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As a fan, I've always been intrigued by the Flatt & Scruggs song books. I was first exposed
to this music in the mid-1970's, and can remember hearing about the books, but it would be years
before I actually saw one. Over the past few years, as my collection of photographs and posters
grew, I finally got my hands on some of the fabled song books. With a few books in my collection, I became even more curious about how many more books existed, and when they were printed. As far as I can tell, there are 19 Flatt & Scruggs song books, not counting reprints or variations such as different colored covers. All 19 books, plus some reprints and other related materials, are included here. This is still a work in progress, so if you have any information that will be helpful, please let me know. Some of the books shown here are in my personal collection, but many of them, and much of the information, came from other collectors. Most of the credit goes to Frank Godbey, Ken Landreth and Jerry Keys who have provided countless scans, the chronology, and lots of great facts. Thank you, guys! Thanks to all who have helped out. |
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Many of the song books, especially the earlier ones, are closely associated with the
radio station where the band was working at the time. Click the radio for a brief history of radio stations where Flatt & Scruggs performed. |
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1947. 9" x 12", 50 pages. Bill Monroe's WSM Grand Ole Opry Song Folio No. 1 While not technically a Flatt & Scruggs song book, they're in it, so it's being included here. This book has been reprinted. First editions have no price, and have also been seen with 50 cent stickers. Second editions have the same cover, but with $1.00 price. Later reprints have a price of $2.95, and the picture is brown. Another book very similar to this one, Bill Monroe's WSM Grand Ole Opry Song Folio No. 2, has the same pictures but fewer songs as No. 1. No. 1 is dated 1947, and No. 2 is 1952. The songs are written out in standard notation, along with the words. * * Complete Scan * * |
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1948. 6" x 8.5", 20 pages, 23 songs, with full page pictures of Lester, Earl,
Mac Wiseman, Jimmy Shumate, and Cedric Rainwater. Cover is brown/orange. Foggy Mountain Boys No.1 Edition of Radio Favorites This is the first Flatt & Scruggs song book. About half of the pictures in the book have microphones labeled WHKY (Hickory, NC), but the call letters are blacked-out in the remaining pictures. Although the band worked out of WHKY for just a few weeks before moving to WCYB (Bristol, VA), it has been confirmed that book was available while they were at WHKY. The printing looks like a crude letterpress and some pages are printed crooked. It is stapled on the long edge, so the cover is formatted in landscape, but the contents are in portrait format. There is no return address on the book. SWEETHEART YOU DONE ME WRONG / I'LL NEVER SHED ANOTHER TEAR / FORGIVE ME / MOTHER'S ONLY SLEEPING / TIME ALONE WILL NEVER TELL / LET ME SHARE MY MOMMY DEAR WITH YOU / SOLD DOWN THE RIVER / SOME OLD DAY / HONEYSUCLKE ROSE / I'LL BE GOING TO HEAVEN SOME DAY / NO MOTHER IN THE WORLD / I HEARD MY MOTHER CALL MY NAME IN PRAYER / WHO'S THAT MAN I SAW YOU WITH / GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN / IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT / LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL / WE'LL MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART / CHURCH UPON THE HILL OF CLAY / HE'S WAITING THERE / REMEMBER THE CROSS ON WHICH JESUS DIED / WILL YOU BE LOVIN' ANOTHER MAN / I'M GOIN' TO MAKE HEAVEN MY HOME / BROTHER I'M GETTING READY TO GO |
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1949. 6" x 9", 14 pages, 6 pictures, 21 songs, with a blue cover. Foggy Mountain Boys No. 2 Edition of Radio Favorites Although there is no return address on this book, all of the photographs have WCYB (Bristol, VA) microphones, and one picture shows them standing next to a touring car with "WCYB-Radio" on the door. SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN / SOME OF THESE DAYS YOUR'RE GONNA' BE SAD / OLD COUNTRY CHURCH / DECORATION DAY IN HEAVEN / SO HAPPY I'LL BE / CAMPING IN CANAAN / DON'T THIS ROAD LOOK ROUGH AND ROCKY / I'M DYING A SINNER'S DEATH / DARLIN' IS IT TOO LATE NOW / A HUNDRED YEARS FORM NOW / WHY DO YOU TREAT ME THIS WAY / YOU CAUSED IT ALL BY TELLING LIES / EVERYONE KNEW IT BUT ME / YOU'RE THE RAINBOW IN MY DREAMS / CABIN IN CAROLINA / WHY DID YOU WANDER / BABY BLUE EYES / WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS / WHEN YOU ARE LONELY / WHEN HE REACHED DOWN HIS HAND FOR ME |
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1949. 6" x 9", 12 pages, with 3 full page pictures. 14 songs. Cover is blue. Foggy Mountain Boys Number Three Edition of Radio Favorites This is another book with no return address, but it was printed while the band was at radio station WROL in Knoxville, TN. THE LETTER COVERED WITH TEARS / BOUQUET IN HEAVEN / YOU'RE BLOOMING IN HEAVEN / THAT WALTZ AND THE TENNESSEE MOON / BROTHER I'M GETTING READY TO GO / WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME SO / ONE DARK AND STORMY NIGHT / ELLEN SMITH / BE READY FOR TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME / HE SAID IF I BE LIFTED UP / BABY BLUE EYES / CABIN IN CAROLINA / WE'LL MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART / NOBODY LOVES ME * * Complete Scan * * |
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1949. Kentucky Mountain Barn Dance Song Book This is another book that is not technically a Flatt & Scruggs book, but they are included in it. The Kentucky Mountain Barn Dance was broadcast over WKLX in Lexington, KY. F&S worked out of the Lexington/Versailles area from about the fall of 1949 to the spring of 1950. This book includes two songs attributed to F&S. HE TOOK YOUR PLACE / GOD SENT MY LITTLE GIRL * * Complete Scan * * |
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1950. 5.5" x 8.5", 12 pages, 1 photo, 16 songs. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys 1950 Edition of Radio Favorites The picture inside this book has a WROL microphone, but it is likely that the band had moved on from WROL by the time they were selling this book. At least one copy is known to have a return address of WVLK, Versailles, KY. This is the first songbook that shows Earl playing the Granada after he traded banjos with Don Reno. The original copy shown here has a blue cover, but others have buff-colored covers. Reprints of this book were made by the Beacon Banjo Company around 1964, when Earl Scruggs was affiliated with the company. Beacon reprinted three F&S song books at that time. My reprint copy has a pink cover. Interestingly, another version of this same book has a golden-colored cover and is titled No. Four Edition of Radio Favorites. Contents are identical. The book contains no text other than song lyrics, and just one full-page photo. I'M WAITING TO HEAR YOU CALL ME DARLING / YOU'RE A MEAN, MEAN MAMA / THAT LITTLE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH HOUSE / COME BACK DARLING / I'M HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE / NO MOTHER OR DAD / MY LITTLE GIRL IN TENNESSEE / HER LITTLE BROWN HAND / REUNION IN HEAVEN / YOU'RE DRIFTING AWAY / GOD SENT MY LITTLE GIRL / THE LITTLE WHITE CHURCH / THE OLD HOME TOWN / WHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEART / HE TOOK YOUR PLACE / I'LL NEVER LOVE ANOTHER * * Complete Scan * * |
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1951. 6" x 8". 23 songs. This book has been seen with three different colored covers:
gray-green (as seen here), bright green, and bright red. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys 1951 Edition - Songs and Picture Album This book is from the fall of 1951 when F&S were working out of radio station WDBJ in Roanoke, VA. (There is no return address on the book). SWEETHEART YOU DONE ME WRONG / YOU'LL NEVER SHED ANOTHER TEAR / FORGIVE ME / MOTHER'S ONLY SLEEPING / TIME ALONE WILL NEVER TELL / LET ME SHARE MY MOMMY DEAR WITH YOU / SOLD DOWN THE RIVER / SOME OLD DAY / HONEYSUCLKE ROSE / I'LL BE GOING TO HEAVEN SOME DAY / NO MOTHER IN THE WORLD / I HEARD MY MOTHER CALL MY NAME IN PRAYER / WHO'S THAT MAN I SAW YOU WITH / GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN / IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT / LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL / WE'LL MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART / CHURCH UPON THE HILL OF CLAY / HE'S WAITING THERE / REMEMBER THE CROSS ON WHICH JESUS DIED / WILL YOU BE LOVIN' ANOTHER MAN / I'M GOIN' TO MAKE HEAVEN MY HOME / BROTHER I'M GETTING READY TO GO |
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1951. 6" x 8". 16 pages, 20 songs, with 3 full page pictures (with Everett Lilly, Benny Martin,
and Kentucky Slim). Cover is gray. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys New Edition Songs and Picture Album The book pictured here is an original copy, but this was also reprinted by the Beacon Banjo Company in 1964. A return address of WDBJ, Roanoke, VA is printed on the back cover. DON'T GET ABOVE YOUR RAISIN / SOMEHOW TONIGHT / I'M LONESOME AND BLUE / I'M GONNA SETTLE DOWN / I'M HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE / I'M WORKIN' ON A ROAD IN GLORYLAND / WHAT ARE THE DOING IN HEAVEN TODAY / TAKE UP THY CROSS / THE LITTLE WHITE CHURCH / PREACHIN', PRAYIN', SINGIN' / HE TOOK YOUR PLACE / GOD SENT MY LITTLE GIRL / MY LITTLE GIRL IN TENNESSEE / JIMMY BROWN THE NEWSBOY / I'VE LOST YOU / I'LL NEVER LOVE ANOTHER / OVER THE HILLS TO THE POORHOUSE / MY DARLIN'S LAST GOOD-BYE / WILDWOOD FLOWER / WE CAN'T BE DARLINGS ANY MORE |
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1952. 5.5" x 8.5", 20 pages, 6 photos, 21 songs. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys New Edition Songs and Picture Album This is the third song book that was reprinted by the Beacon Banjo Company. The one pictured here with the pink cover is an original print, but the Beacon reprint that I have has a buff-colored cover. The return address WPTF, Raleigh, NC. PRAY FOR THE BOYS / THE LITTLE WHITE CHURCH / OVER THE HILLS TO THE POORHOUSE / SO HAPPY I'LL BE / THINKING ABOUT YOU / I'LL BE MISSING / 'TIS SWEET TO BE REMEMBERED / BLUE RIDGE CABIN HOME / I'LL STAY AROUND / MY LIFE ALONE / YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A FLOWER / PAIN IN MY HEART / DOING MY TIME / JIMMIE BROWN, THE NEWSBOY / GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN / A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW / GET IN LINE, BROTHER (IF YOU WANT TO GO HOME) / I'LL JUST PRETEND / SALTY DOG BLUES / MOTHER'S ONLY SLEEPING / REMEMBER THE CROSS ON WHICH JESUS DIED * * Complete Scan * * |
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1953. 6" x 8", 16 pages with 3 full-page pictures, 19 songs. Best Wishes From Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys WSM Nashville, Tennessee New Edition Songs and Picture Album This song book was the first to be printed on high quality glossy paper, and also the first with a return address of WSM, Nashville, TN. IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT / SOMEONE TOOK MY PLACE WITH YOU / WILL THE ROSES BLOOM / WHY DID YOU WANDER / THINKING ABOUT YOU / YOU ARE THE RAINBOW IN MY DREAMS / HE TOOK YOUR PLACE / DIM LIGHTS, THICK SMOKE / MY DARLING'S LAST GOODBYE / MY LITTLE GIRL IN TENNESSEE / GOD SENT MY LITTLE GIRL / I'M WIATING TO HEAR YOU CALL ME DARLING / I'VE LOST YOU / OVER THE HILLS TO THE POORHOUSE / REUNION IN HEAVEN / PREACHIN' PRAYIN' SINGIN' / BE READY FOR TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME / BOUQUET IN HEAVEN / THE LITTLE WHITE CHURCH |
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1954. 6" x 8", 6 pages, 8 songs, white cover. Best Wishes from Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys New Edition Songs and Picture Album The 1953 and 1954 songbooks are very similar except that he 1954 is the first to picture Paul Warren with the band and they have slightly different pictures of Lester and Earl on the cover. I'LL GO STEPPIN TOO / I'LL NEVER BE ALONE / YOU'RE NOT A DROP IN THE BUCKET / SALTY DOG BLUES / LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON / MOTHER PRAYS LOUD IN HER SLEEP / GONE HOME / TILL' THE END OF THE WORLD ROLLS ROUND |
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1955. 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, 6 photos, 25 songs. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys WSM Grand Ole Opry Song and Picture Album No. 1 Excerpt: The Flatt and Scruggs show is one of the few Hillbilly acts to have had the opportunity to work on Broadway in New York City. Last fall the Flatt and Scruggs show was a big hit while there for a two weeks engagement with the "Hayride". Click the songbook to check out the Playbill. This book includes much more text with each photograph than most previous songbooks, including biographical information about Lester, Earl and band mates. "In June, 1953, the Flatt and Scruggs show came to WSM for Martha White Foods. Their Monday through Friday, Martha White shows are heard at 5:45 a.m. Saturday's at 5:45 p.m., and on the Grand Ole Opry at 8:00 p.m. Also a popular all hymn program on Sunday morning at 8:00". This book also makes mention of their TV shows. 'TILL THE END OF THE WORLD ROLLS AROUND / SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN / IS THERE ROOM FOR ME / YOU'RE NOT A DROP IN THE BUCKET / WHO WILL SING FOR ME / PREACHIN', PRAYIN', SINGIN' / GONE HOME / MOTHER PRAYS LOUD IN HER SLEEP / THE LITTLE WHITE CHURCH / YOU CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR SOUL / I'D RATHER BE ALONE / DON'T THIS ROAD LOOK ROUGH AND ROCKY / ANGEL BAND / I'M WORKING ON A ROAD TO GLORYLAND / REUNION IN HEAVEN / THE OLD FASHIONED PREACHER / GROUNDHOG / DIM LIGHTS, THCK SMOKE (AND LOUD-LOUD MUSIC) / HAND IN HAND WITH JESUS / I'LL GO STEPPING TOO / I'LL NEVER LOVE ANOTHER / BEFORE I MET YOU / YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A FLOWER / MY DARLING'S LAST GOODBYE / SALTY DOG BLUES * * Complete Scan * * |
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1957. 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, 13 photos (plus 10 close-ups of Earl playing chords
on the banjo), 20 songs, although the faded cover looks gray here, it's actually blue. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys Radio and TV Album and Song Book No. 2 Includes pictures of the Martha White Flour bus, including some shots inside the bus, a photo of the band on a TV set, and pictures of Lester's and Earl's new homes. Quote: "...Until recently, both lived with their families in big house trailers...". For the first time, Lester and Earl are sporting their now-famous string ties. WHAT A CHANGE ONE DAY CAN MAKE / SO HAPPY I'LL BE / LITTLE MOSES / WHEN YOU'RE LONELY / GONE HOME / WONDERFUL IS JESUS / JUST ONE YEAR / MAYBE NEXT WEEK SOMETIME / IT'S BUBBLING IN MY SOUL / I WANT TO BE LOVED / ON MY MIND / GOD SENT MY LITTLE GIRL / TAKE ME IN THE LIFE BOAT / LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON / WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN HEAVEN TODAY? / WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (OVER THERE) / SOMEONE TOOK MY PLACE WITH YOU / MARTHA WHITE FLOUR THEME / BEFORE I MET YOU / WILL YOU BE LOVING ANOTHER MAN * * Complete Scan * * |
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1957. 8" x 10", 12 pages, 8 photos, printed on high-quality glossy paper. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Fan Club Journal Third Edition This is not a song book, but rather a very rare fan club journal from 1957. It includes a letter to fan club members which reminds them to pay their 1958 dues, plus articles on Johnny Cash, Zeke Clements (a DJ), Hylo Brown, A Night at the Opry with F&S, and a promo article describing the Flatt & Scruggs Show. It was mailed with a letter from Betty Winston (fan club president) on F&S stationary and an 8x10 glossy promo photo. |
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1958. 11" x 8.5", 12 pages, 30 photos, 20 songs. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys Picture Album and Songbook No. 3 This seems to be the first book to include family photos of everyone in the band. Photographs of Hylo Brown and his family are also included. Another interesting point is an advertisement for Earl's Banjo Tuners. IS THERE ROOM FOR ME / GIVE ME MY FLOWERS WHILE I'M LIVING / JOY BELLS / GIVE MY MOTHER MY CROWN / IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT / I'LL TAKE THE BLAME / SIX WHITE HORSES / WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT FOR ME / I'M WAITING TO HEAR YOU CALL ME DARLING / DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN / A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW / GET IN LINE, BROTHER / HIDE ME ROCK OF AGES / MOTHER'S ONLY SLEEPING / I SAW MOM WITH GOD LAST NIGHT / I'VE LOST YOU / NO DOUBT ABOUT IT / I'M HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE / TO MY MANSION IN THE SKY / I'M WORKING ON A BUILDING TO GLORYLAND * * Complete Scan * * |
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1959. 11" x 8.5", 12 pages, 36 photos, 52 songs!! Pink and white stripes on cover. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys Picture Album - Hymn and Songbook More family photos are presented here, including a picture of Horace Scruggs standing next to Earl's airplane, and photos of "T" Tommy Cutrer. LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL / I'LL NEVER SHED ANOTHER TEAR / BIG BLACK TRAIN / I DREAMED ABOUT MOM LAST NIGHT / MAMA AND DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL / JESUS, SAVIOUR, PILOT ME / CRYING ALONE / I'LL HAVE A NEW LIFE / CRYING MY HEART OUT OVER YOU / I'M LONESOME AND BLUE / JIMMY BROWN, THE NEWSBOY / IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT / GIVE ME FLOWERS WHILE I'M LIVING / MY BLUERIDGE CABIN HOME / YOU PUT ME ON MY FEET / BUILDING ON SAND / HE WILL SET YOUR FIELDS ON FIRE / I'M GOING TO MAKE HEAVEN MY HOME / HE SET ME FREE / SWEETHEART, YOU DONE ME WRONG / LET THOSE BROWN EYES SMILE AT ME / I HEARD MY MOTHER CALL MY NAME IN PRAYER / HAND IN HAND WITH JESUS / BE READY, FOR TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME / PREACHING, PRAYING, SINGING / MOTHER'S ONLY SLEEPING / LOVE GROWN COLD / A MILLION YEARS IN GLORY / DOWN THE ROAD / HEAVEN / SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME / I KNOW MY LORD IS GOING TO LEAD ME OUT / I'LL BE A FRIEND TO JESUS / BABY BLUE EYES / IRON CURTAIN / CABIN ON THE HILL / I'VE BEEN WAITING / I'M HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE / PAUL AND SILAS / I'M GONNA SETTLE DOWN / I CAN TELL YOU THE TIME / HAVE YOU COME TO SAY GOODBYE / I DON'T CARE ANYMORE / GONNA BE ON THAT BOAT / I'M GOING THAT WAY / DARLING, IS IT TOO LATE NOW? / SPUTNIK DOG / HE TOOK YOUR PLACE / LIGHT AT THE RIVER FOR ME / BOUQUET IN HEAVEN * * Complete Scan * * |
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1960-61. 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, 38 photos (plus the same 10 previously seen close-ups of Earl playing chords
on the banjo), 32 songs. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys Picture Album - Song Book Lots of pictures of the band in action, on TV sets, and at home. Also has pictures of Earl advertising the new Scruggs Model Vega Banjo. THE OLD MAN'S STORY / PAIN IN MY HEART / I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT / ALL I WANT IS YOU / JIMMY BROWN, THE NEWSBOY / JOY BELLS / LET THOSE BROWN EYES SMILE AT ME / THE GIRL I LOVE DON'T PAY ME NO MIND / CABIN ON THE HILL / CRYING MY HEART OUT OVER YOU / WHAT A CHANGE ONE DAY CAN MAKE / NOBODY'S BUSINESS / I'M IN HIS CARE / IN THE PINES / POLKA ON A BANJO / CORA IS GONE / BEFORE I MET YOU / SOMEONE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN / HIDE ME ROCK OF AGES / GREAT HISORICAL BUM / I'VE LOST YOU FOREVER / HEAVEN / GIVE ME MY FLOWERS WHILE I'M LIVING / TAKE ME IN A LIFEBOAT / ON MY WAY TO CANAAN'S LAND / WHEN THE ANGELS CARRY ME HOME / GET ON THAT ROAD TO GLORY / BUBBLING IN MY SOUL / GIVE MOTHER MY CROWN / YOU CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR SOUL / I'LL NEVER BE LONESOME AGAIN / ANGEL BAND * * Complete Scan * * |
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1962. 9" x 12", 32 pages, 21 photos, 24 songs - including notation for several instrumentals.
Copyright 1962, published by Peer International Corporation. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With The Foggy Mountain Boys Folk Music With An Overdrive These are a little slicker than most of the other songbooks - they're a larger format, and the covers are heavier, shiny paper. Also, these books have a table of contents and all of the songs are represented in standard notation along with the words and chords, while most of the other books have words only. Covers on the original printings of this book are green and brown on white. Later printings are red and black on white. Except for the covers, these books are nearly identical. JIMMIE BROWN, THE NEWSBOY / ON THE ROCK WHERE MOSES STOOD / DEAL OLD DIXIE / I AIN'T GOING TO WORK TOMORROW / FLINT HILL SPECIAL / FORSAKEN LOVE / FALSE HEARTED LOVER / GROUND SPEED / WORRIED MAN BLUES / FOGGY MOUNTAIN CHIMES / THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP / THE HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM / KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE / YOU ARE MY FLOWER / GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE / EARL'S BREAKDOWN / THE STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN / IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT / I'M ON MY WAY TO CANAAN'S LAND / PICKIN' IN THE WILDWOOD / FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN / RANDY LYNN RAG / REUNION IN HEAVEN * * Complete Scan * * |
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1963-64. 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, 26 photos, 34 songs. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Picture Album Songbook This seems to have been printed soon after F&S recorded The Ballad of Jed Clampett. Beverly Hillbillies is mentioned, but there are no photos of F&S on the show. Includes photographs of F&S appearing on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Dean. BALLAD OF JED CLAMPETT / GIVE ME FLOWERS WHILE I'M LIVING / COAL LOADIN' JOHNNY / McKINLEY'S GONE / ANGEL BAND / GIVE MOTHER MY CROWN / HEAVEN / CABIN IN THE HILLS / GOOD TIMES ARE PAST AND GONE / STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER / ELLEN SMITH / WERE YOU THERE? / HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOW A HUNDRED MILES / OLD MacDONALD HAD A FARM / POLKA ON A BANJO / GO HOME / SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT / COLD, COLD LOVING / THE LEGEND OF THE JOHNSON BOYS / OVER THE HILLS TO THE POORHOUSE / I'LL BE NO MAN'S WIFE / JUST AIN'T / GEORGE ALLEY'S F.F.V. / THE HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM / LIFE OF TROUBLE / REUNION IN HEAVEN / SO HAPPY I'LL BE / YOU ARE MY FLOWER / A MILLION YEARS IN GLORY / SUSN'S GONNA SHINE IN MY BACKDOOR SOMEDAY / GET IN LINE BROTHER / THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND / CARELESS LOVE / WHERE WILL I SHELTER MY SHEEP * * Complete Scan * * |
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1965. 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, 44 photos, 25 songs. Cover is brown/orange. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Picture Album and Song Book Includes pictures from Carnegie Hall (December 1962), and this is the first book to include Beverly Hillbillies pictures (Beverly Hillbillies premiered September 26, 1962). Also has an advertisement for the newly designed Scruggs-Keith banjo tuning pegs. MY SARO JANE / GOING BACK TO HARLAN / THE LEGEND OF THE JOHNSON BOYS / NO HIDING PLACE DOWN HERE / HEAR THE WIND BLOW / NEW YORK TOWN / THIS LAND / TAKE THIS HAMMER / PASTURES OF PLENTY / HARD TRAVELIN' / FATHER'S TABLE GRACE / STEMBOAT WHISTLE BLUES / TROUBLESOME WATERS / ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS / HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOW A HUNDRED MILES / I'LL BE NO MAN'S WIFE / SUN'S GONNA SHINE IN MY BACK DOOR SOMEDAY / GEORGE ALLEY'S P.F.V. / GOOD TIMES ARE PAST AND GONE / LIFE OF TROUBLE / OVER THE HILLS TO THE POORHOUSE / PAUL AND SILAS / PO' REBEL SOLDIER / LOST ALL MY MONEY / YOU ARE MY FLOWER * * Complete Scan * * |
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1966. 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, 51 photos, 15 songs. Flatt and Scruggs '66 The cover design and inside-cover article are credited to Louise Scruggs. Previous books do not list credits. As a point of interest, this includes the following quote: Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo... at the time of this printing the book is not off the press but should be available by March 1, 1966. THE LAST PUBLIC HANGING IN WEST VIRGINIA / 10 MILES FROM NATCHEZ / KANSAS CITY / PLEASE DON'T WAKE ME / BUMMIN' AN OLD FREIGHT TRAIN / YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE / TROUBLESOME WATERS / THE SOLDIER'S RETURN / ROCK SALT AND NAILS / GONNA HAVE MYSELF A BALL / A FADED RED RIBBON / LOAFER'S GLORY / I'LL BE ON THAT GOOD ROAD SOMEDAY / CONFESSING / THE GOOD THINGS (OUTWEIGH THE BAD) * * Complete Scan * * |
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1967. 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, 36 photos, 25 songs. This book is printed in sepia-
tones. Flatt and Scruggs Sacred Songs - Picture Album Includes more photos of F&S appearing on the Beverly Hillbillies. This is the only book that makes reference to the printer - Madison Printing Co., Nashville, TN. NO MOTHER IN THIS WORLD TODAY / SO HAPPY I'LL BE / GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN / LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON / I'M WORKING ON A ROAD TO GLORY LAND / NO HIDING PLACE DOWN HERE / WAIT FOR THE SUNSHINE / BE READY FOR TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME / JOY BELLS / A STONE THE BUILDERS REFUSED / I SAW MOTHER WITH GOD LAST NIGHT / WHERE WILL I SHELTER MY SHEEP? / ANGEL BAND / THANK GOD I'M ON MY WAY / GIVE MY MOTHER MY CROWN / IS THERE ROOM FOR ME / GIVE ME FLOWERS WHILE I'M LIVING / GET IN LINE BROTHER / I'M ON MY WAY TO CANAAN'S LAND / HE TOOK YOUR PLACE / BROTHER, I'M GETTING READY TO GO / PAUL AND SILAS / REUNION IN HEAVEN / WHEN THE SAINT GO MARCHING IN / WHO WILL SING FOR ME? * * Complete Scan * * |
