You may buy a copy of the 6th printing for each book you purchased, for $28.00 each (postpaid in USA).
Individual pages in both versions were revised whenever we found errors,
better sources, or got an idea that makes a sheet work better. At
various times lyrics were added to some tunes, then verses were added to
most pop tunes, usually replacing lyrics--the separate lyric sheets
were upgraded to include the new verses. (Most verse-lyrics changes
were made because they seemed to offer improved performance options.)
My aim is to make the books
as definitive as possible, so the sheets are revised to increase their
accuracy--if you're getting into the music, or starting a band, you've
got to start some place, so you might as well learn the tunes right.
If you use the chorus lyrics, you may prefer to keep the sheets with lyrics on them for your convenience.
Do request new lyrics .zip files. They're free.
9/05 I re-transcribed the Oliver sheets; keep the old pages until you decide which you prefer to use.
Punching the pages: make sure the shop can adjust their punching machine so the distance between the edge of the page and the hole is the same as the book pages (printings 1-3=3/32", printings 4-5=7/64)
C book printings: 1. 5/00, 2. 10/01, 3.12/02, 4. 3/04,
5. 10/05, 6. 1/ 07
Bb book printings: 1. 3/01, 2. 2/03, 3. 10/05
N = New since 2d printing, in 3d printing. *N = changes to 3d printing.
# = in 2nd printing & Bb book
9/05 = Changes in C and Bb books. 2007, etc. = new changes
| #4 Ain't she sweet--verse replaces lyrics | N 117 Love nest--line 3, bar 4 C7. Bb bk=D7
9/05 Verse repl. lyrics |
| 2007 8 Algiers strut. So often played in F new sheets made in F (C bk) G (Bb bk) | |
| 9/05 9 All by myself--verse repl lyrics | 9/05 119 Mama's gone goodbye--verse repl. lyrics |
| #10 Am I blue--verse repl lyrics | 9/05 121 Mandy --many chord changes from ShMus |
| #15 At Sundown--verse repl lyrics | 9/05 122 Margie--Verse repl lyrics |
| 9/05 16 At the jazz band ball--new sheet from music | #126 Memories of you--Verse repl lyrics |
| 9/05 18 Avalon--verse added | 2007 130 Muskrat ramble--C line 2, bars 2-4, add chords: Cm... G7... Cm Eb7.. Bb Bk: Dm... A7... Dm F7.. |
| 9/05 19 Baby face--Verse repl. lyrics | #131 My baby just cares for me--Verse repl lyrics |
| #21 Ballin' the jack--lyrics added | #132 My blue heaven--Verse repl lyrics |
| 9/05 22 Basin Street--chord/note changes to conform to sheet music | |
| N 25 Big Butter and egg--p. 1, bar 7 Fo to Fdim; (Bb bk--Fo to Gdim)
9/05 lyrics to chorus added |
#140 Nobody's sweetheart--Verse repl lyrics |
| N 26 Birth of the blues--performance guidelines added | N 149 Please don't talk about me--Added verse, deleted lyrics. Bb book changed. |
| # 28 Blue turning gray--corrected chords from the sheet music. | N 150 Poor Butterfly. Added Lyrics. Bb changed |
| 9/05 37 Bye bye blues--verse repl. lyrics | #151 Put on your old gray bonnet--corrected chorus key to Bb--no notes changed |
| #41 Campmeeting blues--Dear old Southland deleted, see 53a
9/05 Many changes. |
#152 Rockabye your baby--verse repl lyrics |
| 9/05 42 Carolina in the morning--verse added | N 153 Riverboat shuffle, p. 2--moved the coda sign to end of bar 14.
9/05 Changed key to Bb.Bb bk to C. |
| N 43 Charleston--line 3, bar 4 C7 replaced by Gm6 | 9/05 154 Rockin' chair--verse repl lyrics |
| 9/05 44 Chattanooga stomp--new sheet | |
| 9/05 44a Chattanooga Copyright sheet added | N 156 Rose of Washington Sq.--Verse line 5, Bar 1 is C7, Bar 2 F7.
Bb bk; bar 1 to D7, bar 2 to G7
9/05 Various changes from sheet music |
| N 49 Copenhagen--P. 1, D line 2, bar 1 Bb not C7 | 9/05 162 Sweet substitute--verse added |
| #53a Dear old Southland--new page w/verse & lyrics | #164 See see rider--additional lyrics |
| N 53b If I could be with you. Added verse, lyrics, deleted the version
on p. 230 (9/27/02) Bb bk made.
9/05 turnaround added |
9/05 166 Shine--new sheet w/ver, chord & note changes. |
| 9/05 55 Dippermouth blues--new sheet | 9/05 167 Sheik of Araby--Verse lyrics added |
| 9/05 55a Dippermouth Copyright sheet added | 9/05 168 Since my best gal--some note changes |
| 9/05 55b Darkness on the Delta--new tune | |
| N 57 Do you know what it means...Lines 1, 3, 7, 2nd bar, G+ replaced by Am. Bb = A+ replaced by Bm | N 170 When it's sleepytime--(Eb7) to bar 32; Eb7 last beat of V. Bb
done
9/05 Bridge key (not notes) changed: C bk to G, Bb bk to A |
| 9/05 59a If ever I cease to love. New tune | #171 Sleepy time gal--added verse, deleted lyrics |
| 9/05 60 Down Yonder--Verse-lyrics page added | 9/05 172 Smiles--verse repl lyrics. Orig. key is Ab, but commonly played in Bb. So Ab avail. separately free |
| *N 63 Eccentric--Spanier's record is in C. Intro. might be changed to Bb. Sect. D line 4, bar 3, 2nd chord F7 | 9/05 173 Snake rag--new sheet
9/05 173a Copyright sheet added |
| #67 Five foot two--67a added with verse & lyrics | |
| N 67b While we danced at the Mardi Gras (9/27/02) Bb done. | N 175 Somebody stole my gal--verse replaced lyrics. Bb bk done (9/27/02) |
| 9/05 68 From Monday on--verse repl lyrics | 9/05 180 South Rampart chords: Strain B bars 5,13:
Bb7 (C7 Bb bk); Strain F: bar 30 Eb7 (Bb bk F7), bar 31 Ab. (Bb bk Bb) |
| 2007 69 Georgia on my mind--V. added 1st & 2nd endings, some notes changed re sheet music. | 2007 182 St. Louis blues--Routine note changed: B is often the first strain. |
| 9/05 73 High society--new sheet | 9/05 191 Sweet Sue--verse repl lyrics |
| 9/05 74 Hindustan--verse added; several chorus chords changed re the sheet music | #197 Tiger rag p. 2--corrected key to Ab--no notes changed
2007 197 Tiger rag--C lines 3-4: optional repeats added; explained in expanded p. 2 note |
| N 75 Honeysuckle rose--p.1, 2 bridge:bar 2 Fo repl by Fdim, bar 6 Go repl by Gdim. Bb book: bar 2 Fo repl. by Gdim, bar 6 Go repl. by Adim | #201 Toot toot tootsie--verse repl lyrics |
| N 76 Home--repl. lyrics w/Verse | #203 Trouble in mind--original verse repl lyrics |
| 9/05 77 Hundred years from today--new sheet: key changed to Eb, verse added | 9/05 204 Wabash blues--added verse, patter |
| 9/05 82 I gotta right to sing--new sheet w/verse | 9/05 207a Alice blue gown added |
| #85 I never knew I could love anybody--lyrics added
9/05 Verse repl. lyrics |
9/05 208 Way down yonder--verse added; Page 2 added with patter, lyrics |
| 2007 211 West End blues--added notes for 3rd vocal strain, some chords changed. Separate vocal sheet made from sheet music | |
| 2007 210 What ya want me to do--New sheet | |
| 9/05 86 I want a little girl--verse repl lyrics | 9/05 212 When my dreamboat--Verse repl lyrics |
| 9/05 214 When the red red robin--verse repl lyrics | |
| 9/05 216 When you wore a tulip--verse repl lyrics | |
| N 87 I wish I could shimmy--various changes to make notes more closely conform to lyrics--commonly played melody differs from book notes. Bb bk done | 9/05 217 When you're smiling--verse repl lyrics.
Chorus bar 14 F+ (Bb=G+), bar 29 2nd chord Ebm (Bb=Fm) |
| 9/05 88 Ida--verse added | N 218 Whispering--lines 1,5, bar 3: Added Ebdim as an alternate to the D9. Bb bk = F dim |
| #91 If you knew Susie--verse repl. lyrics | *N220 Willie the weeper. Intro: 2nd F is 1/4 not 1/8
9/05 minor note & design changes |
| #223 Yessir that's my baby p. 2--corrected chords in bars 3, 11, 27 from Eb to Bb7 | |
| N 93 I'm coming Virginia--line 1,3 bar 1 replaced Fo with Fdim so the chord would transpose. Bb book corrected from Fo to Gdim. (7/02) | N 227 Winin' boy--key changed to Eb from Ab
How come you do me--lines 1,4, bar 3 last 2 beats F7 Bb sheet corrected 9/05 Tag added; Bar 16=Bb G7, bar 17=C7 F7; bar 18=Bb. Bb book: 16=C A7, 17=D7 G7, 18=C |
| N 96 I'm looking over a four leaf. Verse, line 6 bar 3 C6, bar 4 C6
E7//. Bb book done.
9/05 Verse lyrics now full 32 bars |
N 230 If I could be with you--Key is Eb. Moved to new page 53b, now has verse and lyrics. Added Buddy Bolden's Blues. Bb changed |
| N 97 In a shanty in old shantytown--Verse repl lyrics (10/2/02)
Bb book done
9/05 Bb page: key corrected--changed from D to G |
N 234--America the beautiful--chords in line 4 bar 2 C, bar 3 F/G7/,
bar 4 C. Bb bk 4/2 D, bar 3 = G/A7/
America--line 3, bar 3 last 2 chords F C7. Bb book G D7 |
| #98 Indiana--lyrics added
9/05 Verse repl. lyrics |
#235 Star Spangled Banner--added lyrics |
| 9/05 100 Is it true...Dixie--Verse repl. lyrics | |
| 9/05 101 It had to be you--Verse repl lyrics. | |
| N 102 It's a long way to Tipperary. Verse repl lyrics. Bb bk done (10/02) | #236 Battle hymn--added lyrics |
| 105 I've found a new--verse chords corrected from ShMus: Bars 1, 9
deleted Bb7 (Bb bk C7); bar 7 is Abdim (Bb bk: Bb dim)
bar 15, 16: C bk: Am/Dm A+ A7/// Bb bk: Bm/Em B+ B7/// |
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| 9/05 107 Jazz me blues--new sheet from the music | |
| 9/05 108 Jazzin' babies blues--new sheet | |
| 9/05 110 Kansas City Kitty--verse repl lyrics | |
| 9/05 112 Limehouse blues--Verse lines 1,7, Bar 3:
Alternate chords: C bk Eb (C7); Bb bk F (D7) |
#237 Dixie--added lyrics |
| #115 Lonesomest gal --corrected lyrics | #243 Happy days are here again--lyrics added
9/05 Verse repl lyrics |