Collection compiled by Armeanous Porter Hamblen, son of Williamson. A.P. did most of the transcribing. The first three pieces in the series were transcribed by another family member, John Marshall Gillaspy. Available through the Library of Congress.
Some background on the collection: http://www.singingwood.com/HamblenCollection/index.html
Digitized pages from the collection:
http://chriswig.com/hamblen.html
Tune Talk Episode 20: The Hamblen Collection (Video)
https://youtu.be/eaXLGE7cf5k?si=fP4kAPptlVL9HASO
Historical Collection
Author: Armeanous Porter Hamblen
Tunes in this Book
- Big Tennessee
- Blue Bonnets Over the Border
- Bonaparte's March
- Bonaparte's Retreat
- Calahan
- Chadwell's Station
- Cold Rain
- Cotton-Eyed Joe – Traditional
- Drummer Boy of Waterloo
- Flowers of Edinburgh
- Forked Deer
- Girl I Left Behind Me, The – Traditional
- Hamblen Collection Tune 12
- Hamblen Collection Tune 16
- Hamblen Collection Tune 20
- Hamblen Collection Tune 32
- Hankin's Raid
- Haste To The Wedding
- Indian Eat the Woodchuck
- Isle of St. Helena
- Jaybird
- Jolly Blacksmith
- Knock at the Door 'til the Cook Comes In
- Lost Indian
- Mocking Bird
- Mountain Hornpipe
- Pride of America
- Queen of France
- Roving Sailor
- Sally Goodin – Traditional
- Shelbyville
- Speckled Apron
- The Campbells Are Coming
- The Cuckoo
- The Spirit of David Hamblen
- Three Forks of Cumberland
- Turkey in the Straw
- White Cockade