Table of Contents PARTI - American And Canadian 4-Beat (Ree{-titke) Tunes. Angus Robichaud’s Reel wal Animas Ree! (Bernie Waugh) 1 Arkansas Traveler 2 Asher (Randy Miller) 2 Batchelder's Reel. 3 Bay of Fundy... ood Big John McNeil .. i Big Sciote 4 Billy In The Low Ground... 5 Blackberry Blossom 5 Booth Shot Lincoln ee Bunch of Rushes 6 Catharsis (Amy Cann) sed Cattle In The Cane. 7 Cherokee Shuffle 8 Chips Off The Block (Bob Motuilen aa 9 Chorus Jig ssn pinnate Cincianatti Hornpipe 2 nents |) Colored Aristocracy..... seen TEE sol Cotton-Eyed Joe... sn camaro E Crooked Stovepipe... sane i Crossing The Delaware (Liz Carroll). wl Dancing Bear (Bob MeQuillon). auusnssicaninae soul Done Gone si . cul Dubugue.. siRNA 13 Ebenezer .. Sonar 14 Elvira (Rodney Miller). 14 Flying Through The Gap (Viveka Fox). ss 45 Freachie’s Reel...» sons 15 Froggie On The Carport (Rick Mohr)... 16 Frosty Morning ... cs od Gaspé Reel. . ua 7 Gatineau Reel si 17 Give The Fiddler A Dram sn... 13 Green Willis... 18 Growling Old Man & Grumbling Old Woman 19 Gunpowder Reel (Bob McQuillen) 0.0... 19 Hull's Victory... ~ sued Jenny's Choice (Bob Pasquarello). 80 John Howatt (H. Dunlop). 21 Joys of Quebec 21 Kingsbury Reel (George Wilson?) mingle Lady Walpole's Reel 22 The Mackilmoyle 23 Magpie . 23 Martha Campbell's 24American And Canadian 4-Beat Tunes (Cont.) Master Crowley wroccnn 24 Maxime LeBlanc's Reel... 2d Miller's Reel... 25 Mouth Of The Tobique... 26 OldFrench........... os 26 On The Train (Charlie Poole?).. 27 Pacific Slope Reel... 27 Paddy On The Railroad 28 Paddy On The Turnpike 28 Petronetia. 29 Point Au Pic (Jo Bouchari 23 President Garfield's... 30 Pretty Little Dog 30 Reel De Montreal... 31 Reel Des Jeunes Maries 31 On The Road To Boston... “32 Road To California. 32 Robertson's Reel ‘ 33 Rockabilly Reel (Rodney Mille. 33 Ross's Reel *4., Bt Round The Horn (jay Unger) .. 34 Sailor's Hornpipe isin Sandy Maclantyre's Trip To Boston | sa 35 Sandy River Belle... sevnansesens 136 ‘Scottish Hornpipe’. 36 Shelburne Rotary Breakdown. 37 Shelvin’ Rock... 37 Shenandoah Falls... 38 The Skipper (Viveka Fox) meson 38 Snowflake Breakdown (Wally Traugott. svc d9 Soldier's Joy.......... ws nD Southern Spy (Paul Prestopino) - sisi 1A Spootiskerry Reel (Ian Burns).. re 40 St. Anne's ROL... ase Al Statin Island Horapipe..... ene ‘Al Teetotaler's (or Temperance) Reel... nwecsonnnn nA Thick And Thin (Kate Abrams) . 2 Top 0' The Hill (Andy De Jarlis).. oo Twelfth of January wc. stutter Walker Street Reel ns ssnssnnsn 44 West Virginia Gals, M4 Wheatstraw (Scott Nygard) 45 Willafjord. vs cern Wizard's Walk (ay Ungar) vs or) Woodchopper's Reel... aoe 46 Yellow Wrist (Athena Tergis)...... so 7 You Married My Daughter Yet You Didn't. 7PART I - Cettic And British 4-Beat (Reet-tike) Tunes. Archie Menzies... son ‘The Banshee (McMahon's Hora, ie). a 48 Bantry Bay Hornpipe ia AD Battle of Aughrim — cao 49 Bear Island ssn ovine Beaux Strategem .ousnor nit 50 Big John McManus. ot . 5t Boys of Wexford... ateneL Brenda Stubbert's (Jerry Holland). in Caste Kelly... nd The Cavity Investigator (Howie MacDonald)... 93 Celtic Cousins (Dougie MacDonald jerry Holland)... 33 Charlie Mulvibill's . Childgrove Cooley's Reel... Cuckoo's Nest #1. Cuckoo's Nest *2 Dobbia's Flowery Vale..... Down The Brae..... Farewell To Ireland. Flowers of Edinburgh. Gandy Dancers. Golden Keyboard , ‘The Green Mountain. Huntsman’s Chorus... Jack In The Fog... Jack McCann's Reel Jolly Beggar Man ... Julia Delaney. Kate & Rose's (Maire Bhreathaach)... Lady Anne Montgomery Maid Behind The Bar Martin Wynne’s Ree...... Mason's Apron... Mickey Doherty's Reel Miss McCloud's Reel Moving Clouds. The Musical Priest. My Marianne Nine Points Of Roguery. The Old Boar (Otis Tomas) Oyster Cove en Paddy Fahy's Reel Poor Ould Woman... Randy Miller's Tour of Scotland Rakish Paddy. ‘The Red Box (Afty McGlynn)... The Red Crow (Mariead Ni Mhaonaigh) Reel Of Mullinavat Return from TehernobyleCeltic And British 4-Beat Tunes (Cont.) Richard Dwyer's Reel... 73 The Rights Of Man... B The Road To Recovery a rina The Road To Tunbridge.......som on arose Sailors Set Oa Shore... 1 Salamanca Reel, Scully's Reel... Sheehan's Reel Ships Are Sailing sos Southwest Bridge (Dan Huey MacEcheraa) svn? Star of Munster. ine Tarbolton Lodge Tommy's Tarbukas (Alistair Fraser). Trip To Durrovw...., Turning Of The Tide (Maire Bhreath aa Turpin Hero... Part Hl - jigs. Arthur Muse's... Behind The Bush In The Garden Better With Age (R. Barrows / B, Waugi Bread & Pickles (Bob McQuillen).. Calliope House Charlie Hunte: Coleman's Cross. Coleraigne.... Connaught Man's Rambles... Cowboy Jig ™ Cronin’s Favorite. Dinah's Jig (Bob McQuilien) Fair Jenny's Jig... Fasten The Leggins..... The Gammaho Hearty Boys of Ballymote.. Hills of Glenurchie...... Humors of Ballinthra The Hungry Rocks (Eddie Kelly)... Ingonish Jig (Mike MeDougall).. jump AtThe Sun (ohn. Kirkpatrick) Kesh Jig Langstrom's Pony... Midnight Rider (Rick Barrows) . In the Misty Mountains (Bob Pasquarelio) . Morrison's Jig... Mouse In The Cupboard. Mug Of Brown Ale OKeefe'sSlide...... Old Woman Tossed In A Blanket. Pipe On The Hob.Jigs (Cont.) Portland Fancy .... Princess Nancy (Liz Carroll) .. Priscilla's Jig (Bob McQuillen) Rakes Of Cionmel - Road to Lisdoonvarna. Rory OMore.... Ryan's Favorite Seamus 0Shanahan's (Paul 0' Shaughaess).. Sean Ryan's Jig... . Shadows On The Staircase Shores of Lough Gowen .. Swimming In The Gutter Ten Penny Bit. Top Of Cork Road... The Wasps. The Wed PART IV - Rags. Beaumont Rag Black And White Rag Dallas Rag ..... Dixon County East Tennessee Blues. Falling Off A Moose (Ric Hawkins Rago... L&N Railroad Rag... Levi Jackson Rag (PatShav).. Panhandle SWID8 ..1..nm ssn Peacock Rag Ragtime Annie Salty Dog Rag - Ramblin’ Camblia’ Rag (éddie Adcock. Stone's Rag . Too Late For Caution (Andrea Hoag)... PART V - Waltzes. Amelia (Bob McQuillen) As The Sun Was Setting... Ashokan Farewell (Jay Unger) Asquamchumauke Waltz (B. Waugh)... Boda Valsen Bluemont Waltz (Rodney Miller)... Dark Istand. Flatbush Waltz (Andy Statman) rec Ice On The Water (George Reynolds) The Last Mile (Earl Gaddis).... 105 106 107 108 108 109 110 iit 112 113, wl matb) AIS, 16 117 so 17 118 119 119 sol20 120 121 122 423 123, 124Lover's Waltz (Bob McQuillen)...... ned Midnight On The Water. 125, November Afternoon @ Waugh) 125 Ootpik Waltz... 126 Penobscot Mem: Donineli) soo 126 The Rising Moon (Paul Sullivan)......... sessannnsnnen 27 Shebag Shemore....... , itv 2B Star Of The County Down... 129 The Trowie Burn. 130 The Wood Duck (Fried de Metz Herman) «ssc. 131 Two Rivers (Larry Unger) ae 131 PART V1 - Potkas Strathspeys, Etc. Ashley's Ride Braes of Tulliemet , Bog An Lochain (The Water Ouzel).. Cheesecake Polka......... ws - Farewell To Whiskey... Greg's Strathspey... Laird ODrumblair (J. ScottSkinaer).. Meeting Of The Waters Morgan Magan (T.O'Carolan). Niel Gow's Wife ........ Old Grey Cat. Redwing Road To Th : Virgin Pullets...... PART VII - Novelty Tunes. Alfred Hitchcock Them (Gounod) 139 Anything Goes... 140 Rocky And Bullwinkle 140 Hawaii Five-O 141 How The West Was Won 142 Leave It To Beaver. 142. MP. Ed. 143, Puttin’ On The Ritz 143, PART VIII - Tanes By Turlough 0° Carotan. Bumper Squire Jones o seven dA Sir Charles Coote.... 144 Carolan's Welcome nt sodA Planxty Constantine Maguire. NAB Dawning Of The Day. a inning LAB Planxty Denis 0'Conor... 147 George Brabazon, Ist Air... - sone 7Tunes By Turlough O° Carolan (Cont) George Brabazon, 2d Air . 148 Hevlett..... a8 Hugh O'Donaell....... sod 9 Planxty Joho Drury 150 John O'Connor. sod Lady Gethin .....sunnnnsnni vs sodSL Lord Inchiquin . - evn Planxty Madam Maxwell sto saosin 2, Planxty Maggie Brown... Ms. McDermott .. 152 453, Planxty Nancy ‘mott....... od 53 Ode To Whiskey " 154 Planxty Irwin .. 154 Planxty Johnson, 135 Planxty Thomas Burke = cnn So “155 The Fairy Queen............ aie wi vs 156-7PREFACE. DANCE MUSIC. A fiddle differs from a violin only in how it's played. A fiddle tune isn't complete without dancers. Good fiddlers dance with the fiddle, with an eye on the steps, and a beat in bow and feet. This book's collection of tunes was gathered as a working repertoire for contra and square dances. I've omitted any purely “listening music.” And since most dances demand 32-bar tunes, any half-length, odd-length or three-part tunes I know have been either left out or “altered” to fit, ORNAMENTALS. All ornamentation is highly personal. In this book if you see a tilde (“) over a note, that’s not necessarily a full turn — it’s just my hint to try ornamenting that note in someway or other. But then again, gee, maybe not. With “jiggly” notes in the Celtic style, 1 sometimes write them as triplets, sometimes as two short notes and a long. The reality falls in between, and varies with the player. Please don't think a tune is beyond you just because you can't manage all ornamentals. Work out your own rendition. That's folk music! Many Bluegrass or Irish fiddlers do too much ornamentation to my taste. They're just trying to show off. Bare-bones tunes are often the most fun for dancers. And a few ornaments played well always beats a lot of ornaments played sloppily. CHORDS. The chording in this book is my own idiosyncracy ~ an outlet for my creative juices, at times barely resembling what you may have heard. (A member of our band used to say “Shall I play your chords or the right chords?") Hey, try them — maybe you'll like them! In places I've put alternate chord suggestions in parentheses, to add a little variety after afew times through the tune, Rythm players worth their salt rarely play the same thing twice anyway. COLLATION: The distinction I've drawn between "American & Canadian” and “Celtic & British” tunes is fairly arbitrary ~ especially since Cape Breton tunes are under "Celtic." The line between a southern Appalachian tune like West Virginia Gals and a quintessential Irish tune-like Sa/amanca Reel is pretty clear, but there's a lot of "gray" in between. For me, though, the two groups of tunes have separate mindsets that comes out in playing style. That's why I've divvied them into two sections.AUTHORSHIP. When I think I know a tune’s composer, I've written it down. But some may be wrong ~ it may turn out that the reputed author was actually the person it was written for Or the person who played it best. The romantic view is that “real” folk tunes (whatever that means! — you Know, the ones labled “Trad.") had no author at all, but somehow just magically “appeared” some time back in the bucolic past. Hogwash! Folklore-process-evolution had to have started somewsere. WRITTEN TUNES. in a way I quail at sharing written tunes at all. Most fiddlers aren't usually “grabbed” by a tune unless they hear it first, either live or recorded. It's not truly "yours" ‘til it's in your head. Often the most catching aspect of how it’s played can't be written down. And yet a paper tune can come to life. I use a written versions to learn or recall tunes. Play ita few times, sleep on it, and make it your own,PART I - Americam And Canadian 4-Beat (Reel-like) Tumes. ANGUS ROBICHAUD'S REEL D G ANIMAS REEL (B. Waugh) 3G D 3G BmTHE ARKANSAS TRAVELER D D GAD Em A Goa D_ ASHER (Rodney Miller) D D Em Fim GA D Gm Bb7 Dm Dm Gm Bo7_ A7 DmBATCHELDER’S REEL FE » (C) F Bb Gm © BAY OF FUNDY D D CcBIG JOHN MCNEIL A Dmaj7_ Bm? -E7 ~~ Amaj7 a7 Bm? Ey OA BIG SCIOTE G GBILLY IN THE LOW GROUND G Am Cc BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM G D Cc Glor C7!)BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN D THE BUNCH oF RUSHES Am7 Em Am7 Dp. Am? i) ” F Em Am7 DAm7 Dp F Am7 DCATTLE IN THE CANE Am C (or F) Am (D) (F) Dn Em A (or D) AmCHEROKEE SHUFFLE D Bm GCHIPS OFF THE BLOCK (McQuillen) D G THE CHORUS JIG Fi D A 7 DS. al FINE/o CINCINNATTI D4 COTTON-EYED JOE CROOKED STOVEPIPE (Works in several keys.)f2 CROSSING THE DELAWARE (Liz — G D Cmaj7_ = Am7 D7 Gmaj7 B7 c Dp 6G isla ye BEAR (Bob McQuillen) Em43 DONE GONE Sc) (Pm) sf (Am) DG c F E7 Am 0) 57 Am DUBUQUE FF Em Gc fA D D/4 EBENEEZER ELVIRA (Rodney Miller) G D Bm1S- FLYING THROUGH THE GAP Cc G FRENCHIE’S REEL Bb/é FROGGIE ON THE CARPORT (Rick Mohr) A A F#m G G D7 A FROSTY MORNING rn 3GM7 GASPE° REEL D GATINEAU REEL F. Bb1% GIVE THE FIDDLER A DRAM G F Dm G G F THE GREEN WILLIS/9 GROWLING OLD MAN & GRUMBLING OLD WOMAN Am 6 Agi G Am Am GUNPOWDER REEL (McQuillen) Em AZ c B7 Emao HULL'S VICTORY F JENNY'S CHOICE (Bob Pasquaretio) E D c B7 A c c By Em OD c B7 Am B7 Em — Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 DL B7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Am C B7. Emaf OHN HOWATT (H. Duntop) D A op Em, A DOA op JOYS OF QUEBECaa KINGSBURY REEL (George Wilson?) D A LADY WALPOLE'S Bb Gm cm Cm F Bb cm Dm &b F Bba3 THE MACKILMOYLE —{p) . DOA Bm FF oD A DOA Just Tor fun: (Cm-st (F-stop Em D A Em A Em A D (Cm) (Bm) (3 (Cm-st (F-stop (Cm) (Ry (Bb!) MAGPIE D c oD 6a4 MARTHA CAMPBELL'S D A D MASTER CROWLEYAs MAXIME LeBLANC'S REEL D G D THE MILLER'S REEL DE AG E A DL, EAAG MOUTH OF THE TOBIQUE G OLD FRENCH D Bm Em Em Aa7 ON THE TRAIN D7 G D G D PACIFIC SLOPE REEL Cc Em3, Aae PADDY ON THE RAILROAD D D Bn PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE27 PETRONELLA ) 4 POINT AU PIC (Jo Bouchard) Cc Am F7/Ddim. Cc A7 D7 G7 C30 PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S B PRETTY LITTLE DOG Am Am E A3/ REEL DE MONTREAL G ’ REEL DES JEUNES MARIES D aa G oA DA D G avy OD D A (Em) (F*m) DIG) AT D A (Em) a7 D32 ON ad ROAD TO BOSTON 2d time: (Am) a7 D7 G AT D (Em) (C) (Am) (F¥maj) (A) (Bb) ROAD TO CALIFORNIA D D33 ROBERTSON'S REEL A GE A 57 \D7 207, Am G34 ROSS'S REEL #4 G 77 ROUND THE HORN 3G Bm c A3° SAILOR'S for Colleze) HORNPIPE SANDY MACINTYRE’S TRIP TO BOSTON (John Campbell) A A Cm BmAA GSANDY RIVER BELLE G “SCOTTISH HORNPIPE™ B D e pA Bm__G A D D (or Fé!) Bm37 SHELBURNE ROTARY BREAKDOWN D SHELVIN' ROCK c Am c38 SHENANDOAH FALLS39 SNOWFLAKE BREAKDOWN (Wally Traugott) 3D G D A D SOLDIER'S JOY Am D Bm Em AT D Am Bm A7 D+o SOUTHERN SPY (Paul Prestopino) A E A D SPOOTISKERRY REEL (lan Burns) G pe G__Im CC Doug4/ ST. ANNE'S REEL" ° ° ° o STATEN ISLAND D C (or other random chord) D G D oA pd oA GYa TEETOTALER'S REEL G THICK AND THIN (Kate Abrams) D Bn43 TOP 0° THE HILL (Andy DeJarlis) é. G A - = TWELFTH OF JANUARY Am D Am D Em Am Fm Am D Am Em Am A major, cow WEST VIRGINIA GALS A A G A Fem GYS WHEATSTRAW (Scott Nygaard) Ei G m m A Emo Fim GD Eng Lm GA c c D E(maj) D WILLAFJORD ay D Emin & DYe THE WIZARD'S WALK (Jay Ungar) B7 Em Edim B7 Em WOODCHOPPER'S REEL D47 YELLOW WRIST (Athena Tergis) Dm F Am Dm Bb aa “YOU MARRIED MY DAUGHTER, YET YOU DIDN'T!” c G D48 PART II - Celtic And British 4-Beat (Reel-like) Tunes. ARCHIE MENZIE'S F F Gm G Gm Gm, (7 F F Dm Bb F c7_F THE BANSHEE (McMahon's Hornpipe) G km Cp Em SD =a? BANTRY BAY HORNPIPE G BATTLE OF AUGHRIM Am ° Em An F G Em A(maj) F ABEAR ISLAND E(maj) Cc Em B7) Em Em D Bm Cc D Em (or A7!) BEAUX STRATEGEM Am E Am Am Dmy Am7 BIG JOHN McMANUS D Ej Em D. A 1D (2d time C) (Bm) (A) BOYS OF WEXFORDFQ BRENDA STUBBERT'S (Jerry Holland) A A G CASTLE KELLY F En m Dmg Almai) Em F Am Em At3 THE CAVITY INVESTIGATOR (H. Mac Donald) Am 3G. Am G Am An G Em_G Am c G 'Em Am ?Em Am CELTIC COUSINS HORNPIPE (Dougie MacDonald/Jerry Holland) F F Bb F___,.{oceasional Dm) c F