Angel Band
A nineteenth-century gospel hymn with text by Jefferson Hascall and a tune by William B. Bradbury.
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- Text by Jefferson Hascall; tune commonly credited to William B. Bradbury
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Music
The songbook
Browse the songs, read the words, or leave a few lines to the imagination. These pages gather working lyrics, chords, sources, Scrips originals, and the histories we can document.
Angeline
A Scrips original with a darker, droning pull, preserved in rehearsal and set-list evidence.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Angeline the Baker
A bright old-time fiddle tune with a compact chord sheet for playing along.
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- Stephen Foster; now widely circulated as an old-time fiddle tune
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Ashokan Farewell
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Jay Ungar
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Baby-O
A traditional family song from the Roud 826 lineage, arranged from The Scrips working chart in double-C banjo tuning.
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- Traditional American folk song; Scrips source follows the Kossoy Sisters title/lineage, also known as What'll We Do with the Baby-O?
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Banks of the Ohio
A traditional riverside murder ballad filed on the darker side of the songbook.
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- Traditional murder ballad; no single verified author located in project files
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Be Thou My Vision
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Ancient Irish text; translated by Mary E. Byrne; versified by Eleanor H. Hull; tune SLANE
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Blackberry Blossom
A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.
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- Traditional old-time/bluegrass fiddle tune
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- Lyrics / chords available
Boil Them Cabbage Down
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Traditional American fiddle/banjo song
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- Lyrics / chords available
Brethren We Have Met to Worship
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Text by George Askins; tune commonly HOLY MANNA by William Moore
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Called
A Scrips original preserved in the band’s working repertoire and source files.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Chicken Reel
A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.
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- Joseph M. Daly / credited early ragtime dance tune sources; now traditional fiddle repertoire
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Colorado
A Scrips original preserved in the band’s working repertoire and source files.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Come All You Virginia Girls
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Traditional; likely related to old-time floating-verse song families
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Cripple Creek
A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.
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- Traditional Appalachian fiddle/banjo tune
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- Lyrics / chords available
Dill Pickle Rag
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Charles L. Johnson
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- Lyrics / chords available
Down on the banks of the ohio
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Traditional; related to Banks of the Ohio title family unless a distinct modern song is intended
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Florida Blues
A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.
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- Traditional/early fiddle tune; authorship unresolved in project files
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Front Porch
A stripped-down Scrips original from Chapel Sessions, modal at the edges and still evolving.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Grain of Salt
A Scrips original preserved in the band’s working repertoire and source files.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Text by William Williams; English translation by Peter Williams; tune CWM RHONDDA by John Hughes
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Hard Times a-capella
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Stephen Foster
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I'll Fly Away
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Albert E. Brumley
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In the Sweet
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Words by S. Fillmore Bennett; music by Joseph P. Webster
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Jessie’s Polka
A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.
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- Traditional/polka tune in Scrips files; exact title-source match unresolved
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June Apple
A quick-moving fiddle tune from the working repertoire and the band’s current video archive.
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- Traditional Appalachian fiddle tune
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KOA
A Scrips original preserved in the band’s working repertoire and source files.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Let’s Get the Band Together
A Scrips original preserved in the band’s working repertoire and source files.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Listen to the mocking bird
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Melody by Richard Milburn; words/arrangement by Septimus Winner as Alice Hawthorne
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Marybelle
A Scrips original shaped like an old fiddle tune, with a county-fair reunion at its center.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Mining Camp Blues
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Often associated with Trixie Smith / early blues repertory; exact Scrips source unresolved
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My Jesus I Love Thee
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Text by William Ralph Featherston; tune by Adoniram J. Gordon
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Nothing But the Blood
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Robert Lowry
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Old Joe Clark
A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.
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- Traditional Appalachian song/tune
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- Lyrics / chords available
Pig Ankle Rag
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Traditional/early ragtime fiddle tune; exact composer/source unresolved
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- Lyrics / chords available
Rice Queen
A Scrips original preserved in the band’s working repertoire and source files.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- African American spiritual / traditional Christmas spiritual
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Shady Grove
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Traditional Appalachian song family, related to older British Isles ballad/tune strains
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Ship and Anchor
A Scrips maritime tale of pursuit, storm, and wreckage, released live as “Ships.”
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Single Girl
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Traditional Appalachian/old-time song
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- Lyrics / chords available
St. Augustine
A Scrips original preserved in the band’s working repertoire and source files.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
The Chicken Dance
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Werner Thomas; later adaptations/publishing vary by territory
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This Land is Your Land
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Woody Guthrie
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Time
A Scrips original preserved in the band’s working repertoire and source files.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Archive note available
Turkey in the straw
A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.
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- Traditional American fiddle tune; nineteenth-century minstrel/song variants
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Two Loves
A Scrips original recorded live for Chapel Sessions and carried forward in the repertoire.
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- The Scrips / Brad Wofford or band collaborator; confirm final songwriter split before publication
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- Lyrics / chords available
Way Out There
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Bob Nolan
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Wildwood Flower
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Words by Maud Irving; music by Joseph Philbrick Webster; Carter Family later popularized it
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Ada R. Habershon and Charles H. Gabriel for the older hymn; Carter Family popularized a later country variant
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Worried Man Blues
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Traditional song, popularized by the Carter Family
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Yellow Rose of Texas
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
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- Nineteenth-century American song; composer often listed as unknown/J.K.
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