Our Favorite Tunes & Songs
The goal of the first hour of our sessions (the "Song Exchange") is to build a repertoire of songs and tunes that we all know and can play together. These folk standards are generally well known and we have heard them played at folk music festivals and sessions around the country. Click to see a YouTube Playlist of many of these favorites. We also welcome your additions to the list.
Tunes (Instrumental)
Irish Jigs
Banish misfortune
Blarney pilgrim
Calliope house
Connaughtman's rambles
Delaney's jig
Frost is all over
Kesh jig
Out on the ocean
Star above the garter
The black rogue
The rolling wave
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Quebecois Reels
Joys of Quebec
Saint Anne's reel
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Irish Reels
Father Kelly's
Flowers of Edinburgh
Maid behind the bar
The little beggarman (Red haired boy)
The Silver Spear
Toss the feathers
Wind That Shakes the Barley
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Old Time Fiddle Tunes
Angeline the baker
Arkansas traveler
Big Sciota
Blackberry Blossom
Cherokee Shuffle
Cold Frosty Morning
Flop eared mule
Forked deer
Liberty
Over the waterfall
Red Haired Boy
Salt Creek
Spotted pony
Whiskey before breakfast
Hornpipes
Fisher's hornpipe
Flowers of Edinburgh
Harvest home
Off to California
Quilty hornpipe
Sailor's hornpipe
The rose tree
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Other Tunes
Ashokan Farewell
Coleman's March
Jim Keef's Polka / John Ryan's Polka
Si Bheag, si Mhor
The Butterfly
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