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A
(The) Abbey Reel
Accordian Crimes
by Dave Para
Adriatic Bridge
Around the horn
by Jay Ungar
Art O'keefe's
Across a crowded room *
Altamont
[reel]
by John Lusk
 | 
(Al2)
Angelina (the) Baker
[reel]
Angus Campbell
Ariel Hornpipe
by Cyril Stinnett
Arkansas Traveler
(The) Ashplant Reel
 | 
(AR2)
 | 
(AR3)
Saint Anne's Reel
B
Bad Hair
[reel]
by Rodney Miller
 | 
(Jazzy)
(The) Banks/Shores of Lough Gowna
[jig]
 | 
(BL2)
 | 
(BL3)
Barbours Cordial
Bay of Fundy Reel
Batchelder's Reel
Beaumont Rag [fabulous version]
Bending my Elbow *
[jig]
by Enid Diamante
Benton’s Dream
[reel]
Big John McNeil
[reel]
 | 
(BJM2)
Big Liza Jane
[reel]
 | 
(BLJ2)
 | 
(banjo, slow)
Big Scioty
Big sweet taters (in Sandy Land)
 | 
(BST2)
Billy In the Lowground
 | 
(fast)
Blackberry Blossom
 | 
(BB clear)
 | 
(BB slow)
(The) Blackthorn Stick
@
[jig]
 | 
(BS2)
 | 
(BS slow)
Black Rogue
@
[jig]
Blair Atholl
 | 
(BA2)
Blackjack Whiskey
by Graham Townsend
Blarney Pilgrim
@
[jig]
Blue Jig
@
[jig]
by Joel Mabus
 | 
(fabulous)
 | 
(BJ3)
 | 
(Jazzy)
Blue Water Jig
@
[jig]
by John Durocher
Boatman
Booth shot Lincoln
[Also
“Booth ” ]
 | 
(BsL2)
 | 
(BsL3)
 | 
(BsL4)
Brenda's Reel
Brenda Stubbert's reel
by Jerry Holland
Bridget's Back in Town
Brushy Run
 | 
(BR2)
 | 
(BR3)
Buchta Dancers’ Polka
by Don Messer
Bus Stop Reel
by Anita Anderson
C
C.N.E. Breakdown
[Canadian National Exposition]
by Ward Allen
Caliche Creek
 | 
(CC2)
 | 
(CC3)
Calliope House
@
[jig]
 | 
(CH2)
Camp Meeting on the 4th of July
[reel]
Cantina
 | 
(Ca2)
Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland
@
[jig]
by Willy? Hunter?
 | 
(FW2)
Captain Campbell
 | 
(CC2)
Caribou Reel
by Andy deJaris
[Caribou Reel
≠
Reel Caribou ]
Castle Kelly
[reel]
Catharsis
 | 
(slow)
 | 
(fast)
 | 
(Ca3)
 | 
(diff styling)
Cats and Rats *
by Bill Dudley
Century Polka
Chain a Lady
Chattanooga
[rag]
Chinese Breakdown
[reel]
Chivalry
by Keith Murphy
 | 
(Ch2)
Cincinnati Rag
Cliffs of Moher
@
[jig]
Clare Island Boat Song
@
[jig]
Clare Jig
@
[jig]
(The) Clare Shout
@
[jig]
 | 
(CS2)
(The) Clumsy Lover
@
[jig]
by Neil Dickie
 | 
(CL2)
(The) Coffee is Strong
@
[jig]
Coffee Jig
@
[jig]
 | 
(CJ2)
Cold Frosty Morning
 | 
(CFM2)
Coleman's March
Coleraine Jig
@
[jig]
 | 
(sedate)
 | 
(fast)
Colored Aristocracy
[rag]
Come (Let Us) Dance and Sing
 | 
(CDS2)
 | 
(CDS3)
Cooley's Reel
(The) Coral Riff
[reel]
by Pete Sutherland
 | 
(CR2)
Cotton Baggin'
[breakdown/reel]
Cotton
by Charlie Engstrom
 | 
(cloggers)
 | 
(audio only)
Cowboy's Dream
 | 
(CD2)
 | 
(CD3)
Cowboy Jig
Crook Brothers Breakdown
 | 
(fancy)
Cuckoo's Nest
[Hornpipe ?]
 | 
(CN2)
Curvy Road to Corinth
[reel]
D
Dancing Bear
[reel]
(The) Dawn
(The) Devil's Dream
[reel]
 | 
(DD2)
Devil's in the Kitchen
[strathspey,reel]
 | 
(DK2)
Devil in the Strawstack
[breakdown/reel]
by Tommy Jarrell
 | 
(v2)
Dick Gossip's Reel
 | 
(DGR2)
Dinky Dorian’s reel
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Dinky's Reel
Don't do that again
by George Paul
Donnybrook Fair
@
[jig]
Door County #2
 | 
(Larry Unger)
 | 
(Notorious)
Dougie McDonald's
Drowsy Maggie
[reel]
(The) Drunken Landlady
[reel]
 | 
(fast)
(The) Drunken Sailor
by Kevin Burke
Duck River
[breakdown/reel]
by John Salyer
 | 
(slow)
Ducks on the Millpond
[breakdown/reel]
 | 
(v2)
Ducks on the Pond
[reel]
 | 
(DP2)
 | 
(DP3)
Durang's Hornpipe
 | 
(DH2)
Dutiaume Foxtrot
by Reg Bouvette
E
East Tennessee Blues
[breakdown/blues]
by Charlie Bowman
8th of January
[breakdown/reel]
 | 
(v2)
Eli Greene's Cakewalk
[cakewalk, rag]
by Sadie Koninsky
 | 
(v2)
Evil Diane
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
 | 
(drum)
F
Farewell to the Taliban
[slipjig]
by Phil Cunningham
 | 
(FT2)
Farewell to Whiskey
Father Kelly's Reel
 | 
(stepdance)
 | 
(slow)
Fiddlin’ Andy
by Andy Dejarlis
Fire On The Mountain
by Isham Monday
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
 | 
(comic, 28)
Fireball
[multiple tunes]
 | 
(v2)
Firefly Dance
@
[jig]
(The) Firefly Jig
@
[jig]
Firefly Reel
[correct tune ?]
Fishers Hornpipe
 | 
(improv)
 | 
(riffing)
 | 
(classical)
Fishing Rod Reel
by Ward Allen
Fleur De Mandragore
[reel]
 | 
(v2)
First Pint
@
[jig]
by Colin Farrell
 | 
(v2)
Flop-eared Mule
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(bray, Dubliners)
 | 
(bray)
 | 
(orchestra)
Fly around my Pretty Little Miss
[breakdown/reel]
Flowers of Edinburgh
[?]
Flying home to Shelley
[reel]
by Paul Gitlitz
Flying Tent
by Keith Murphy
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(solo)
Folding Down the Sheets
 | 
(v2)
Frank's reel
Free the Fischer
French gigue
@
[jig]
(The) Friendly Visit
[hornpipe]
Frieze Breeches
@
[jig]
[Also Freeze Britches ]
 | 
(e-Motion)
 | 
(FB3)
Full House *
by David Massey
G
(The) Gale
by Susan Conger
Gal With the Rundown Shoe
[ ? ? ?]
by Walt Koken
Garfield's Blackberry Blossom
[?=? Blackberry Blossom ?]
Garrett Berry's Jig
@
[jig]
 | 
(GBJ2)
 | 
(GBJ3)
Garrett Berry's Reel
 | 
(GBR2)
Gaspe Reel
Generic Square Dance *
Georgia Railroad
[breakdown/reel]
(La) Gigue de Terrebonne
@
[jig]
Gilles Roy
by Graham Townsend
Ginger Sling *
(The) Girl I Left Behind Me
Glass Island
[reel]
Glory in the Meeting House
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
(The) Goat in the Garden
@
[jig]
Goats in the Garden
[bluegrass]
by George Paul
[Is this the G.Paul version??]
Going to the Wedding to Get Some Cake
Going Uptown
[reel ? ]
Gold(en) Stud
Goodbye Liza Jane
 | 
(v2)
Greasy Coat
[breakdown/reel]
 | 
(funky)
 | 
(fast)
Green Mountain Petronella
[reel]
|
(GMP2)
Green Willis
[ ? ? ? ]
 | 
(v2)
Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman
[reel]
Gravel Walks
[reel]
H
Haning's Farewell
Handsome Young Maidens
[jig]
Hangman's reel
[ = Le Reel Du Pendu ]
 | 
(clogging)
Haphazard Breakdown
Happy A *
Happy Together
 | 
(HT2)
 | 
(comic)
Haste to the Wedding
@
[jig]
by James Oswald
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Hawks and Eagles
by Norman Edmonds
 | 
(slow)
High Road to Linton
[reel]
 | 
(HRL2)
Home with the Girls in the Morning
[breakdown/reel]
 | 
(lyrics)
Humours of Lisheen
@
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(guitar)
Humours of Lissadell
[reel]
Hunt the Squirrel
@
[jig]
Hunting the Buffalo
I
Ice House → See Maison de Glace
I Buried My Wife (and Danced on her Grave)
[jig]
I'll Buy Boots for Maggie
[Irish polka]
 | 
(Danced fast)
In Between Jig *
[jig]
by Peter Martin
Indian Point
[jig]
by Rick Mohr
 | 
(IP2)
Inside *
by Bill Paine
Irish-American Reel
(The) Irish Hornpipe
Irish Reel
by Cyril Stinnett
 | 
(IR2)
Irish Washerwoman Jig
[jig]
Irish Polkas
[polka, reel ? ]
It's in D
[jig]
J
(The Old) Jawbone
[breakdown/reel]
 | 
(Jaw2)
Jaybird
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Jenny Picking Cockles
[reel]
 | 
(v2)
Jerry’s Beaver Hat
[jig]
Jerusalem Ridge
 | 
(M.Cleveland)
 | 
(solo)
Jim The Fiddle Maker
by Ivan Hicks
Joe Derrane's Jig
[jig]
 | 
(slow)
Johnny Don’t Get Drunk
[breakdown/reel]
 | 
(v2)
Joys of Québec
[reel]
 | 
(v2)
(The) Judge *
Julia Clifford's jig
[jig]
Julia Delaney
June Apple
[breakdown/reel]
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Jump at the Sun
[jig]
K
Kate n' Roses *
Katelyn's March *
by David Massey
Kent County Jig
[jig]
by Angus Robichaud
Kesh Jig
[jig]
Killavil Jig
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Killavil Reel
 | 
(v2)
Kiss me Kate
[reel]
Kitchen Girl
[breakdown/reel]
by Henry Reed
 | 
(v2)
L
L&N Rag
by Alex Hood
La Bastringue
La fée des dents
|
(fiddle, keyboard)
Lad O'Beirne's Jig
[jig]
Lady be good
 | 
(nice)
Lamb's wool rag
Lark in the Morning
[jig 4-part]
 | 
(fast)
 | 
(LM3)
Lasses Trust in Providence
Last chance
Last Train To Rajasthan
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(innovative)
Late For The Dance
Laughing Marg
by Jim Mullaney
Laurel's Reel
Leitrim's Fancy Hornpipe
 | 
(slow)
Leitrim's Fancy Jig
[jig]
 | 
(duo)
 | 
(LFJ3)
 | 
(LFJ4)
Levi Jackson Rag
Liberty
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(solos)
 | 
(archival)
Lilting Banshee
[jig]
Liza Jane
 | 
(LJ2)
Little Liza Jane
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(fast)
 | 
(v4)
[Big] Liza Jane , which see.
[Goodbye] Liza Jane , which see.
Lonesome Indian
[∃ several versions]
by Andy Dejarlis
Lord MacDonald’s Reel
Lord of the Dance
 | 
(LD2)
 | 
(LD3)
Lost Girl
 | 
(v2)
Lost Indian
Lucy Campbell
M
Maid Behind the Bar
Also Judy's Reel
 | 
(MBB2)
 | 
(MBB3)
Maison de Glace (The Ice House)
[jig]
by Peter Martin
&
Réjean Brunet
 | 
(MG2)
Maple Leafs
[AABB: 64beats×2; reel]
Maple Sugar
by Ward Allen
 | 
(v2)
Marche de Thomas Pomerleau
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Marco Polo *
Marie's Wedding
[Also
Mari , Mairi ]
March of Saint Timothy
by Judi Morningstar
 | 
(v2)
Martha Campbell
 | 
(v2)
Mason's Apron
 | 
(v2)
Maudabawn Chapel
[reel]
 | 
(MC2)
Maurice Billette Reel
by Calvin Vollrath
Meeting of the Waters
 | 
(v2)
Meg Grey
 | 
(MG2)
 | 
(MG3)
Merrily Kissed The Quaker
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
Merry Blacksmith Reel
 | 
(v2)
Miller's Maggot
[jig]
 | 
(MM2)
Miss McCloud's Reel
Also Miss McLeod's
 | 
(fast)
Miss Susan Cooper
by Ronnie Cooper
Mississippi Sawyer
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Mist-Covered Mountain
Monaghan jig
[jig]
Montebello Reel
by Webb Acheson
[Seems
Montebello Reel
≠
Reel de Montebello ]
(The) Moon & Seven Stars
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
Morrison Jig
[jig]
Mother's Reel
Mother Thacker’s Oyama Special
by Calvin Vollrath
Mountain Canary
Mouse in the Cupboard
[jig]
(The) Mouth Of The Tobique
[64 beat version]
(The) Mountain Road
(The) Moving Cloud
 | 
(fast)
Munster Bacon
[jig]
Munster Buttermilk
[jig]
[similar: Out in the Ocean ]
 | 
(MB2)
Music for a Found Harmonium
 | 
(nyckelharpa)
My Blue Ridge Mountain Home
[foxtrot]
by Carson Robison
My Mary Ann *
[jig]
My Other Brother Darrell Polka
by Calvin Vollrath
N
Nail that Catfish to a Tree
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Night Owls
North Carolina Breakdown
 | 
(NCB2)
 | 
(duo dulcimers)
O
Off She Goes
[jig]
Old Favorite
[jig]
 | 
(OFa2)
 | 
(OFa3)
Old French
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Old Grey Cat
|
(v2)
Old Hag You Have Killed Me
[jig]
Old Horse and Buggy
 | 
(v2)
Old Joe Clark
 | 
(v2)
The Old Man and The Old Woman
Old Man Winter
[?Extra beats?]
 | 
(v2)
On The Danforth
by Keith Murphy
Opera Reel
Out in the Ocean
[jig]
Out on the Road
Orange Blossom Special
P
Paddy O'Rafferty's
[Also Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh ]
[jig 3-part]
Paddy Clancy's Jig
[jig]
 | 
(PCJ2)
Paddy on the Handcar
[reel]
 | 
(PH2)
Paddy on the Railroad
[reel]
 | 
(PR2)
 | 
(PR3)
Paddy on the Railway
[reel]
Pagosa Hornpipe
by Rob Pine
Paul Berard’s Jig
[jig]
by Neil Berard
Peacock rag
 | 
(solos)
Peter-Martin's *
by Bill Paine
Petronella
(The) Pigeon On The Gate
Pipe on the hob
[jig]
Possum's Tail is Bare
Providence Reel
 | 
(PR2)
 | 
(Same tune?)
Puff Adder
 | 
(v2)
Polar Bear Jig
[jig]
Possum Up a Gum Stump
Pretty Little Dog
 | 
(fast)
 | 
(v3)
Promised Land *
by Eleta Sucsy
Puncheon Floor
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(Two banjos)
R
Ragtime Annie
 | 
(fast)
Rakish Paddy
 | 
(RP2)  | 
(RP3)
Ralph's Watch
by Judy Hyman
(The) Reconciliation Reel
Red-haired boy
 | 
(v2)
Red Hills Polka
 | 
(Bill Dudley)
 | 
(baby)
Red Prairie Dawn
by Garry Harrison
 | 
(fast)
Red River Cart
by Andy DeJarlis
Redwing
 | 
(v2)
Reel Sainte-Antoine
 | 
(group)
 | 
(foot)
Reel Caribou
[≠ Caribou Reel ]
Reel de Joie
Reel de L'Oiseau Bleu
 | 
(ROB2)
Reel de Montebello
Reel Sainte-Louise
by Réjean Lizotte
Reel Yvonne
by Yvonne Casey
Reign of Love
[reel]
by Keith Murphy
Ríl An Spidéal
[Also Spiddal Reel ]
by Charlie Lennon
 | 
(v2)
(On the) Road to Boston
Road To Lisdoonvarna
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Road to Recovery
by Liz Carroll
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Robertson's Reel
 | 
(RoRe2)
Rock-a-bye Baby *
by Daniel Steinberg
Rock that baby Lucy
 | 
(RbL2)
Rock the baby Joe
 | 
(RbJ2)
Rock the Cradle Joe
Rockabye
Rocks of Brae
 | 
(v2)
Rolling Wave
[jig]
Rory O'More
[jig]
 | 
(danced)
Rosco
by Kyle Creed
 | 
(v2)
(The) Rose Tree
Route No. 15
by Reg Bouvette
S
Sail Away Ladies
Sally Ann
Salt River
 | 
(fancy)
 | 
(v3)
Salt Spring
[intricate]
by Keith Murphy
 | 
(SS2)
Sandy Boys
Sarah Armstrong
 | 
(v2)
Saturday night breakdown
 | 
(Snb2)
Scatter The Mud
[jig]
(Down by the) Sally Gardens
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Sean Ryan's Jig
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
Seneca Square Dance
[= Waiting For The Federals ]
Shaking Down the Acorns
by Edden Hammons
 | 
(v2)
Shelburne Rotary Breakdown
by Earl Mitton
Shenandoah Falls
Ships in Full Sail
[jig]
Shoes & Stockings
by Henry Reed
 | 
(SS2)
Shoo Fly (don't bother me!)
[Shoefly ,
Shoo! Fly ]
Shuffle About
 | 
(v2)
Silver Spear
[reel]
 | 
(v2)
Six Feet Under
[ECD excellent]
by Becky Tracy
 | 
(v2)
Sleigh Ride Reel
by Reg Hill
Sligo Reel
Smith Sisters’ Jig
[jig]
by Linda Duford
Snake River Reel
|
(SRR2)
Snowflake Reel
Spootiskerry
[reel]
by Samuel Ian Burns
 | 
(Spo2)
Soldier's Joy
 | 
(v2)
Soldier's Sorrow
[Interesting intro. Unsure of measure-structure]
 | 
(Play at 3/4 speed)
Southern Aristocracy
Speed the plow
Spotted Pony
 | 
(SP2)
 | 
(mandolin)
Squirrel Hunters
Stan Chapman's Jig
[jig]
 | 
(dancers)
 | 
(CD)
Star above the Garter
[jig]
Star Of Munster
Staten Island Hornpipe
Stenson's Reel
Step Around Johnny
by Sam Taylor
Stone's Rag
by Charles Arrington
Stop Press
by Pete Marshall  | 
(SP2)  | 
(SP3)
String of Trucks
by Jim Kimball
Sugar Hill
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Sugar in My Coffee
[reel]
Sunset's Jig *
[jig]
Susie and the Zebra Finch *
Swallowtail Jig
[jig]
(The) Swedish Jig
by Arthur Darley .
[Also
“Arthur Darley's Jig ” ]
 | 
(SwJ2)
 | 
(SwJ3)
Sweet Briar
 | 
(v2)
Sweet Georgia Brown
(The) Sweeter the Juice
Swinging on a Gate
[reel]
 | 
(v2)
(The) Sword in the hand
[reel]
Swords into Ploughshares
T
Tam Lin
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Temperance Reel
Also The Teetotaller
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Texas Gals
 | 
(TG2)
Tom Staley's *
Top ‘O The Hill
[jig]
by Andy Dejarlis
Torn Jacket
[AABB: 64beats×3; reel]
Toss the Feathers
 | 
(v2)
Tour's End *
by Daniel ?
Trip to Dingle
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
Trip to Pakistan
[reel]
by Niall Kenny
Trip to Sofia
Tripping up the stairs
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
Troll Soup
by Brendan Taaffe
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
Turkey in the Straw
 | 
(fast)
Tuttle’s Reel
Twelve Pins
[reel]
by Charlie Lennon
 | 
(TP2)
 | 
(TP3)
U
Up Downey
[reel ?] by ??
Up Sligo
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
V
Victory Breakdown
by Don Messer
Virginia Reel
 | 
(VR2)
 | 
(?? same tune)
W
Wabash Cannonball
 | 
(v2)
Waiting for Jimmy Flett
[Time signature? For contra? ]
by
Calvin Vollrath &
John Arcand
Waiting For The Federals → See Seneca Square Dance
Walker Street Reel
Walkin' Uptown
War Bonnet Reel
by Marcel Meilleur
 | 
(author playing)
Waynesboro/Waynesburgh
Ways of the World
West Fork Gals
Wheels of the World
Whalen's Breakdown
(Drinking) Whiskey before Breakfast
 | 
(v2)
 | 
(v3)
(The) White Petticoat
[jig]
 | 
(v2)
Wissahicken Drive
 | 
(v2)
Wizard's Walk
by Jay Ungar
 | 
(Playful)
 | 
(fast)
Woodchopper's reel
[aka breakdown]
 | 
(piano)
The Wren
[reel]
by Keith Murphy
Y
Year of Jubilo
(The) Yellow Barber
Yellow Rose of Texas
 | 
(v2)
Yvonne Casey's Reel
by Yvonne Casey
Z
Zelda
[jig]
by Philippe Plard
Cajun
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Misc
At Jennifer's request, I altered
Tony Parkes
contra Friday Night Fever to fit
the Bee Gees' Night Fever
(used in film
Saturday Night Fever ) .
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