The second is a tune called Dance Boatman Dance - I play it closest to the version I learned from fiddler Melvin Wine's recording. The tune appears in Briggs' Banjo Instructor (1855), and as far as I can tell it's originally attributed to the early minstrel performer Dan Emmet as "De Boatman's Dance" in 1843. However, several versions of the tune have been documented in various oral traditions - this may indicate that Dan Emmett was merely the first to write it down.
I had planned to put up a few more gourd tunes, but that's all I had time to record before leaving for school. So, for now, here's Sally Ann played on my Gold Tone Maple Lady. It's a pretty ubiquitous tune - I learned this version from Mary Cox's recording. And just for fun, there's a version of Shady Grove I learned from Donald Zepp's recording.
And for the really, really old time music fans, there's a recording of Bach's Cello Suite 1, Prelude as performed on my mom's old baritone ukulele. Although there's no definitive evidence linking this particular composition to the uke, I'm told that Johannes was an avid banjulele player before his mother forced him start harpsichord lessons as a young boy.
