Irish Session Tunes: 100 Irish Dance Tunes – Geraldine Cotter

Description

This book contains 100 tunes collected by Geraldine Cotter. The music is written in simple form, without ornamentaion, thus making it accessible to musicians of all levels; from beginner, to the musician who wants to increase his/her repertoire. The range of the tunes makes them particularly suitable for instruments that don’t go below D, i.e the tin whistle/ flute/ pipes; but they are equally suitable for any other instrument.

Contents:

Jigs:

1. The Returned Yank.
2. Banish Misfortune.
3. Tom Friels.
4. Harry’s Loch.
5. Donnybrook Fair.
6. Gillian’s Apples.
7. The Hairpin Bend.
8. Dan the Cobbler.
9. The Burnt Old Man.
10. Down the Back Lane.
11. The Mug of Brown Ale.
12. Moly’s Favourite.
13. The Monaghan Jig.
14. Tobin’s.
15. Do you wnt any more?
16. The Idle Road.
17. The Shores of Lough Gowna.
18. Ryan’s Favourite.
19. Langstrom’s Pony.
20. The Boys of the Town.
21. Austin Barrett’s.
22. The Old Grey Goose.
23. Petticoat Loose.
24. The Pipe in the Hob.

Slip Jigs:

1. Hunting the Hare.
2. Open the Door.
3. I have a Wife of my own.
4. The Humours of Kilkenny.
5. Dever the Dancer.
6. Drops of Spring Water.
7. An Phis Fliuch.
8. Will you come down to Limerick?

Reels:

1. The Sunny Banks.
2. The Drunken Landlady.
3. London Lasses.
4. Tommy McMahon’s.
5. Down the Broom.
6. Miss Monaghan.
7. Lucky in Love.
8. In the Tap Room.
9. The Peeler’s Jacket.
10. The Flowers of Limerick.
11. The Burren.
12. The Golden Keyboard.
13. The Galway Rambler.
14. The Kerry Reel.
15. King of the Clans.
16. The Shepherd’s Daughter.
17. The Dairymaid.
18. The Old Bush.
19. Ah, Surely.
20. Over the Moor to Maggie.
21. Lucy Campbell.
22. The Bank of Ireland.
23. The Jolly Banger.
24. The Controversial Reel.
25. The Dublin Lads.
26. The Holy Land.
27. Bell Harbour.
28. Blackberry Blossom.

Hornpipes:

1. The Rover through the Bog.
2. The Kingstown.
3. The Wicklow Hornpipe.
4. The Clareman’s.
5. The Wren’s.
6. Dunphy’s.
7. Gan Ainm/No Name.
8. GanAinm/ No Name.
9. The Plains of Boyle.
10. Chief O’Neill’s.
11. The Fairies’ Hornpipe.
12. The Stack of Wheat.
13. Off to California.
14. Willy Walsh’s Hornpipe.

Set Dances:

1. The Orange Rogue.
2. The Blackbird.
3. Bonaparte’s Retreat.
4. The job of Journeywork.
5. The Garden of Daisies.
6. The Ace and Deuce of Pipering.
7. The Drunken Gauger.
8. The Rambling Rake.
9. An Suiscin Ban.
10. The Lodge Road.

Slow Airs:

1. Anach Cuain.
2. Bruach na Carraige Baine.
3. Cath Cheim an Fhia.
4. Urchnoc Chein Mhic Cainte.
5. An Goirtin Eorna.
6. An Mhaighdean Mhara.
7. Coinleach Glas an Fhomhair.
8. An Buachaill Caol Dubh.
9. Fath mo Bhurartha.
10. Cailin na Gruaige Doinne.
11. Amhran a Leabhair.

Quadrilles:

1. The Cumann na mBan a Dead and Gone.
2. She hasn’t the Knack.

Polkas:

1. Ballyvourney
2. Johnny Micky’s.

Planxty:

1. O’Carolan’s Draught.