Aunt Rhody (strumstick tutorial #3)

"A song Jean Ritchie taught me to love"
Lew Dite with his grand strumstick

The top line of numbers is for the solo strumstick between verses.
The lower line of numbers is the basic Aunt Rhody tune.

4----4----3----2-3-2
2----2----1----0---0
Go tell Aunt Rhody
1----1---5----4--3--2
1----1---3----2--1--0
Go tell Aunt Rhody
0----0---1----2----4
4----4---3----2----0
Go tell Aunt Rhody
4-----3---2-----3-------4---2
0-----1---0-----1-------2---0
The old grey goose is dead

IF YOU ARE TWO PEOPLE WITH STRUMSTICKS YOU CAN PLAY THE TWO MUSICAL LINES TOGETHER AND GIVE THE TUNE A LITTLE MUSICAL HARMONY

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Lew
• Dite
• Peggy
• Seeger
• grand
• strumstick

[cariboubill]

Lew, you are amazing. An absolute treasure of old songs and musical instruments. Thanks for the inspiration. ...Bill

[lewdite]

Thanks for that Bill...

[lab12345671]

where do you find all this music? You should make tabs for it all

[waterdog226]

Wow! I stumbled across this. I have heard you play your baritone ukulele, and this is quite different. Old sound.

[BrickChickens]

THE OLD GREY GOOSE IS DEAD DX *cries*

[CJ743]

my uncle loves your music

[w00diej]

wauw

[wolfshipon]

Awesome... thanks for singing with the Strumstick. I'm totally psyched and inspired :)

[caramelocre]

that sounds very nice!

[davidholness]

Thanks for posting this

I remember singing this in school in the UK in 1950's and had forgotten all about it.

Thanks for the memory jolt.

Take Care

David