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:         

 Ballydesmond Polkas  (in Am)

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

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

 Eighth of January  (in D)

 Flowers of Edinburgh (in G) / Jacky Tar (in Em) 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)

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

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

 King of the Fairies / Cooley’s Reel  (reels in Em)

 Maggie in the Woods Polka (G)

 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)

 Morrison’s Jig (Em) 

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

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

 Off to California (G) / Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (Am)
                              
 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)

 Rosie Finn (slide in G) / Over the Water to Charlie (jig in G)
        / Kid on the Mountain (slip jig in Em)

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

 Shenandoah Falls / Ragtime Annie

 Ships are Sailing / Tarbolton   (reels in Em)

 Shove the Pig’s Foot Closer in the Fire / Liza Jane

 

 

 Soldier’s Joy / Liberty / Cuckoo’s Nest (reels in D)

 Tenpenny Bit Jig (Am) / Kesh Jig (G) / Blarney Pilgrim

 Whiskey Before Breakfast / Mississippi Sawyer (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)

Arran Boat Song  (in Dm and in Em)

Ashgrove (in G)

Archibald McDonald of Keppoch (in Em)

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)

Lord Inchiquin / Si Beag Si Mor  (in D)

Mist Covered Mountains of Home (waltz in Am)

Morning Has Broken  (in D)

Mudgee Waltz / Tennessee Waltz  (in D)

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)