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Thanks to Neil V. Rosenberg and Charles K. Wolfe for their exhaustive research in The Music of Bill Monroe, University of Illinois Press, 2007 (highly recommended for any Monroe nerd!) If we’ve missed something—lots of private recordings exist out there—or if you have corrections, don’t hesitate to let us know!

 

Title	Written By	Category	First Recorded	Also
A Voice from on High	Bill Monroe, Bessie Lee Maudlin	Gospel	1954-01-14
Along about Daybreak	Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-28
Ashland Breakdown	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1975-03-10
Baker’s Breakdown	Kenny Baker, Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1962-12-06
Baptize Me in the Cumberland River	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1982-07-04
Beyond the Gate	Jake Landers, Bill Monroe	Gospel	1970-03-26
Big Ball in Brooklyn	traditional Bill Monroe	Song	1962-04-26
Big Mon	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1958-12-01
Big Sandy River	Kenny Baker, Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1962-12-06
Big Spring	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Bill’s Dream	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1964-02-03
Billy in the Lowground	traditional Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Blue Moon of Kentucky	Bill Monroe	Song	1946-09-16
Bluegrass Breakdown	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1947-10-27	“Blue Grass Breakdown”
Bluegrass Part 1 (Bluegrass Twist)	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1960-11-30	“Blue Grass Part 1”
Bluegrass Ramble	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1950-02-03	“Blue Grass Ramble”
Bluegrass Special	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1945-02-13	“Blue Gras Special”
Bluegrass Stomp	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1949-10-22	“Blue Grass Stomp”
Blues for Casey C.	Bill Monroe	Song	1995-03-20
Bluest Man in Town	Bill Monroe	Song	1985-06-17
Brown County Breakdown	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1955-09-16
California Forest Fire	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Call of the Shepherd	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1982-07-04	“Little Shepherd”
Can’t You Hear Me Callin’	Bill Monroe	Song	1949-10-22
Cheap Love Affair	Bill Monroe, Chuck Carson	Song	1962-04-25
Cheyenne	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1954-12-31
Chilly Winds of Shannon	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1995-03-20
Close By	Bill Monroe, Robert Van Winkle	Song	1954-06-26
Come Back to Me in My Dreams	Bill Monroe	Song	1945-02-13
Come Go with Me	Bill Monroe	Song	1959-11-25
Come Hither to Go Yonder	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1990-06-16	“Go Hither to Go Yonder”
Country Waltz	Bill Monroe	Song	1952-07-18
Cripple Creek	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1969-04-29
Crossing the Cumberlands	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1968-11-14
Dancin’ in Brancin	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1986-03-17	“Dancin’ in Branson”
Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day	Bill Monroe	Song	1959-01-30
Don’t Put Off Til Tomorrow	Bill Monroe, Pete Pyle	Gospel	1952-07-18
East Tennessee Blues	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1964-10-31
Ebenezer Scrooge	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1983-12-15	“Old Ebenezer Scrooge”
Evening Prayer Blues	Bill Monroe, DeFord Baily	Fiddle	1981-02-19
Fair Play	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1981-02-04
Farewell to Long Hollow	Bill Monroe	Fiddle		“Monroe’s Farewell to Long Hollow”
Fiddler’s Pastime	Bill Monroe	Song	1976-03-29
Flowers of Love	Bill Monroe	Song	1960-11-30
Foggy Morning in Morehead	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Friday Night at the Opry	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1993-11-14
Frog on a Lily Pad	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1992-03-03	“Frog on the Lily Pad”
Get Down on Your Knees and Pray	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1951-07-06
Get Up John	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1953-11-28
Gnaw Bone	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
He’ll Take You In	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1990-06-02
Heavy Traffic Ahead	Bill Monroe	Song	1946-09-16
Highway of Sorrow	Bill Monroe	Song	1951-04-23
Honky Tonk Swing	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1941-10-02
I Am Thinking Tonight of the Old Folks	Monroe Brothers	Song	1936-10-12
I Believed in You Darling	Bill Monroe	Song	1954-01-07
I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling	Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-27
I Hope You Have Learned	Bill Monroe	Song	1953-11-28
I Love the State of Virginia	Bill Monroe	Song	1986-03-18	vocal solo!
I Want to Go with You	Bill Monroe	Song	1968-11-14
I Was Left on the Street	Chuck Carson, Bill Monroe	Song	1962-04-25	“Walk Softly on My Heart”
I’d Love to Be Over Yonder	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1994-07-00	“I’d Like to Be Over Yonder”
I’ll Live On	Thomas J. Laney, Monroe Brothers	Gospel	1937-02-15
I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome	Bill Monroe, Hank Williams	Song	1950-02-03
I’m Coming Back But I Don’t Know When	Bill Monroe	Song	1976-02-09
I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky	Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-27
I’m On My Way to the Old Home	Bill Monroe	Song	1938-01-28	“I’m On My Way Back To The Old Home”
I’m Travelin’ On and On	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1947-10-28
In Despair	Bill Monroe	Song	1957-05-15
It’s Mighty Dark to Travel	Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-27	“Mighty Dark to Travel”
Jack Across the Way	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1994-01-09
Jekyll Island	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1986-03-17
Jemison Breakdown	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Jerusalem Ridge	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1975-03-10
Journey’s End	Bill Monroe	Song	1961-11-30
Just a Song of Old Kentucky	Monroe Brothers	Song	1936-06-21
Kentucky Mandolin	Bill Monroe, Herschel Sizemore	Fiddle	1964-04-18
Kentucky Waltz	Bill Monroe	Song	1945-02-13
Ladies on a Steamboat	traditional Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Lady of the Blue Ridge	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1981-02-19
Land of Lincoln	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1969-11-25
Last Old Dollar	Bill Monroe	Song	1964-02-03
Legend of the Blue Ridge Mountains	Bill Monroe	Song	1964-01-28
Let the Gates Swing Wide	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1985-06-10
Letter from My Darling	Bill Monroe	Song	1951-01-20
Little Cabin Home on the Hill	Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-27
Little Cabin Home on the Hill	Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-27
Little Community Church	Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe	Gospel	1946-12-00
Little Red Shoes	traditional Monroe Brothers	Song	1936-02-17
Lochwood	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1981-02-04	“Lockwood”
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1964-04-18
Lord, Protect My Soul	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1950-10-15
Louisville Breakdown	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1964-04-09
Lucky Lady	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1976-10-21
Mansions for Me	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1946-09-16
Mary Jane Won’t You Be Mine	Bill Monroe	Song	1975-03-11	“Mary Jane Will You Be Mine”
Melissa’s Waltz for LB.	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1981-02-19
Memories of Mother and Dad	Bill Monroe	Song	1952-07-18
Memories of You	Bill Monroe	Song	1950-02-03
Midnight in Rosine	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Milenburg Joy	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1971-01-20
Mississippi Waltz	Kenny Baker, Bill Monroe?	Fiddle	1976-03-29
Monroe’s Blues	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1976-10-21
Monroe’s Hornpipe	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1958-12-01
Mother’s Only Sleeping	Bill Monroe	Song	1946-09-16
Music Valley Waltz	Bill Monroe, John Hartford	Song	1986-03-17
My Dying Bed	Bill Monroe	Song	1952-07-18
My Father’s Footsteps	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1994-10-30
My Florida Sunshine	Bill Monroe	Song	1977-07-28
My Last Days On Earth	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1981-02-19
My Last Moving Day	Monroe Brothers	Gospel	1937-08-08
My Little Georgia Rose	Bill Monroe	Song	1950-02-03
My Long Journey Home	traditional Monroe Brothers	Song	1936-02-17
My Louisiana Love	Bill Monroe	Song	1976-10-21
My Old Kentucky And You	Bill Monroe	Song	1972-03-21
My Rose Of Old Kentucky	Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-27
My Savior’s Train	Monroe Brothers	Gospel	1936-10-12
My Sweet Memory	Bill Monroe	Song	1977-07-27
Never Leave The A String	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1990-07-00
New John Henry Blues	Bill Monroe	Song	1954-01-07
No One But My Darlin’	Bill Monroe	Song	1958-12-01
No Place To Pillow My Head	traditional Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe	Song	1976-10-20
Northern White Clouds	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1989-05-11
Oh, Hide You In The Blood	Monroe Brothers	Gospel	1937-02-15
Old Brown County Barn	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1985-06-17
Old Daingerfield	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1981-02-04	“Old Dangerfield”
Old Ebenezer Scrooge	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1981-02-03	“Ebenezer Scrooge”
Old Lonesome Waltz	Bill Monroe	Song	1994-10-30
Old Riverman	Bill Monroe, John Hartford	Song	1981-01-06
Old Tennessee River	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1995-03-20
On And On	Bill Monroe	Song	1954-01-07
On The Old Kentucky Shore	Bill Monroe	Song	1951-01-20
One Finger Blues	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Orange Blossom Breakdown	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Out In The Cold World	Bill Monroe	Song	1957-05-15
Owensboro	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Ozark Rag	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1987-06-09
Panhandle Country	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1958-04-08
Pike County Breakdown	Rupert Jones, Bill Monroe?	Fiddle	1952-07-26
Pilgrim’s Knob	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Playing for the Old Folks	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Pocahontas	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1990-07-00
Poor White Folks	traditional Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1971-01-15
Pretty Fair Maiden In The Garden	Bill Monroe	Song	1963-07-27
Rawhide	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1951-01-20	“Raw Hide”
Reelfoot Reel	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Right, Right On	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1981-02-03
River Of Death	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1950-10-15
Road to Columbus	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Roane County Prison	Bill Monroe	Song	1957-05-15
Roanoke	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1954-12-31
Rocky Road Blues	Bill Monroe	Song	1945-02-13
Roxanna Waltz	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1994-01-09
Sally-Jo	Bill Monroe	Song	1957-12-15
Salt Creek	traditional Bill Monroe, Bill Keith	Fiddle	1963-03-20
Santa Claus	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1963-03-27
Scotland	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1958-04-08
She’s Young and I’m Growing Old	Bill Monroe	Song	1977-07-27
Shenandoah Breakdown	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1963-03-27
Shine Hallaluiah Shine	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1946-12-00
Shining Path	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1946-09-17
Sitting Alone in the Moonlight	Bill Monroe	Song	1954-01-08
Six Feet Under the Ground	Bill Monroe	Song	1978-01-24
Six Months Ain’t Long	Monroe Brothers	Song	1936-06-21
Smoky Mountain Schottische	traditional Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1992-03-03
Southern Flavor	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1988-01-04
Stay Away from Me	Bill Monroe	Song	1986-03-17
Stone Coal	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1988-01-05
Stoney Lonesome	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1959-01-30
Sugar Loaf Mountain	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1988-01-08
Summertime Is Past and Gone	Bill Monroe	Song	1946-09-16
Sweet Blue-Eyed Darling	Bill Monroe	Song	1976-10-20	“My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darling” and “My Sweet Darling”
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong	Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt	Song	1947-10-27
Tall Timber	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1955-09-16
Tallahassee	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1970-12-03
Tanyards	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1994-10-30
Tennessee Blues	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1940-10-07
Texas Blue Bonnet	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1977-07-25
Texas Lone Star	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1986-03-18
That Home Above	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1947-10-28
The Country Waltz	Bill Monroe	Song
The First Whippoorwill	Bill Monroe	Song	1951-10-28
The Gold Rush	Bill Monroe, Byron Berline	Fiddle	1967-08-23
The Golden West	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1985-06-17
The Long Bow	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1986-03-18
The Old Cross Road	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1936-10-12	“The Old Crossroads”
The Old Kentucky Blues	Bill Monroe	Song	1994-11-30
The Old Mountaineer	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1979-06-16
The One I Love Is Gone	Bill Monroe	Song
The Sunset Trail	Bill Monroe	Song	1977-07-25
Tokyo Moonlight Waltz	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Tombstone Junction	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1990-06-15
Tomorrow I’ll Be Gone	Bill Monroe	Song	1959-01-30
Toy Heart	Bill Monroe	Song	1946-09-16
Trail of Tears	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Trombolin	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
True Life Blues	Bill Monroe	Song	1945-02-13
Two Finger Waltz	Bill Monroe	Song	1994-05-22
Uncle Pen	Bill Monroe	Song	1950-10-15
Up In Front, Out in the Back	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Used to Be (I’m Just a)	Bill Monroe, Doc Watson	Song	1955-09-16
Virginia Darlin’	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1967-08-23
Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine	Jake Landers, Bill Monroe	Song	1969-10-28
Walls Of Time	Peter Rowan, Bill Monroe	Song	1965-07-24
Watson’s Blues	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1966-08-26
What Would You Give in Exchange—Part 3	Monroe Brothers	Gospel	1937-08-03
What Would You Give in Exchange—Part 4	Monroe Brothers	Gospel	1937-08-03
What Would You Give in Exchangel—Part 2	Monroe Brothers	Gospel	1937-08-03
Wheel Hoss	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1954-12-31
When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall	Bill Monroe	Song	1950-10-15
When you Are Lonely	Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-28
When you Are Lonely	Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe	Song	1947-10-28
Why Did You Wander?	Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe	Song	1946-09-16
Why Did You Wander?	Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe	Song	1946-09-16
Wishing Waltz	Bill Monroe	Song	1953-11-28
Wolf Trap Blues	Bill Monroe	Fiddle
Woodstock Hornpipe	Bill Monroe	Fiddle	1995-03-20
You Live In A World All Your Own	Bill Monroe	Song	1960-11-30
You’re Drifting Away	Bill Monroe	Gospel	1951-07-06

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