Rowdy Creek String Band

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This site is a tune library for an amateur group whose members include musicians from the coastal counties of Curry and Del Norte which straddle the California-Oregon border. The group's performance name is the Rowdy Creek String Band. The webpage name of Younkers Creek refers to the private residence situated above the creek where the group first convened. All tunes and audio files are for the non-commercial use by the group's members.

Rehearsals are held every Thursday, 10-12 am at the Chetco Community Library in Brookings. These are open rehearsals and all acoustic string players are welcome. The first hour is reserved for working on our rehearsal tunes, followed by a circle jam.

Instructions: following each tune title there are clickable links for the each tune's sheet music (JPG, PDF, or BMP) followed by links -- if any -- for audio (mp3 or midi), if available.

Please Note: While many of us belong to the Old Time Fiddlers the purpose of our group is to become proficient at playing a set number of tunes. While we will play other tunes that guests may request, please keep in mind that this is a rehearsal and not an OOTF-style jam session.

Also, group members who wish to introduce a new tune are expected to be able to play it well before introducing it to the group AND need to bring a sufficient number of photocopies to share with the group.

WARM-UP TUNES:

  • Angeline the Baker PDF MP3
  • Cripple Creek PDF1 PDF2 MP3
  • Scotland the Brave JPG
  • Seneca Square Dance JPG MP3
  • Waterbound JPG

    REHEARSAL TUNES:

  • Ashokan Farewell PDF
  • Big Sciota PDF MP3
  • The Bonapartes medley
         Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine JPG
         Bonaparte's Retreat PDF MP3
  • Cold Frosty Morning / Kitchen Girl Medley
         Cold Frosty Morning JPG
         Kitchen Girl JPG
  • Coleraine JPG
  • Colored Aristocracy JPG
  • Echoes of the Ozarks PDF
  • Flowers of Edinburgh JPG
  • Glades JPG
  • Golden Slippers / Redwing medley
         Golden Slippers JPG MP3
         Redwing PDF MP3
  • Jenny Lind Polka in D/G JPG
  • John Ryans Polka Medley Contra Mix JPG
  • Josefins Dopvals PDF
  • Kesh Jig JPG
  • June Apple (see Red Haired Girl Medley)
  • Kitchen Girl (see Cold Frosty Morning Medley)
  • Liberty (see Soldiers Joy medley)
  • Matt's Polka JPG
  • Ookpik Waltz JPG
  • Over the Waterfall PDF MP3
  • Planxty Hewlett JPG JPG revised chords MP3
  • Red Haired Boy -- June Apple
         Red Haired Boy PDF MP3
         June Apple PDF MP3
  • Redwing (see Golden Slippers medley)
  • Riddell Fiddles set JPG
  • St. Anne's Reel (see Soldiers Joy medley)
  • Soldiers Joy -- Liberty -- St. Anne's Reel
         Soldiers Joy and Liberty JPG
         St. Anne's Reel JPG
  • Soldiers Joy (also see Medleys) PDF MP3
  • Tola Custy's Jig JPG
  • Westphalia Waltz JPG MP3
  • Whiskey Before Breakfast JPG MIDI

    TUNES PLAYED OCCASIONALLY:

  • After the Battle of Aughrim JPG
  • la Bastringue JPG
  • Banish misfortune JPG
  • Battare Prosciutto Klezmer JPG
  • Bear Mountain Rag JPG
  • Believe me if all those endearing young charms JPG
  • Buffalo Gals JPG
  • Forever Young Waltz JPG
  • Girl I Left Behind Me JPG
  • Jenny Lind Polka in G JPG MP3
  • John Ryan's Polka JPG
  • Loch Lomond JPG
  • Maiden's Prayer JPG
  • Metsakukkia JPG PDF
  • Petronella JPG MP3
  • Pig Ankle Rag BMP
  • Rainy days waltz JPG
  • Sail Away Ladies 1b JPG
  • Saut du lapin JPG
  • Shady Grove JPG
  • Villi Ruusu (Wild Roses) JPG
  • Wren's nest JPG
  • Young Aslaug in G PDF

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    • ( updated: 06.15.2025 )

    LIBRARY, not in reperatoire:

  • Astrid Valse JPG MP4
  • Baerendans / the Wren JPG MP3
  • Billy in the Lowground JPG*
  • Blackberry Blossom JPG
  • De Colores PDF
  • Devil's Dream JPG
  • Fisher's Hornpipe 3-Part PDF* MP3* MP3 slow*
  • Fisher's Hornpipe 2-Part JPG
  • Flower of the Flock JPG
  • J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte JPG
  • Jolie Blonde JPG1 JPG2
  • Jump at the Sun JPG
  • Khosn, kale mazeltov JPG
  • Lady Mary Hayes (2 pages) JPG pg1 JPG pg2
  • La Partida JPG
  • La Promenade JPG
  • Le Tourment JPG
  • Manchurian Waltz JPG
  • Morpeth Rant JPG
  • Mountain House JPG
  • My Darling Asleep JPG
  • New Camptown Races JPG* MP3* MP3 (slow)*
  • Old Joe Clark PDF MP3
  • Sueno de una Munequita JPG
  • Planxty Irwin JPG
  • Ragtime Annie JPG basic JPG
  • Road to Lisdoonvasrna PDF
  • Russ' Rag JPG
  • Tunturisatu JPG
  • Sailor's Hornpipe JPG
  • Shove that pigs foot PDF MP3
  • Steciaks JPG
  • Turkey in the Straw JPG PDF
  • Ukraynishe Kolomeyke JPG
  • Wizards Walk JPG


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    * Used by permission: Pete Martin

    CONTRA TUNE RECORDINGS


  • Baerendans / the Wren JPG MP3
  • Horace Hanesworth / Paddy on a Handcar JPG MP3
  • Soldiers Joy / Shove that Pigs Foot JPG MP3
  • Westphalia Waltz JPG MP3

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