Toots And Twiddles: American Tunes arranged by John Loesberg. For Any instrument. Music Sales America. Traditional. 40 pages. Ossian Publications #OMB242. Published by Ossian Publications (HL.14033809).

ISBN 1846097142. Traditional. 6.25x8.25 inches.

A selection of American tunes arranged to be suitable for all instruments, complete with simple guitar chords. 



Want some honest-to-goodness easy tunes? Are you a beginner on your chosen instrument? Perhaps you learned in the past, gave up and are ready to try making music again. Maybe you're just looking for lots of great tunes that are simple to read and play. 



Toots And Twiddles are made with you in mind- here's a wealth of tunes, some you know, some you don't, arranged for easy playability with a limited range of notes and easier keys.

  • America, the Beautiful 
  • As I Went Down In The Valley  
  • Aura Lee 
  • Battle Hymn Of The Republic 
  • Bile Them Cabbage Down 
  • Black Is The Color 
  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon 
  • Camptown Races 
  • Can The Circle Be Unbroken 
  • Clementine 
  • Cotton-eye Joe  
  • Dixie 
  • Down in the Valley 
  • Freight Train 
  • Go, Tell It on the Mountain 
  • Goodnight Irene 
  • In Bright Mansions Above 
  • In The Pines 
  • Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair 
  • Li'l Liza Jane 
  • Little Moses 
  • Michael Row The Boat Ashore 
  • My Lord, What A Morning 
  • My Old Kentucky Home 
  • Oh, Lady, Be Good  
  • On Top of Old Smokey 
  • Pretty Saro 
  • Shady Grove 
  • Shall We Gather At The River 
  • Shenandoah 
  • Short'nin' Bread 
  • Simple Gifts 
  • Skip to My Lou 
  • Sloop John B 
  • Somebody Loves Me 
  • Springfield Mountain 
  • Star Spangled Banner 
  • Summertime 
  • Swanee River 
  • The House of the Rising Sun 
  • The Man On The Flying Trapeze 
  • The Streets Of Laredo 
  • The Yellow Rose of Texas 
  • When You Were Sweet Sixteen 
  • Wildwood Flower 
  • Wondrous Love 
  • Yankee Doodle