Tunes

Here are some of the tunes that we play now and then.

Some sample sheet music

Our Big Tune List

Here are some names of tunes that get common play around these here parts.
If you want to join us, knowing some of these might help.

This list is under construction! Maybe within a month it will be roughly accurate. (We’re not saying which month though :-) )

Jigs Reels
  • Barrel Rafferty’s/Willie Coleman’s
  • Up Sligo/The trip to Sligo/The tar road to Sligo
  • Killavil/Have a drink with me
  • Fasten the leg in her/The black rogue (an rogaire dubh)
  • The battering ram/The rolling wave
  • Out on the Ocean/Mrs. O’Sullivan’s
  • The thrush in the straw/The banks of Lough Gamhna
  • Paddy Fahy’s/Julia Delaney
  • The golden keyboard/Cooley’s
  • The Tarbolton reel
  • The merry blacksmith/The silver spear
  • The concert reel/The old bush
  • The fly-fishing reel/Craig’s pipes
Polkas and Slides Hornpipes
  • Merrily kiss the Quaker’s wife/Paidraig O’Keefe’s
  • The road to Lisdoonvarna/O’Keefe’s slide
  • The boys of Bluehill/Harvest home
  • The flowing tide/The ebb tide
  • The Home Ruler/Kitty’s Wedding
Waltzs Mazurkas
  • Baidin Fheidhilmid or
  • -Phelim’s (Phillip’s) Little Boat
  • Spancil Hill