Music Books

We have compiled a list of fife and drum music from various music books in print during the Civil War, namely Col. H. C. Hart's 1861 Instructor for the Drum and George Bruce and Daniel D. Emmett's 1862 Drummer's and Fifer's Guide. We also play music from the Company of Fifer's and Drummers, Volume 1.


The Drummers and Fifers Guide
(Bruce and Emmett)

 
The American Veteran Fifer

The Company Music Book - Vol. I
The Company Music Book - Vol. II

 

Level One Songs

Fifes:

  1. Three Cheers
  2. To The Color
  3. Frog In The Well
  4. Old Dan Tucker
  5. Garry Owen
  6. Bonnie Blue Flag
  7. Road To Boston
  8. Minstrel Boy
  9. Welcome Here Again
  10. 1812 Quickstep

Drums:

  1. Three Cheers
  2. Drummer's Call (1st Call)
  3. The Assembly (2nd Call)
  4. To The Color
  5. RRB 2/4 Cadence
  6. RRB 6/8 Cadence
  7. NCO's Call
  8. Officer's Call
  9. Frog In The Well
  10. Old Dan Tucker
  11. Garry Owen
  12. Bonnie Blue Flag
  13. Road To Boston
  14. Minstrel Boy
  15. Welcome Here Again
  16. 1812 Quickstep

Level Two Songs

Fifes:

  1. Yellow Rose of Texas
  2. Guilderoy
  3. Adam Bell's March
  4. Farewell to Whiskey
  5. Prince Eugene's March
  6. York Fusiliers
  7. Rose Tree
  8. Rakes of Mallow
  9. Paddy on the Handcar
  10. Wearing of the Green
  11. Grandfather's Clock
  12. Yankee Doodle
  13. The White Cockade
  14. The Green Cockade
  15. Father O'Flynn
  16. Jefferson and Liberty
  17. Campbell's are Coming
  18. New Tatter Jack
  19. Merry-Men
  20. Dixie
  21. British Grenadiers
  22. 3 Camps
  23. Slow Scotch
  24. Austrian
  25. Dawning of the Day
  26. The Hessian
  27. Dusky Night
  28. The Prussian
  29. The Dutch
  30. Quick Scotch (Jersey Blue)
  31. 3 Camps Reprise
  32. Duke of York's Troop

Drums:

  1. Connecticut Halftime
  2. Adam Bell's March
  3. Farewell to Whiskey
  4. Prince Eugene's March
  5. York Fusiliers
  6. Rose Tree
  7. Rakes of Mallow
  8. Paddy on the Handcar
  9. Wearing of the Green
  10. Grandfather's Clock
  11. Yankee Doodle
  12. The White Cockade
  13. The Green Cockade
  14. Father O'Flynn
  15. Jefferson and Liberty
  16. Campbell's are Coming
  17. New Tatter Jack
  18. Merry-Men
  19. Dixie
  20. British Grenadiers
  21. 3 Camps
  22. Slow Scotch
  23. Austrian
  24. Dawning of the Day
  25. The Hessian
  26. Dusky Night
  27. The Prussian
  28. The Dutch
  29. Quick Scotch (Jersey Blue)
  30. 3 Camps Reprise
  31. Duke of York's Troop
  32. Bruce and Emmett Quickstep Cadences, #3, #6, #8
  33. Army 2/4 Cadence "Biddy Oats"
  34. Army 6/8 Cadence "The Corkonian"