Uke of Cornwall and NBB - Boil em Cabbage

Me and the Uke of Cornwall knocking out Boil em Cabbage Down!

A Whole Lotta Cabbage

I've been playing Boil 'em Cabbage Down a lot recently as an exercise to improve my drop thumbing technique, and I was trawling through Patrick Costello's Tangier Sound archive for the Daily Frail and I've pulled together his various tabs for Boil 'em.

Boil 'em Cabbage Down (drop thumbing)

Been working hard on my drop thumbing technique, which is a tricky but great way of breaking the monotony of the 'bump ditty' frailing rhythm. It's hard to get the thumb to drop down and pluck an eighth note before the fifth string pluck, but its getting automatic now and gives a useful variation to throw into a tune.

Here's my version of Boil 'em Cabbage Down using drop thumbing.

Singing and Playing

Finding the Ukuele an easier instrument to sing along with.
This is my first ever atempt at singing - that's why I'm so quiet!

Boil 'em Cabbage Down


back to the banjo
Banks of the Ohio


Still wrestling with the F chord of death.
Wabash Cannonball

moving on

These are all tunes I recorded over subsequent weeks and months as a record of how I'm doing.

Boil 'em Cabbage Down (March 08)


Cripple Creek (March 08)


My First Tune (Sept 08)


Jessie James (Sept 08)


Goin down the Road Feeling Bad (Nov 08)