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BOOK 3: BARB’S FIRST CELTIC FIDDLE TUNE SELECTION (to be used in conjunction with the tune sets in Books 1 and 2)

SECTION PAGE

Index to Songs ………………………………………… 2

Index to Tunes ………………………………………… 3

Celtic Songs ………………………………………… 5

Waltzes ………………………………………… 27

Airs ………………………………………… 37

Polkas ………………………………………… 45

Jigs ………………………………………… 55

Single Jigs (Slides) ………………………………………… 68

Slip Jigs ………………………………………… 72

Hornpipes ………………………………………… 75

Marches ………………………………………… 81

Reels ………………………………………… 89

Strathspeys ………………………………………… 103

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INDEX TO SONGS

SONG PAGE SONG PAGE

Afton Waters 6 Galway Shawl 15

All Around My Hat 6 I’m A Rover 16

All For Me Grog 6 Irish Rover 16

All Through The Night 7 Lakes Of Ponchatrain 16

Amazing Grace (in G) 7 Leaving Of Liverpool 17

Amazing Grace (in A) 7 Loch Lomond 17

Annie Laurie 8 Maggie/Nora 17

Ash Grove 8 Minstrel Boy 18

Auld Lang Syne (in D) 9 Molly Malone 18

Auld Lang Syne (in G) 9 Mountains Of Morne 18

Auld Lang Syne (in D up an octave) 9 Muirsheen Durkin 19

Belfast Mill 10 Mull Of Kintyre 19

Believe Me If All Those Endearing 10 My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean 19

Black Velvet Band 10 Northern Lights Of Aberdeen 20

Bucket Of Mountain Dew 11 Rare Old Times 20

Bunch Of Thyme 11 Rose Of Tralee 21

Caledonia 11 Shamrock Shore 21

Carrick Fergus 12 She Moved Through The Fair 22

Cliffs Of Doneen 12 Skye Boat Song 22

Come By The Hills 12 Spinning Wheel 22

Danny Boy 13 Star Of The County Down 23

Dawning Of The Day 13 Tell Me Ma 23

Dirty Old Town 13 Westering Home 23

Down By The Sally Gardens 14 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 24

Eriskay Love Lilt 14 Whiskey In The Jar 24

Fields Of Athenry 14 Wild Colonial Boy 24

Flower Of Scotland 15 Wild Mountain Thyme 25

Galway Bay 15 Wild Rover 25

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INDEX TO TUNES

Tune Page Tune Page

40 Pound Float 49 Davy Knick-knack 50

52nd Farewell To Aberdeen 46 Deerness Reel 51

79th Farewell to Gibraltar 82 Denis Murphy's Polka 50

Anything For John Joe 90 Denis Murphy's Slide 10

Archibald MacDonald Of Keppoch 31 Dick Sand's 78

Arkansas Traveller 102 Donegal Mazurka 36

Ashokan Farewell 34 Drops Of Brandy 73

Atholl Highlanders 56 Drowsy Maggie 92

Autumn Waltz 28 Drumdelgie 56

Banish Misfortune 57 Drummond Castle 66

Bank Of Ireland 91 Drunken Piper 82

Banshee Reel 90 Dunbarton Castle 46

Barren Rocks Of Aden 82 Dunphy's 79

Battle of the Somme 81 East Neuk Of Fife 93

Blackthorn Stick 59 Fanny Power 35

Blarney Pilgrim 63 Flowers of Edinburgh 93

Bog Down In The Valley 52 Fox Hunter's Jig 73

Bonnie Doon 29 Gallagher's Frolics 60

Boys Of Ballysodare 72 Galway Hornpipe 80

Boys Of Bluehill 76 Girl I Left Behind Me 48

Braes Of Tullymet 104 Glen Allen 94

Brian Boru’s March 82 Gravel Walk 92

Brides Favourite 57 Green Castle 79

Britches Full Of Stiches 53 Harvest Home 76

Butterfly 38 Haste To The Wedding 59

Buy Shoes For Maggie 47 Haymaker's Jig 63

Callum's Road 104 Hector The Hero 30

Calum's Waltz 39 High Road To Linton 101

Centenary March 88 Highland Cathedral 39

Charlie Lennon's 36 Highland Whisky 105

Chase Me Charlie 68 Highlander's Revenge 83

Chief O'Neil's Favourite 82 Holm Band Tune 61

Cock Of The North 68 Humours Of Glendart 67

Coleman's Slip Jig 72 Inisheer 30

Come O'er The Stream Charlie 29 Irish Washerwoman 65

Connaughtman's Rambles 67 Iron Man 105

Connie Walshes Slide 70 Itchy Fingers 98

Cooley Reel 91 Jig of Slurs 84

Cradle Song 38 Joe Burkes 62

Curlew 57 Josephin's Waltz 31

Dark Island 43 Junction Pool 86

Dashing White Sergeant 46 Kerry Polka 53

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INDEX TO TUNES (continued)

Tune Page Tune Page

Kesh Jig 63 Planxty Irwin 32

Kildare Fancy 80 Punch Bowl 93

Kitty Lies Over Close To The Wall 64 R Aim's Compliments 61

Kitty's Wedding 77 Rakes Of Kildare 59

Lady Athenry 32 Rakes Of Mallow 50

Lakes of Sligo 47 Rambling Pitchfork 60

Lannigan's Ball 65 Rattigans 95

Lark In The Morning 64 Red Haired Lass 97

Limerick’s Lament 40 Rights Of Man 77

Maid Behind The Bar 94 Roddy McCorley 87

Maire's Wedding 48 Rose Of Aranmore 29

Marchioness Of Huntly 106 Rose Tree 52

Margaret’s Waltz 33 Sally Gardens 94

Marino Waltz 34 Scapa Flow 51

Marquis Of Huntly 106 Shenandoah 41

Mazurka Waltz 28 Shetland Fiddler 98

Merrily Kiss The Quaker's Wife 69 Si Beg Si Mor 35

Merry Blacksmith 95 Siege Of Ennis 52

Mick Duggan's 70 Silver Spear 95

Midnight On The Water 33 Sitting In The Stern Of A Boat 41

Miller Of Glanmire 62 Slip Jig 72

Minstrel Boy 40 Slockit Light 41

Minstrel's Fancy 78 Soldiers Joy 102

Miss Drummond Of Perth 106 Sonny's Mazurka 36

Miss McLeod’s Reel 96 Spootiskerry 100

Mountains Of Pomeroy 87 Spring The Summer Long 41

Mucking Of Geordie's Byre 66 Stack Of Barley 79

My Darling's Asleep 67 Starry Night In Shetland 43

My Love Is But A Lassie Yet 48 Sweeney's Polka 52

Off To California 79 Sweets Of May 69

O'Keefe's #2 71 To Of Maol 47

O'Keefe's Slide 71 Top O' Cork Road 65

Old John's Jig 61 Toss The Feathers 97

Over The Oceans 62 Tripping Upstairs 65

Paddy McCarthy’s Reel 97 Turkey In The Straw 102

Paddy's Leather Britches 84 Verse Of Vienna 28

Pat Horgan's #1 49 Wedding Polka 53

Pat Horgan's #2 49 Wi A Hundred Pipers 68

Peeler's Jacket 90 Wild Geese 66

Peerie Hoose 98 WillaFjord 100

Pibroch Of Domhnall Dudh 85 Wise Maid 91

Pipe Major Joe Brown 86 Women Of Ireland 44

Wonder Hornpipe 76

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CELTIC SONGS

Use the music as a memory guide and try to play by ear as much as possible.

It does not show any ornamentation or expression.

Add your own bowing and ornamentation to enhance the tune.

Play the tunes as you would sing them. If accompanying a singer, follow their phrasing and interpretation. You may need to change the key to suit the singer’s vocal rang.

Several players need to hold the tune, while one or two play an octave below or above and one or two may be able to improvise harmony lines.

Lyrics to these songs are readily available on the internet.

The individual songs are arranged in alphabetic order.

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© Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb’s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 13

DAWNING OF THE DAY (RAGLAN ROAD) Slow Irish air

Key: D

DANNY BOY Irish tune (Londonderry air). Words: F.E Weatherly

Key: C

DIRTY OLD TOWN Ewan MacColl

Key: G/Em

Scotsman Ewan wrote this song about Salford in England in 1949. The Dubliners and later the Pogues popularised the song and it is now the most requested Irish song! Many people think it is about Dublin.

Danny Boy has become the default Irish anthem.

A traveller reminisces how his journey was made more pleasant by the company of a lovely young

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NORTHERN LIGHTS OF ABERDEEN

Key: A

RARE OLD TIMES Pete St John

Key: G

Barb in the Temple Bar area of Dublin. A popular street performance spot with bars and restaurants. The old medieval style

streets have been preserved.

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AUTUMN WALTZ Key: D

MAZURKA WALTZ Key: D

VERSE OF VIENNA

Mike Gallagher

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STARRY NIGHT IN SHETLAND Key: D

DARK ISLAND Key: G Iain MacLaughlan

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MAIRE’S WEDDING Key: G

MY LOVE SHE’S BUT A LASSIE Key: D

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KESH Key: G

HAYMAKERS Key: A

BLARNEY PILGRIM Key: G

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SINGLE JIGS OR SLIDES are in 12/8 time

They have 4 triple beats to the bar eg.

They have the same dotted crochet and quaver beat as jigs but the groups of 4 triplets give a distinctive swing. To achieve the correct emphasis to the rhythm, use short bow strokes for the detached quavers. Note that sometimes the last quaver of the beat is slurred with the next beat.

COCK OF THE NORTH Key: D

WI’ A HUNDRED PIPERS Key: G

CHASE ME CHARLIE Key: G

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4

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KITTY’S WEDDING Key: D

WONDER Key: G

RIGHTS OF MAN Key: G

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DA PEERIE HOOSE Key: G

ITCHY FINGERS Key: A

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HIGHLAND WHISKEY Key: D

THE IRON MAN Key: A J Scott Skinner

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