midwest banjo camp in 2006. Alan Jabbour was the fiddler and leader, and Cathy Barton-Para had joined us after her singing jam had finished. It was one of the many musical high points I've had. We played three "G" tunes, Barlow Knife, Ebeneezer, and Magpie.

Addendum 2013; Recently I changed how I play the tune, mainly based on playing with a fiddler who played out of the Fiddlers Fake Book. The video is my changed version.

This is my version of Linda Williams' version of Dock Boggs' version. G is too high or to low for me to sing in, so I'm not.

Learned this a long time ago from tablature and hearing Linda Williams play it. I've posted this as a first draft for inclusion in the BHO internet CD.

Actually, the first time I heard this was some clawhammer version. I've posted this as a first draft for inclusion in the BHO internet CD.

Nice tune, also goes by the name "Cabin Creek" (thanks for the folks on the Sugar in the Gourd old-time music forums for helping me remember that). I learned it from tablature a long time ago.

I've based this on the version recorded by Erik Darling in 1957, or at least my memory of that version.