Jam Tunes

 Below is a list of tunes that are the most frequently played at the monthly jam sessions. Most of these tunes can be found in the Fiddler’s Fake Book or on the Internet at JC's ABC tune finder  http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/findtune.html or at http://www.irish-cottage.net/music/music.htm  or at  http://www.thesession.org/tunes/   or at  http://www.paulhardy.net    NEW---Now you can hear the tune you're looking for. Go to: http://folktunefinder.com

  FAST MEDLIES:         

 Alexander's Hornpipe / Boys of Bluehill  (D) 

 Ballydesmond Polkas  (in Am)

 Britches Full of Stitches / (Bill) Sullivan's Polka  (in A)

 Dennis Murphy’s / John Ryan’s / £42 Check (polkas in D) 

 Eighth of January  (in D)

 Fisher's Hornpipe / Bouchard's  (D) 

 Flowers of Edinburgh (in G) / Bonaparte Crossing the
   Rhine  (Am)  hornpipes

 Galway Hornpipe (in D) / Rights of Man (in Em) /
          Harvest Home (hornpipe in D)

 Glory in the Meeting House (Em) / Missouri (Em) /   
          Blackberry Blossom (in G) [reels]

 Golden Slippers  (reel in D or in G)

 Greencastle Hornpipe / Charlie Mulvihill's  (G)

 Hangman’s / Campbell’s Farewell to Red Gap  (reels in A)

 Juliann Johnson / Angeline the Baker / Yellow Rose (D)

 Killarney Boys of Pleasure / Tam Lin  (reels in Em)

 Lads of Laois (D) / King of the Fairies (Em)

 Maid Behind the Bar (D) / Cooley's Reel (Em)

 Maid of Ardagh / Kerry Polka  (D)

 Mairie’s Wedding   (reel in  G,   A,   C,   D )

 Man of the House / Star of Munster   (reels in Am)

 Merrily Kiss the Quaker / Donnybrook Fair  (jigs in G)

 Merry Blacksmith (D) / Banshee (McMahan's) (Em) 

 Mug of Brown Ale (Clare Jig) (Am) / Chicago Jig  (Am)

 My Darling Asleep / Fr. O'Flynn  (jigs in D)

 New Rigged Ship / Hobart’s Transformation (reels in Am)

 Off She Goes / Denis Murphy's Slide  (jigs in D)

 Off to California (G) / Jacky Tar (in Em)  hornpipes
                              
 O’Keefe’s Slide (Em) / Road to Lisdoonvarna (Em) /  
        Swallowtail Jig (Em) / Irish Washerwoman (jig in G)

 Red Haired Boy (in A) / Hog’s Eye (reel in Am)

 Rose Tree / Come Dance and Sing  (reels in D)

 Saint Anne’s/ Over the Waterfall/ Staten Island (reels in D)
         
 Sally Gardens (G) / Temperance (G) / Bay of Fundy (D)

 Sandy River Belle / Flop-Eared Mule  (reels in D)

 Seneca Square Dance  (G)

 

Shenandoah Falls / Ragtime Annie

Shove the Pig’s Foot Closer in the Fire  (G) / Liza Jane  (A)

Snowy Path / Foxhunter's or the Butterfly (slip jigs in D)

Soldier’s Joy / Liberty  (reels in D)

Sugar in the Coffee / Shoes and Stockings  (reels in G)

Tenpenny Bit Jig (Am) / Kesh Jig (G) / Morrison's Jig (Em)

Walls of Liscarroll Jig (Dm) / Old Joe's Jig (D)

Whiskey Before Breakfast / Mississippi Sawyer / Cuckoo's    
                                                       Nest (reels in D) Wild Rose of the Mountain / Sandy Boys / June Apple 
                                                                     (reels in A)
Wildwood Flower (in G) / Redwing  (G)

 

 SLOW TUNES:

Amelia's / Ashokan Farewell (waltzes in D)

Archibald McDonald of Keppoch (in Em)

Arran Boat Song  (in Dm and in Em)

Ashgrove (in G)

Blind Mary (in G) / Planxty Irwin (in G)
       [Blind Mary (in D) / Carolan’s Draught (in D)]

Burning the Piper’s Hut (in G)

Dark Island  (waltz in G)

Da Slockit Light  (in D)

Down by the Sally Gardens  (in D)

Farewell to Whiskey  (in G)

George Brabazon / Fanny Poer  (in G)

Greensleeves (in Em or in Am)

Jolie Blonde (waltz in D)

Lord Inchiquin / Si Beag Si Mor  (in D)

Morning Has Broken  (in D)

Mudgee Waltz / Tennessee Waltz  (in D)

Simple Gifts  (in G)

Southwind  (waltz in G)

Star of the County Down  (waltz in Bm)

Wayfaring Stranger  (in Am)

Westering Home  (in D)  3/4

Westphalia Waltz / Cabri Waltz (in G)