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BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
330 tunes in Irish traditional style
With links to sound files and ABC
copy 2018 Bill Black billcapeirishcom
BILL BLACKS ldquoMOSTLY GEMSrdquo
WELCOME
These tunes have been composed at different times over a span of 25 years or so Many of them appeared in Musics the Very Best Thing also known as the Bill Black Tunebook volume 1 which was published in 1995
I have decided that this edition of BBMG will be an online version for three reasons (1) the flexibility allows me to make corrections additions or editorial
changes quickly (2) the ability to link the text to other resources eg sound files or other
web pages (3) the elimination of printing costs
The link at the bottom of each page is to the BBMG home page which is basically a table that has further links to the MP3 sound files (just click on the tune title) and an ABC file for all the tunes The table also includes the incipit (= first four measures) of each tune
The URL is wwwcapeirishcomwebabcworkingsourcefoldersbbmgbbmg_tablehtml
You can use your browserPDF viewerrsquos search find go-to-page and show thumbnail commands to make navigating through this volume faster and easier You can practice as much as you like without affecting the online original
You are free to print these pages out for your own use but note that doing so will remove any links on the page You can still access the sound and ABC files using the URL shown above
For those of you capable of handling a spreadsheet I have created an Excel version of the index The advantage of an Excel file over the PDF version is that itrsquos sortable eg in case you want all the reels listed together URL wwwcapeirishcombbmgbbmg-book_indexxlsx
BILL BLACKS ldquoMOSTLY GEMSrdquo
As much as I would like to I canrsquot claim that each of these tunes is a masterpiece There should however be a sufficient number that you find interesting and might even come to consider worthy of playing I hope all of the tools I have provided will help you get what you want out of this material
A reminder all contents of this book are copyrighted No permission is required for use in sessions concerts etc (with credit as appropriate) but recording permission is reserved and must be requested in writing (email preferred)
Have fun and if you have any questions comments etc email me at billcapeirishcom
Bill Black Bourne MA January 2018
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
FOREWORD
This collection contains 330 original tunes composed in what I sincerely hope is a reasonable facsimile of the Irish traditional repertoire as I have grown to know and love it in the course of the past forty years
Irish traditional music like other folk music is simultaneously simple and complex Attempting to recreate it presents a composer with the dilemma of producing something that is both original (in the sense of not sounding exacltly like something else) and yet adheres as closely as possible to the structural requirements (eg metric harmonic) that constitute the traditional canon In that respect traditional music is closer in spirit to classical music as contrasted with [eg] jazz where pretty much anything goes
I realize this is over-simplifying it but the fact is that as a traditional composer or performer youre not going to have the chance to compose like Thelonious Monk or perform like Miles Davis (or vice-versa) The rules are a lot stricter for us If traditional structures and harmonies appear hopelessly limiting to a jazz musician we can take consolation in the fact that what we do in choosing to compose or play our kind of music is no less musical because the rules we follow do not look kindly on 114 meters or flatted elevenths in our arpeggios (The Pookas Delight and The Camels Hump in this collection represent what can happen to an unwary composer who strays too far from the safety of the traditional style)
The proof that what might appear to be musical strait-jackets are in reality nothing of the kind can be found by examining my webabc site which contains at present about nine thousand tunes from various sources The variety of music evident there - some composed more traditional in the sense of having no identifiable parent - seems to me to demonstrate clearly what can be done with a limited palette of notes (two octaves plus) keys and meters
Such an examination of the exisiting corpus of traditional tunes will also I hope give the lie to the old wheeze about Irish trad music all sounding the
(continued)
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
FOREWORD (cont)
same Clearly this is a function of a listeners unfamiliarity with the music rather than anything inherent in the music itself
I hope that in this collection I have been able to combine the new (ie what I bring to the music) and the old (ie what the music brings to me) It has been very enjoyable putting these tunes together and even more of a delight to hear them played by other musicians which of course is the true test of how traditional they really are
Finally with regards to tune namesSometimes finding an appropriate title for a tune is more difficult than actually putting it together (Unlike some of my composing colleagues I wont have anything to do with tunes gan ainm [nameless]) Many of these are named for musicians with whom I have had the opportunity to play or for individuals who have appreciated and supported the music or for places or animals or for not anything in particular except that I liked the sound of it
The important thing is that it has a name As the great collector Breandaacuten Breathnach said when supplying a name to a gan ainm - meacute fein a bhaacuteist eacute ( twas I who christened it) All of my 330 offspring in this volume have been duly christened
In some cases I have put what I believed was a unique name on one of my tunes only to discover later that the title had been used earlier In that case I have re-titled mine in the present volume and on the website
Bill BlackBourne MAJan 2018email billcapeirishcombiography bb-biohtml
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
AFTER THE BLIZZARD JIG D 17ALICE BY THE WINDOW HPIPE D 17ANDREAS HPIPE A 18ANDY BROOKS REEL Dm 18ANNE DERRANES REEL G 19ARDFINNAN BRIDGE REEL Bm 19ARNOLDS DUCK JIG D 20BALLYBAY TAILOR JIG G 20BALLYCONEELY JIG A 21BALTRASNA REEL D 21BARKING SEAL JIG G 22BASS RIVER HPIPE D 22BATTLING JERRY JIG G 23BAWNARD SLIDE SLIDE D 23BEACH HOUSE REEL Am 24BEAL BOCHT (Poor Mouth) REEL Em 24BEANS IN THE POT POLKA C 25BEARS OF BAFFIN HPIPE Em 26BEAUTIES OF BROCKTON JIG D 26BEST OF THE BANNER REEL G 27BETTY ANN DALYS JIG G 27BEV amp THE REAPER HPIPE D 28BIG () DEAL POLKA G 28BIG THREE-FOUR WALTZ D 29BILL FLYNNS JIG G 30BILL GLEESONS (Wooden Wedding) REEL G 30BILL McEVOYS FANCY HPIPE D 31BITTERSWEET REEL D 31BLACK ROAD TO LOUGHREA REEL Dm 32BLACKSTONE VALLEY HPIPE G 32BOY GENIUS REEL G 33
1
BOYS AT BOLANDS MILLS HPIPE G 33BRANT POINT JIG D 34BRAVE LADS OF TYRONE REEL A 34BRAVE YOUNG BRIAN JIG G 35BREEZE ACROSS THE LAKE JIG G 35BROKEN BOW HPIPE G 36BRYANTS BARBECUE REEL Am 36BUCKET O NAILS POLKA D 37CAMELS HUMP REEL Em 37CANAL BRIDGE JIG Bm 184CAPE COD HPIPE A 38CAROLINES FANCY POLKA A 39CASH IN HAND JIG A 39CASTLE VIEW JIG Am 40CHALK AND CHEESE REEL C 41CHAMBERS OF MELODY JIG Em 40CHATHAM LIGHT JIG Am 42CHENANGO COUNTY HPIPE A 42CHICKEN IN THE BUCKET JIG G 43CHIPMUNKS HOUSE JIG D 43CHRISTINA REIDS JIG A 44CHRISTMAS AT THE MAHERS SJIG G 44CHRISTMAS IN JULY REEL D 45CLARA MOUNTAIN SLIDE D 45CLASSICAL HPIPE Dm 46CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU REEL Dm 46COOGANS BARN HPIPE G 47COTTAGE AT LARRAGA HPIPE Em 47COUSIN MIKES JIG G 48COUSINS REEL A 48COW BEHIND THE FENCE POLKA D 49
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
2
CRANBERRY BOG REEL G 49CRASHING AT MIKES REEL D 50CROAGH PATRICK REEL G 50DAVE O DOCHERTYS REEL D 51DAWN OUTSIDE THE PUB JIG Gm 51DEEP WATER JIG D 52DEERING STATION REEL G 52DELIA OBRIENS JIG G 53DELIGHTS OF INCHICORE JIG G 53DENIS DONOVANS HPIPE G 54DERRY LASS REEL A 54DILLONS OTHER BREAKFAST REEL D 55DONNCHAS SLIDE D 55DOWNTOWN JIG D 56DRUMBEGGIL HPIPE G 56DUMETELLA HYNES JIG D 57DUN LAOGHAIRE SAILORS JIG BmG 57DWYER AND THE LEPRECHAUN JIG G 60ETOWN PARADE MARCH G 60EAST END JETTY REEL Em 186EAST OF KILLARNEY SLIDE G 58EATING CRACKERS WITH A FORK REEL D 58EBLANAS FAIR DAUGHTERS JIG G 59ELLIE TS JIG G 59END OF THE SEARCH REEL D 63ENDLESS MOUNTAINS REEL Dm 63FALL RIVER JIG G 61FAREWELL TO KERRY REEL Dm 61FATHER STEWARTS JIG D 64FERMANAGHS LOVELIEST HPIPE D 65FIDDLE ON THE WALL (Larry Reynoldsrsquo) REEL Am 66
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
3
FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
4
HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
5
JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
6
MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
7
MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
8
POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
9
SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
10
TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
11
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
PAGE 17
LINK TO SOUND FILE ABC FILE
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
PAGE 18
LINK TO SOUND FILE ABC FILEPAGE 2
BILL BLACKS ldquoMOSTLY GEMSrdquo
WELCOME
These tunes have been composed at different times over a span of 25 years or so Many of them appeared in Musics the Very Best Thing also known as the Bill Black Tunebook volume 1 which was published in 1995
I have decided that this edition of BBMG will be an online version for three reasons (1) the flexibility allows me to make corrections additions or editorial
changes quickly (2) the ability to link the text to other resources eg sound files or other
web pages (3) the elimination of printing costs
The link at the bottom of each page is to the BBMG home page which is basically a table that has further links to the MP3 sound files (just click on the tune title) and an ABC file for all the tunes The table also includes the incipit (= first four measures) of each tune
The URL is wwwcapeirishcomwebabcworkingsourcefoldersbbmgbbmg_tablehtml
You can use your browserPDF viewerrsquos search find go-to-page and show thumbnail commands to make navigating through this volume faster and easier You can practice as much as you like without affecting the online original
You are free to print these pages out for your own use but note that doing so will remove any links on the page You can still access the sound and ABC files using the URL shown above
For those of you capable of handling a spreadsheet I have created an Excel version of the index The advantage of an Excel file over the PDF version is that itrsquos sortable eg in case you want all the reels listed together URL wwwcapeirishcombbmgbbmg-book_indexxlsx
BILL BLACKS ldquoMOSTLY GEMSrdquo
As much as I would like to I canrsquot claim that each of these tunes is a masterpiece There should however be a sufficient number that you find interesting and might even come to consider worthy of playing I hope all of the tools I have provided will help you get what you want out of this material
A reminder all contents of this book are copyrighted No permission is required for use in sessions concerts etc (with credit as appropriate) but recording permission is reserved and must be requested in writing (email preferred)
Have fun and if you have any questions comments etc email me at billcapeirishcom
Bill Black Bourne MA January 2018
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
FOREWORD
This collection contains 330 original tunes composed in what I sincerely hope is a reasonable facsimile of the Irish traditional repertoire as I have grown to know and love it in the course of the past forty years
Irish traditional music like other folk music is simultaneously simple and complex Attempting to recreate it presents a composer with the dilemma of producing something that is both original (in the sense of not sounding exacltly like something else) and yet adheres as closely as possible to the structural requirements (eg metric harmonic) that constitute the traditional canon In that respect traditional music is closer in spirit to classical music as contrasted with [eg] jazz where pretty much anything goes
I realize this is over-simplifying it but the fact is that as a traditional composer or performer youre not going to have the chance to compose like Thelonious Monk or perform like Miles Davis (or vice-versa) The rules are a lot stricter for us If traditional structures and harmonies appear hopelessly limiting to a jazz musician we can take consolation in the fact that what we do in choosing to compose or play our kind of music is no less musical because the rules we follow do not look kindly on 114 meters or flatted elevenths in our arpeggios (The Pookas Delight and The Camels Hump in this collection represent what can happen to an unwary composer who strays too far from the safety of the traditional style)
The proof that what might appear to be musical strait-jackets are in reality nothing of the kind can be found by examining my webabc site which contains at present about nine thousand tunes from various sources The variety of music evident there - some composed more traditional in the sense of having no identifiable parent - seems to me to demonstrate clearly what can be done with a limited palette of notes (two octaves plus) keys and meters
Such an examination of the exisiting corpus of traditional tunes will also I hope give the lie to the old wheeze about Irish trad music all sounding the
(continued)
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
FOREWORD (cont)
same Clearly this is a function of a listeners unfamiliarity with the music rather than anything inherent in the music itself
I hope that in this collection I have been able to combine the new (ie what I bring to the music) and the old (ie what the music brings to me) It has been very enjoyable putting these tunes together and even more of a delight to hear them played by other musicians which of course is the true test of how traditional they really are
Finally with regards to tune namesSometimes finding an appropriate title for a tune is more difficult than actually putting it together (Unlike some of my composing colleagues I wont have anything to do with tunes gan ainm [nameless]) Many of these are named for musicians with whom I have had the opportunity to play or for individuals who have appreciated and supported the music or for places or animals or for not anything in particular except that I liked the sound of it
The important thing is that it has a name As the great collector Breandaacuten Breathnach said when supplying a name to a gan ainm - meacute fein a bhaacuteist eacute ( twas I who christened it) All of my 330 offspring in this volume have been duly christened
In some cases I have put what I believed was a unique name on one of my tunes only to discover later that the title had been used earlier In that case I have re-titled mine in the present volume and on the website
Bill BlackBourne MAJan 2018email billcapeirishcombiography bb-biohtml
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
AFTER THE BLIZZARD JIG D 17ALICE BY THE WINDOW HPIPE D 17ANDREAS HPIPE A 18ANDY BROOKS REEL Dm 18ANNE DERRANES REEL G 19ARDFINNAN BRIDGE REEL Bm 19ARNOLDS DUCK JIG D 20BALLYBAY TAILOR JIG G 20BALLYCONEELY JIG A 21BALTRASNA REEL D 21BARKING SEAL JIG G 22BASS RIVER HPIPE D 22BATTLING JERRY JIG G 23BAWNARD SLIDE SLIDE D 23BEACH HOUSE REEL Am 24BEAL BOCHT (Poor Mouth) REEL Em 24BEANS IN THE POT POLKA C 25BEARS OF BAFFIN HPIPE Em 26BEAUTIES OF BROCKTON JIG D 26BEST OF THE BANNER REEL G 27BETTY ANN DALYS JIG G 27BEV amp THE REAPER HPIPE D 28BIG () DEAL POLKA G 28BIG THREE-FOUR WALTZ D 29BILL FLYNNS JIG G 30BILL GLEESONS (Wooden Wedding) REEL G 30BILL McEVOYS FANCY HPIPE D 31BITTERSWEET REEL D 31BLACK ROAD TO LOUGHREA REEL Dm 32BLACKSTONE VALLEY HPIPE G 32BOY GENIUS REEL G 33
1
BOYS AT BOLANDS MILLS HPIPE G 33BRANT POINT JIG D 34BRAVE LADS OF TYRONE REEL A 34BRAVE YOUNG BRIAN JIG G 35BREEZE ACROSS THE LAKE JIG G 35BROKEN BOW HPIPE G 36BRYANTS BARBECUE REEL Am 36BUCKET O NAILS POLKA D 37CAMELS HUMP REEL Em 37CANAL BRIDGE JIG Bm 184CAPE COD HPIPE A 38CAROLINES FANCY POLKA A 39CASH IN HAND JIG A 39CASTLE VIEW JIG Am 40CHALK AND CHEESE REEL C 41CHAMBERS OF MELODY JIG Em 40CHATHAM LIGHT JIG Am 42CHENANGO COUNTY HPIPE A 42CHICKEN IN THE BUCKET JIG G 43CHIPMUNKS HOUSE JIG D 43CHRISTINA REIDS JIG A 44CHRISTMAS AT THE MAHERS SJIG G 44CHRISTMAS IN JULY REEL D 45CLARA MOUNTAIN SLIDE D 45CLASSICAL HPIPE Dm 46CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU REEL Dm 46COOGANS BARN HPIPE G 47COTTAGE AT LARRAGA HPIPE Em 47COUSIN MIKES JIG G 48COUSINS REEL A 48COW BEHIND THE FENCE POLKA D 49
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
2
CRANBERRY BOG REEL G 49CRASHING AT MIKES REEL D 50CROAGH PATRICK REEL G 50DAVE O DOCHERTYS REEL D 51DAWN OUTSIDE THE PUB JIG Gm 51DEEP WATER JIG D 52DEERING STATION REEL G 52DELIA OBRIENS JIG G 53DELIGHTS OF INCHICORE JIG G 53DENIS DONOVANS HPIPE G 54DERRY LASS REEL A 54DILLONS OTHER BREAKFAST REEL D 55DONNCHAS SLIDE D 55DOWNTOWN JIG D 56DRUMBEGGIL HPIPE G 56DUMETELLA HYNES JIG D 57DUN LAOGHAIRE SAILORS JIG BmG 57DWYER AND THE LEPRECHAUN JIG G 60ETOWN PARADE MARCH G 60EAST END JETTY REEL Em 186EAST OF KILLARNEY SLIDE G 58EATING CRACKERS WITH A FORK REEL D 58EBLANAS FAIR DAUGHTERS JIG G 59ELLIE TS JIG G 59END OF THE SEARCH REEL D 63ENDLESS MOUNTAINS REEL Dm 63FALL RIVER JIG G 61FAREWELL TO KERRY REEL Dm 61FATHER STEWARTS JIG D 64FERMANAGHS LOVELIEST HPIPE D 65FIDDLE ON THE WALL (Larry Reynoldsrsquo) REEL Am 66
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
3
FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
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HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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As much as I would like to I canrsquot claim that each of these tunes is a masterpiece There should however be a sufficient number that you find interesting and might even come to consider worthy of playing I hope all of the tools I have provided will help you get what you want out of this material
A reminder all contents of this book are copyrighted No permission is required for use in sessions concerts etc (with credit as appropriate) but recording permission is reserved and must be requested in writing (email preferred)
Have fun and if you have any questions comments etc email me at billcapeirishcom
Bill Black Bourne MA January 2018
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
FOREWORD
This collection contains 330 original tunes composed in what I sincerely hope is a reasonable facsimile of the Irish traditional repertoire as I have grown to know and love it in the course of the past forty years
Irish traditional music like other folk music is simultaneously simple and complex Attempting to recreate it presents a composer with the dilemma of producing something that is both original (in the sense of not sounding exacltly like something else) and yet adheres as closely as possible to the structural requirements (eg metric harmonic) that constitute the traditional canon In that respect traditional music is closer in spirit to classical music as contrasted with [eg] jazz where pretty much anything goes
I realize this is over-simplifying it but the fact is that as a traditional composer or performer youre not going to have the chance to compose like Thelonious Monk or perform like Miles Davis (or vice-versa) The rules are a lot stricter for us If traditional structures and harmonies appear hopelessly limiting to a jazz musician we can take consolation in the fact that what we do in choosing to compose or play our kind of music is no less musical because the rules we follow do not look kindly on 114 meters or flatted elevenths in our arpeggios (The Pookas Delight and The Camels Hump in this collection represent what can happen to an unwary composer who strays too far from the safety of the traditional style)
The proof that what might appear to be musical strait-jackets are in reality nothing of the kind can be found by examining my webabc site which contains at present about nine thousand tunes from various sources The variety of music evident there - some composed more traditional in the sense of having no identifiable parent - seems to me to demonstrate clearly what can be done with a limited palette of notes (two octaves plus) keys and meters
Such an examination of the exisiting corpus of traditional tunes will also I hope give the lie to the old wheeze about Irish trad music all sounding the
(continued)
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
FOREWORD (cont)
same Clearly this is a function of a listeners unfamiliarity with the music rather than anything inherent in the music itself
I hope that in this collection I have been able to combine the new (ie what I bring to the music) and the old (ie what the music brings to me) It has been very enjoyable putting these tunes together and even more of a delight to hear them played by other musicians which of course is the true test of how traditional they really are
Finally with regards to tune namesSometimes finding an appropriate title for a tune is more difficult than actually putting it together (Unlike some of my composing colleagues I wont have anything to do with tunes gan ainm [nameless]) Many of these are named for musicians with whom I have had the opportunity to play or for individuals who have appreciated and supported the music or for places or animals or for not anything in particular except that I liked the sound of it
The important thing is that it has a name As the great collector Breandaacuten Breathnach said when supplying a name to a gan ainm - meacute fein a bhaacuteist eacute ( twas I who christened it) All of my 330 offspring in this volume have been duly christened
In some cases I have put what I believed was a unique name on one of my tunes only to discover later that the title had been used earlier In that case I have re-titled mine in the present volume and on the website
Bill BlackBourne MAJan 2018email billcapeirishcombiography bb-biohtml
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AFTER THE BLIZZARD JIG D 17ALICE BY THE WINDOW HPIPE D 17ANDREAS HPIPE A 18ANDY BROOKS REEL Dm 18ANNE DERRANES REEL G 19ARDFINNAN BRIDGE REEL Bm 19ARNOLDS DUCK JIG D 20BALLYBAY TAILOR JIG G 20BALLYCONEELY JIG A 21BALTRASNA REEL D 21BARKING SEAL JIG G 22BASS RIVER HPIPE D 22BATTLING JERRY JIG G 23BAWNARD SLIDE SLIDE D 23BEACH HOUSE REEL Am 24BEAL BOCHT (Poor Mouth) REEL Em 24BEANS IN THE POT POLKA C 25BEARS OF BAFFIN HPIPE Em 26BEAUTIES OF BROCKTON JIG D 26BEST OF THE BANNER REEL G 27BETTY ANN DALYS JIG G 27BEV amp THE REAPER HPIPE D 28BIG () DEAL POLKA G 28BIG THREE-FOUR WALTZ D 29BILL FLYNNS JIG G 30BILL GLEESONS (Wooden Wedding) REEL G 30BILL McEVOYS FANCY HPIPE D 31BITTERSWEET REEL D 31BLACK ROAD TO LOUGHREA REEL Dm 32BLACKSTONE VALLEY HPIPE G 32BOY GENIUS REEL G 33
1
BOYS AT BOLANDS MILLS HPIPE G 33BRANT POINT JIG D 34BRAVE LADS OF TYRONE REEL A 34BRAVE YOUNG BRIAN JIG G 35BREEZE ACROSS THE LAKE JIG G 35BROKEN BOW HPIPE G 36BRYANTS BARBECUE REEL Am 36BUCKET O NAILS POLKA D 37CAMELS HUMP REEL Em 37CANAL BRIDGE JIG Bm 184CAPE COD HPIPE A 38CAROLINES FANCY POLKA A 39CASH IN HAND JIG A 39CASTLE VIEW JIG Am 40CHALK AND CHEESE REEL C 41CHAMBERS OF MELODY JIG Em 40CHATHAM LIGHT JIG Am 42CHENANGO COUNTY HPIPE A 42CHICKEN IN THE BUCKET JIG G 43CHIPMUNKS HOUSE JIG D 43CHRISTINA REIDS JIG A 44CHRISTMAS AT THE MAHERS SJIG G 44CHRISTMAS IN JULY REEL D 45CLARA MOUNTAIN SLIDE D 45CLASSICAL HPIPE Dm 46CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU REEL Dm 46COOGANS BARN HPIPE G 47COTTAGE AT LARRAGA HPIPE Em 47COUSIN MIKES JIG G 48COUSINS REEL A 48COW BEHIND THE FENCE POLKA D 49
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CRANBERRY BOG REEL G 49CRASHING AT MIKES REEL D 50CROAGH PATRICK REEL G 50DAVE O DOCHERTYS REEL D 51DAWN OUTSIDE THE PUB JIG Gm 51DEEP WATER JIG D 52DEERING STATION REEL G 52DELIA OBRIENS JIG G 53DELIGHTS OF INCHICORE JIG G 53DENIS DONOVANS HPIPE G 54DERRY LASS REEL A 54DILLONS OTHER BREAKFAST REEL D 55DONNCHAS SLIDE D 55DOWNTOWN JIG D 56DRUMBEGGIL HPIPE G 56DUMETELLA HYNES JIG D 57DUN LAOGHAIRE SAILORS JIG BmG 57DWYER AND THE LEPRECHAUN JIG G 60ETOWN PARADE MARCH G 60EAST END JETTY REEL Em 186EAST OF KILLARNEY SLIDE G 58EATING CRACKERS WITH A FORK REEL D 58EBLANAS FAIR DAUGHTERS JIG G 59ELLIE TS JIG G 59END OF THE SEARCH REEL D 63ENDLESS MOUNTAINS REEL Dm 63FALL RIVER JIG G 61FAREWELL TO KERRY REEL Dm 61FATHER STEWARTS JIG D 64FERMANAGHS LOVELIEST HPIPE D 65FIDDLE ON THE WALL (Larry Reynoldsrsquo) REEL Am 66
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3
FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
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HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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7
MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
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9
SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
FOREWORD
This collection contains 330 original tunes composed in what I sincerely hope is a reasonable facsimile of the Irish traditional repertoire as I have grown to know and love it in the course of the past forty years
Irish traditional music like other folk music is simultaneously simple and complex Attempting to recreate it presents a composer with the dilemma of producing something that is both original (in the sense of not sounding exacltly like something else) and yet adheres as closely as possible to the structural requirements (eg metric harmonic) that constitute the traditional canon In that respect traditional music is closer in spirit to classical music as contrasted with [eg] jazz where pretty much anything goes
I realize this is over-simplifying it but the fact is that as a traditional composer or performer youre not going to have the chance to compose like Thelonious Monk or perform like Miles Davis (or vice-versa) The rules are a lot stricter for us If traditional structures and harmonies appear hopelessly limiting to a jazz musician we can take consolation in the fact that what we do in choosing to compose or play our kind of music is no less musical because the rules we follow do not look kindly on 114 meters or flatted elevenths in our arpeggios (The Pookas Delight and The Camels Hump in this collection represent what can happen to an unwary composer who strays too far from the safety of the traditional style)
The proof that what might appear to be musical strait-jackets are in reality nothing of the kind can be found by examining my webabc site which contains at present about nine thousand tunes from various sources The variety of music evident there - some composed more traditional in the sense of having no identifiable parent - seems to me to demonstrate clearly what can be done with a limited palette of notes (two octaves plus) keys and meters
Such an examination of the exisiting corpus of traditional tunes will also I hope give the lie to the old wheeze about Irish trad music all sounding the
(continued)
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FOREWORD (cont)
same Clearly this is a function of a listeners unfamiliarity with the music rather than anything inherent in the music itself
I hope that in this collection I have been able to combine the new (ie what I bring to the music) and the old (ie what the music brings to me) It has been very enjoyable putting these tunes together and even more of a delight to hear them played by other musicians which of course is the true test of how traditional they really are
Finally with regards to tune namesSometimes finding an appropriate title for a tune is more difficult than actually putting it together (Unlike some of my composing colleagues I wont have anything to do with tunes gan ainm [nameless]) Many of these are named for musicians with whom I have had the opportunity to play or for individuals who have appreciated and supported the music or for places or animals or for not anything in particular except that I liked the sound of it
The important thing is that it has a name As the great collector Breandaacuten Breathnach said when supplying a name to a gan ainm - meacute fein a bhaacuteist eacute ( twas I who christened it) All of my 330 offspring in this volume have been duly christened
In some cases I have put what I believed was a unique name on one of my tunes only to discover later that the title had been used earlier In that case I have re-titled mine in the present volume and on the website
Bill BlackBourne MAJan 2018email billcapeirishcombiography bb-biohtml
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AFTER THE BLIZZARD JIG D 17ALICE BY THE WINDOW HPIPE D 17ANDREAS HPIPE A 18ANDY BROOKS REEL Dm 18ANNE DERRANES REEL G 19ARDFINNAN BRIDGE REEL Bm 19ARNOLDS DUCK JIG D 20BALLYBAY TAILOR JIG G 20BALLYCONEELY JIG A 21BALTRASNA REEL D 21BARKING SEAL JIG G 22BASS RIVER HPIPE D 22BATTLING JERRY JIG G 23BAWNARD SLIDE SLIDE D 23BEACH HOUSE REEL Am 24BEAL BOCHT (Poor Mouth) REEL Em 24BEANS IN THE POT POLKA C 25BEARS OF BAFFIN HPIPE Em 26BEAUTIES OF BROCKTON JIG D 26BEST OF THE BANNER REEL G 27BETTY ANN DALYS JIG G 27BEV amp THE REAPER HPIPE D 28BIG () DEAL POLKA G 28BIG THREE-FOUR WALTZ D 29BILL FLYNNS JIG G 30BILL GLEESONS (Wooden Wedding) REEL G 30BILL McEVOYS FANCY HPIPE D 31BITTERSWEET REEL D 31BLACK ROAD TO LOUGHREA REEL Dm 32BLACKSTONE VALLEY HPIPE G 32BOY GENIUS REEL G 33
1
BOYS AT BOLANDS MILLS HPIPE G 33BRANT POINT JIG D 34BRAVE LADS OF TYRONE REEL A 34BRAVE YOUNG BRIAN JIG G 35BREEZE ACROSS THE LAKE JIG G 35BROKEN BOW HPIPE G 36BRYANTS BARBECUE REEL Am 36BUCKET O NAILS POLKA D 37CAMELS HUMP REEL Em 37CANAL BRIDGE JIG Bm 184CAPE COD HPIPE A 38CAROLINES FANCY POLKA A 39CASH IN HAND JIG A 39CASTLE VIEW JIG Am 40CHALK AND CHEESE REEL C 41CHAMBERS OF MELODY JIG Em 40CHATHAM LIGHT JIG Am 42CHENANGO COUNTY HPIPE A 42CHICKEN IN THE BUCKET JIG G 43CHIPMUNKS HOUSE JIG D 43CHRISTINA REIDS JIG A 44CHRISTMAS AT THE MAHERS SJIG G 44CHRISTMAS IN JULY REEL D 45CLARA MOUNTAIN SLIDE D 45CLASSICAL HPIPE Dm 46CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU REEL Dm 46COOGANS BARN HPIPE G 47COTTAGE AT LARRAGA HPIPE Em 47COUSIN MIKES JIG G 48COUSINS REEL A 48COW BEHIND THE FENCE POLKA D 49
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2
CRANBERRY BOG REEL G 49CRASHING AT MIKES REEL D 50CROAGH PATRICK REEL G 50DAVE O DOCHERTYS REEL D 51DAWN OUTSIDE THE PUB JIG Gm 51DEEP WATER JIG D 52DEERING STATION REEL G 52DELIA OBRIENS JIG G 53DELIGHTS OF INCHICORE JIG G 53DENIS DONOVANS HPIPE G 54DERRY LASS REEL A 54DILLONS OTHER BREAKFAST REEL D 55DONNCHAS SLIDE D 55DOWNTOWN JIG D 56DRUMBEGGIL HPIPE G 56DUMETELLA HYNES JIG D 57DUN LAOGHAIRE SAILORS JIG BmG 57DWYER AND THE LEPRECHAUN JIG G 60ETOWN PARADE MARCH G 60EAST END JETTY REEL Em 186EAST OF KILLARNEY SLIDE G 58EATING CRACKERS WITH A FORK REEL D 58EBLANAS FAIR DAUGHTERS JIG G 59ELLIE TS JIG G 59END OF THE SEARCH REEL D 63ENDLESS MOUNTAINS REEL Dm 63FALL RIVER JIG G 61FAREWELL TO KERRY REEL Dm 61FATHER STEWARTS JIG D 64FERMANAGHS LOVELIEST HPIPE D 65FIDDLE ON THE WALL (Larry Reynoldsrsquo) REEL Am 66
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3
FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
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4
HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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9
SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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FOREWORD (cont)
same Clearly this is a function of a listeners unfamiliarity with the music rather than anything inherent in the music itself
I hope that in this collection I have been able to combine the new (ie what I bring to the music) and the old (ie what the music brings to me) It has been very enjoyable putting these tunes together and even more of a delight to hear them played by other musicians which of course is the true test of how traditional they really are
Finally with regards to tune namesSometimes finding an appropriate title for a tune is more difficult than actually putting it together (Unlike some of my composing colleagues I wont have anything to do with tunes gan ainm [nameless]) Many of these are named for musicians with whom I have had the opportunity to play or for individuals who have appreciated and supported the music or for places or animals or for not anything in particular except that I liked the sound of it
The important thing is that it has a name As the great collector Breandaacuten Breathnach said when supplying a name to a gan ainm - meacute fein a bhaacuteist eacute ( twas I who christened it) All of my 330 offspring in this volume have been duly christened
In some cases I have put what I believed was a unique name on one of my tunes only to discover later that the title had been used earlier In that case I have re-titled mine in the present volume and on the website
Bill BlackBourne MAJan 2018email billcapeirishcombiography bb-biohtml
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
AFTER THE BLIZZARD JIG D 17ALICE BY THE WINDOW HPIPE D 17ANDREAS HPIPE A 18ANDY BROOKS REEL Dm 18ANNE DERRANES REEL G 19ARDFINNAN BRIDGE REEL Bm 19ARNOLDS DUCK JIG D 20BALLYBAY TAILOR JIG G 20BALLYCONEELY JIG A 21BALTRASNA REEL D 21BARKING SEAL JIG G 22BASS RIVER HPIPE D 22BATTLING JERRY JIG G 23BAWNARD SLIDE SLIDE D 23BEACH HOUSE REEL Am 24BEAL BOCHT (Poor Mouth) REEL Em 24BEANS IN THE POT POLKA C 25BEARS OF BAFFIN HPIPE Em 26BEAUTIES OF BROCKTON JIG D 26BEST OF THE BANNER REEL G 27BETTY ANN DALYS JIG G 27BEV amp THE REAPER HPIPE D 28BIG () DEAL POLKA G 28BIG THREE-FOUR WALTZ D 29BILL FLYNNS JIG G 30BILL GLEESONS (Wooden Wedding) REEL G 30BILL McEVOYS FANCY HPIPE D 31BITTERSWEET REEL D 31BLACK ROAD TO LOUGHREA REEL Dm 32BLACKSTONE VALLEY HPIPE G 32BOY GENIUS REEL G 33
1
BOYS AT BOLANDS MILLS HPIPE G 33BRANT POINT JIG D 34BRAVE LADS OF TYRONE REEL A 34BRAVE YOUNG BRIAN JIG G 35BREEZE ACROSS THE LAKE JIG G 35BROKEN BOW HPIPE G 36BRYANTS BARBECUE REEL Am 36BUCKET O NAILS POLKA D 37CAMELS HUMP REEL Em 37CANAL BRIDGE JIG Bm 184CAPE COD HPIPE A 38CAROLINES FANCY POLKA A 39CASH IN HAND JIG A 39CASTLE VIEW JIG Am 40CHALK AND CHEESE REEL C 41CHAMBERS OF MELODY JIG Em 40CHATHAM LIGHT JIG Am 42CHENANGO COUNTY HPIPE A 42CHICKEN IN THE BUCKET JIG G 43CHIPMUNKS HOUSE JIG D 43CHRISTINA REIDS JIG A 44CHRISTMAS AT THE MAHERS SJIG G 44CHRISTMAS IN JULY REEL D 45CLARA MOUNTAIN SLIDE D 45CLASSICAL HPIPE Dm 46CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU REEL Dm 46COOGANS BARN HPIPE G 47COTTAGE AT LARRAGA HPIPE Em 47COUSIN MIKES JIG G 48COUSINS REEL A 48COW BEHIND THE FENCE POLKA D 49
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CRANBERRY BOG REEL G 49CRASHING AT MIKES REEL D 50CROAGH PATRICK REEL G 50DAVE O DOCHERTYS REEL D 51DAWN OUTSIDE THE PUB JIG Gm 51DEEP WATER JIG D 52DEERING STATION REEL G 52DELIA OBRIENS JIG G 53DELIGHTS OF INCHICORE JIG G 53DENIS DONOVANS HPIPE G 54DERRY LASS REEL A 54DILLONS OTHER BREAKFAST REEL D 55DONNCHAS SLIDE D 55DOWNTOWN JIG D 56DRUMBEGGIL HPIPE G 56DUMETELLA HYNES JIG D 57DUN LAOGHAIRE SAILORS JIG BmG 57DWYER AND THE LEPRECHAUN JIG G 60ETOWN PARADE MARCH G 60EAST END JETTY REEL Em 186EAST OF KILLARNEY SLIDE G 58EATING CRACKERS WITH A FORK REEL D 58EBLANAS FAIR DAUGHTERS JIG G 59ELLIE TS JIG G 59END OF THE SEARCH REEL D 63ENDLESS MOUNTAINS REEL Dm 63FALL RIVER JIG G 61FAREWELL TO KERRY REEL Dm 61FATHER STEWARTS JIG D 64FERMANAGHS LOVELIEST HPIPE D 65FIDDLE ON THE WALL (Larry Reynoldsrsquo) REEL Am 66
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FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
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HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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AFTER THE BLIZZARD JIG D 17ALICE BY THE WINDOW HPIPE D 17ANDREAS HPIPE A 18ANDY BROOKS REEL Dm 18ANNE DERRANES REEL G 19ARDFINNAN BRIDGE REEL Bm 19ARNOLDS DUCK JIG D 20BALLYBAY TAILOR JIG G 20BALLYCONEELY JIG A 21BALTRASNA REEL D 21BARKING SEAL JIG G 22BASS RIVER HPIPE D 22BATTLING JERRY JIG G 23BAWNARD SLIDE SLIDE D 23BEACH HOUSE REEL Am 24BEAL BOCHT (Poor Mouth) REEL Em 24BEANS IN THE POT POLKA C 25BEARS OF BAFFIN HPIPE Em 26BEAUTIES OF BROCKTON JIG D 26BEST OF THE BANNER REEL G 27BETTY ANN DALYS JIG G 27BEV amp THE REAPER HPIPE D 28BIG () DEAL POLKA G 28BIG THREE-FOUR WALTZ D 29BILL FLYNNS JIG G 30BILL GLEESONS (Wooden Wedding) REEL G 30BILL McEVOYS FANCY HPIPE D 31BITTERSWEET REEL D 31BLACK ROAD TO LOUGHREA REEL Dm 32BLACKSTONE VALLEY HPIPE G 32BOY GENIUS REEL G 33
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BOYS AT BOLANDS MILLS HPIPE G 33BRANT POINT JIG D 34BRAVE LADS OF TYRONE REEL A 34BRAVE YOUNG BRIAN JIG G 35BREEZE ACROSS THE LAKE JIG G 35BROKEN BOW HPIPE G 36BRYANTS BARBECUE REEL Am 36BUCKET O NAILS POLKA D 37CAMELS HUMP REEL Em 37CANAL BRIDGE JIG Bm 184CAPE COD HPIPE A 38CAROLINES FANCY POLKA A 39CASH IN HAND JIG A 39CASTLE VIEW JIG Am 40CHALK AND CHEESE REEL C 41CHAMBERS OF MELODY JIG Em 40CHATHAM LIGHT JIG Am 42CHENANGO COUNTY HPIPE A 42CHICKEN IN THE BUCKET JIG G 43CHIPMUNKS HOUSE JIG D 43CHRISTINA REIDS JIG A 44CHRISTMAS AT THE MAHERS SJIG G 44CHRISTMAS IN JULY REEL D 45CLARA MOUNTAIN SLIDE D 45CLASSICAL HPIPE Dm 46CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU REEL Dm 46COOGANS BARN HPIPE G 47COTTAGE AT LARRAGA HPIPE Em 47COUSIN MIKES JIG G 48COUSINS REEL A 48COW BEHIND THE FENCE POLKA D 49
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CRANBERRY BOG REEL G 49CRASHING AT MIKES REEL D 50CROAGH PATRICK REEL G 50DAVE O DOCHERTYS REEL D 51DAWN OUTSIDE THE PUB JIG Gm 51DEEP WATER JIG D 52DEERING STATION REEL G 52DELIA OBRIENS JIG G 53DELIGHTS OF INCHICORE JIG G 53DENIS DONOVANS HPIPE G 54DERRY LASS REEL A 54DILLONS OTHER BREAKFAST REEL D 55DONNCHAS SLIDE D 55DOWNTOWN JIG D 56DRUMBEGGIL HPIPE G 56DUMETELLA HYNES JIG D 57DUN LAOGHAIRE SAILORS JIG BmG 57DWYER AND THE LEPRECHAUN JIG G 60ETOWN PARADE MARCH G 60EAST END JETTY REEL Em 186EAST OF KILLARNEY SLIDE G 58EATING CRACKERS WITH A FORK REEL D 58EBLANAS FAIR DAUGHTERS JIG G 59ELLIE TS JIG G 59END OF THE SEARCH REEL D 63ENDLESS MOUNTAINS REEL Dm 63FALL RIVER JIG G 61FAREWELL TO KERRY REEL Dm 61FATHER STEWARTS JIG D 64FERMANAGHS LOVELIEST HPIPE D 65FIDDLE ON THE WALL (Larry Reynoldsrsquo) REEL Am 66
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FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
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HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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BOYS AT BOLANDS MILLS HPIPE G 33BRANT POINT JIG D 34BRAVE LADS OF TYRONE REEL A 34BRAVE YOUNG BRIAN JIG G 35BREEZE ACROSS THE LAKE JIG G 35BROKEN BOW HPIPE G 36BRYANTS BARBECUE REEL Am 36BUCKET O NAILS POLKA D 37CAMELS HUMP REEL Em 37CANAL BRIDGE JIG Bm 184CAPE COD HPIPE A 38CAROLINES FANCY POLKA A 39CASH IN HAND JIG A 39CASTLE VIEW JIG Am 40CHALK AND CHEESE REEL C 41CHAMBERS OF MELODY JIG Em 40CHATHAM LIGHT JIG Am 42CHENANGO COUNTY HPIPE A 42CHICKEN IN THE BUCKET JIG G 43CHIPMUNKS HOUSE JIG D 43CHRISTINA REIDS JIG A 44CHRISTMAS AT THE MAHERS SJIG G 44CHRISTMAS IN JULY REEL D 45CLARA MOUNTAIN SLIDE D 45CLASSICAL HPIPE Dm 46CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU REEL Dm 46COOGANS BARN HPIPE G 47COTTAGE AT LARRAGA HPIPE Em 47COUSIN MIKES JIG G 48COUSINS REEL A 48COW BEHIND THE FENCE POLKA D 49
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CRANBERRY BOG REEL G 49CRASHING AT MIKES REEL D 50CROAGH PATRICK REEL G 50DAVE O DOCHERTYS REEL D 51DAWN OUTSIDE THE PUB JIG Gm 51DEEP WATER JIG D 52DEERING STATION REEL G 52DELIA OBRIENS JIG G 53DELIGHTS OF INCHICORE JIG G 53DENIS DONOVANS HPIPE G 54DERRY LASS REEL A 54DILLONS OTHER BREAKFAST REEL D 55DONNCHAS SLIDE D 55DOWNTOWN JIG D 56DRUMBEGGIL HPIPE G 56DUMETELLA HYNES JIG D 57DUN LAOGHAIRE SAILORS JIG BmG 57DWYER AND THE LEPRECHAUN JIG G 60ETOWN PARADE MARCH G 60EAST END JETTY REEL Em 186EAST OF KILLARNEY SLIDE G 58EATING CRACKERS WITH A FORK REEL D 58EBLANAS FAIR DAUGHTERS JIG G 59ELLIE TS JIG G 59END OF THE SEARCH REEL D 63ENDLESS MOUNTAINS REEL Dm 63FALL RIVER JIG G 61FAREWELL TO KERRY REEL Dm 61FATHER STEWARTS JIG D 64FERMANAGHS LOVELIEST HPIPE D 65FIDDLE ON THE WALL (Larry Reynoldsrsquo) REEL Am 66
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FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
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HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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CRANBERRY BOG REEL G 49CRASHING AT MIKES REEL D 50CROAGH PATRICK REEL G 50DAVE O DOCHERTYS REEL D 51DAWN OUTSIDE THE PUB JIG Gm 51DEEP WATER JIG D 52DEERING STATION REEL G 52DELIA OBRIENS JIG G 53DELIGHTS OF INCHICORE JIG G 53DENIS DONOVANS HPIPE G 54DERRY LASS REEL A 54DILLONS OTHER BREAKFAST REEL D 55DONNCHAS SLIDE D 55DOWNTOWN JIG D 56DRUMBEGGIL HPIPE G 56DUMETELLA HYNES JIG D 57DUN LAOGHAIRE SAILORS JIG BmG 57DWYER AND THE LEPRECHAUN JIG G 60ETOWN PARADE MARCH G 60EAST END JETTY REEL Em 186EAST OF KILLARNEY SLIDE G 58EATING CRACKERS WITH A FORK REEL D 58EBLANAS FAIR DAUGHTERS JIG G 59ELLIE TS JIG G 59END OF THE SEARCH REEL D 63ENDLESS MOUNTAINS REEL Dm 63FALL RIVER JIG G 61FAREWELL TO KERRY REEL Dm 61FATHER STEWARTS JIG D 64FERMANAGHS LOVELIEST HPIPE D 65FIDDLE ON THE WALL (Larry Reynoldsrsquo) REEL Am 66
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FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
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HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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FIGHTING FISH REEL Am 66FIRST GRANDCHILD REEL Dm 62FIRST PRIZE REEL D 62FISHAMBLE STREET JIG G 64FIVE HOUSES JIG D 68FIVE LAMPS JIG D 69FLOCK OF BUDGIES HPIPE G 69FLY UPON THE BAR (Phil Taylorrsquos Fancy) JIG D 70FLYING SQUIRREL POLKA G 70FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE REEL D 71FORTUNE COOKIE REEL Em 71FRANKIE ONEILLS JIG Dm 67FROGS amp SNAKES OF GALWAY HPIPE D 67GALWAY LADY JIG D 68GENE PRESTONS FLUTE JIG G 73GENTLEMAN FROM CLARE (Jimmy Hogans) JIG G 74GIRL FROM OLD BRIDE STREET JIG D 74GOOD SHIP ERNESTINA REEL G 72GRAND BANKS REEL A 72GRANDA QUINNS WHISTLE JIG D 73GRANNY QUINNS REEL D 75GREEN BRIAR JIG G 75GROGAN IN THE CORNER REEL D 76HALFWAY TO KERRY SLIDE G 76HAPENNY BRIDGE REEL G 77HAPPY HAMSTER JIG D 77HAPPY VALLEY JIG D 81HARRYS GREEN SOCKS REEL D 65HERRING RUN REEL D 184HIGH IN THE REEKS POLKA Em 79HIGHFIELD HALL REEL Em 78
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HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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HOLD THE FRIES JIG G 80HOME TO MULLACH JIG D 80HORACErsquoS TWENTY HrsquoPIPE A 179HOUSE DOWN THE STREET JIG G 81HUGH SMITHS FAREWELL REEL Am 78HUMORS OF CUTTYHUNK REEL G 82HUMORS OF KANGI HPIPE G 82HUMORS OF LANACANE JIG Dm 83HUMORS OF PLUMBRIDGE JIG G 83HUSSEYS PENGUIN REEL D 84ICE CREAM HPIPE G 84IN DAYS GONE BY HPIPE Dm 87IRISH EMBASSY REEL Am 87IRISH JACK DOHERTYS HPIPE D 86ISLE OF THE BLEST AIR A 79JACK HALEYS REEL Am 85JACK MURPHYS REEL Dm 85JACKS MAGICAL PIPES HPIPE D 86JANEEN SULLIVANS WALTZ D 88JENNY PRIORS HPIPE D 89JERRY OBRIENS REEL D 89JIG FOR WILLIE JIG Gm 90JIM BOYCErsquoS HrsquoPIPE D 183JIM McGINTYS JIG G 90JIMMY KELLYS BANJO JIG D 94JIMMY MACS REEL D 91JIMMY THE BOX REEL G 94JOE KELLYS RETREAT JIG D 96JOE MADDENS BIG DAY REEL D 96JOHNNY BY GOLLY HPIPE D 102JOHNNYS WELCOME TO HEAVEN REEL G 102
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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JOLLY OLD JIM JIG D 98JUNE BABY JIG D 98KATIES GHOST REEL Em 99KAY OBRIENS JIG A 99KEITH OrsquoNEILLrsquoS REEL Dm 95KEN VESEYS HPIPE C 100KENNYrsquoS SLIP JIG SJIG D 95KERRY GOLD REEL G 100KEYS OF KIERAN HrsquoPIPE AmC 183KIDS IN THE POOL JIG D 92KILBAHA QUAY JIG Dm 92KILKEE FARMER HPIPE G 93KILLEENS OWN TOWN HPIPE G 93KILMIHIL LASSIES REEL G 101KILNADEEMA FANCY JIG G 101KING OF THE HILL JIG G 97KING OF THE KEYS HPIPE G 97KINVARA SHORE SLIDE D 103KITTENS IN THE TUNA FISH HPIPE D 103LADIES ON THE ROAD HPIPE D 104LADS OF LEXINGTON REEL Am 104LADY AND THE PIPER REEL D 105LADY EMMAS REEL D 105LIBERTIES REEL A 106LILY FAIR JIG Am 106LIMERICK IN THE MORNING REEL D 107LIZ WINCHELLS REEL Am 107LONELY LOBSTER JIG G 108LONG NIGHTS OF WINTER JIG D 108LOUD HOUSE ON HARMONY STREET REEL Am 109LURGAN LASS JIG Dm 110
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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MAAM CROSS JIG Am 109MAEVES MAZURKA WALTZ A 111MALAMUTES FANCY HPIPE G 110MARGIE ODRISCOLLS REEL G 112MARKS MITTENS HPIPE D 112MARY JOSEPHINES HPIPE D 113MARY OCONNORS POLKA D 113MAUREEN GLYNN CONNOLLYS JIG A 114McFADDENS GRAND-DAUGHTER REEL A 114McGILVRAYrsquoS 1 JIG D 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 2 JIG Am 185McGILVRAYrsquoS 3 JIG Em 186McKEONS RIDE TO CLARE REEL D 115MEGAN McGANNS REEL D 115MELODIOUS TOMCAT JIG D 116MEMORIES OF MONKS JIG Bm 116MENACING PIGEON HPIPE D 117MERRY STAMPMAKER REEL Gm 117MICHAEL ROGERS SLIDE Em 118MICK OCONNORS JIG A 118MICK OGRADYS REEL D 119MIGHTY MIKES REEL D 119MIKE FROM KC REEL D 120MIKE LYNCHS JIG Dm 120MILKMANS HORSE REEL D 121MISS BREENS HOTEL HPIPE A 121MOLLY WILLEYS JIG D 122MONEYMORE JIG G 122MONSIGNORS POLKA G 123MOONRISE REEL C 123MOUNTAIN FIDDLER SLIDE G 124
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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MRSCONWAYrsquoS CHOCOLATE CAKE HrsquoPIPE G 124MRSFEENEYrsquoS BLANKET JIG Em 125MUSIC AT McGURKS REEL G 125MUSICAL CROW REEL G 126MUSKRAT HPIPE Am 126NEW DEACON JIG G 127NEW ENGLAND SUMMER JIG Am 127NEW HILL COUNTRY JIG D=C 128NIGHTS AT TOM OREILLYS JIG Em 128NORA FLANAGANrsquoS JIG A 129NOT FAR FROM MEATH JIG Am 129NUALA KELLYS REEL G 130OLD HEAD OF KINSALE JIG G 130OLD MAN AND HIS DOG JIG G 131ORDINATION JIG A 131OWEN THOMAS REEL Em 132PADDY THE LILTER JIG D 132PADDYrsquoS LEGACY REEL G 133PADRAIGIN RUA (Pat the Redhead) REEL D 133PARK ON SUNDAY JIG D 134PATRICK KEANES REEL G 134PATRICK SCULLYrsquoS JIG A 135PATRICKrsquoS PARK REEL D 135PATRIOT SUNDAY REEL Dmo 136PATSY THE DUB JIG G 136PEADARS NEW CALF REEL D 137PEOPLES CHOICE JIG D 137PHYLLIS KITCHEN HPIPE Dmo 138PINT O PLAIN HPIPE D 138PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN JIG G 139PLEASANT HOUR REEL Dm 140
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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POOKAS DELIGHT REEL D 140PORCUPINES FANCY REEL G 141POTATOES amp ONIONS REEL D 141PRIDE OF WEST DENNIS REEL A 142PRINCESS GRACErsquoS MARCH G 142PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST JIG D 143PURCELL THE PIPER REEL G 143RABBIT RUN JIG Am 144RAFFERTYS PARTY REEL G 144RATHSALLAGH HPIPE D 145RECOVERY REEL D 145RED BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL REEL Am 146RED HAND POLKA G 146REMEMBERING REAVY REEL G 147RETURN TO COROFIN REEL D 147ROCHESTER LASS JIG D 148ROCK IN THE RIVER JIG G 148ROCKCORRY DEPOT REEL D 149ROCKS OF CONNEMARA REEL Dm 149ROSCOMMON PLUMBER REEL D 150ROSIE ROGERS HPIPE A 150ROXBURY RACES POLKA G 151SAINT RAYMONDS HPIPE D 151SANDY CONNOLLYS JIG D 152SARAS PORCH JIG D 152SARAHS BLISS SJIG A 153SCRAMBLED EGGS JIG A 153SEAN AT THE WHEEL REEL Dm 154SEAN BERRYS JIG Am 154SECOND CITY REEL Am 155SHANNON PILOT REEL Am 156
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
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SINGING SISTERS JIG G 156SIX FOOT SANDWICH (Loretta Egans) JIG D 157SIX IN THE MORNING JIG G 157SLEEPY REEL Am 158SNOW ON THE ROOF REEL G 158SNOWY OWL JIG A 159SNOWY ROAD TO MICKS SLIDE D 159SOLANUS CASEYS JIG D 160SON OF THE PRAIRIE REEL A 160SOUTH BANK OF THE SHANNON JIG A 161SOUTH SHORE LASSES REEL D 161SPRING AT LAST JIG D 162STARFISH JIG D 162STEVEN PRIORS JIG G 163STEVIES BOAT REEL A 163STONEHILL FAIR JIG D 164STROLLING WITH ROSIE JIG A 164SUNNYSIDE UP REEL G 165SUNSET PARK JIG G 165SWEET SKIES OF LOUTH JIG D 166TALL GREAT ARM (Tom Bradys) JIG G 166TANGLED OWL JIG C 167TARBERT FERRY MARCH G 168TARPAULIN COVE REEL Am 168TATTOOED LADY REEL D 169TAWNAMULLAGH JIG D 169TERRIERS DELIGHT REEL D 170THROUGH FIONAS EYES WALTZ A 170TICKLE THE PIG JIG D 171TIDEWATER REEL G 171TOM NANGLES JIG D 172
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
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TOMMY JOYCES REEL Em 172TRIM CASTLE JIG G 173TRIP TO CLONEE REEL Em 173TRIP TO THE ISLAND REEL G 167TRIPPING AT THE TRUCK STOP POLKA D 174TROLLING THE RIP REEL G 175VALLEY ROAD JIG Am 175VIRTUOSO REEL D 176VOYAGE SOUTH REEL D 176WALKIN THE PUPS JIG G 177WALTZING ARMADILLO JIG G 178WHALING CITY REEL D 174WHELANS FROLIC JIG Am 177WHERE CAN SHE BE OFF TO HPIPE G 179WHITE BULL POLKA D 180WHITE LIGHTNING (MY ASS) JIG A 180WINTER MORNING REEL G 181WOODS HOLE FISHERMAN REEL Am 181YONKERS PIPER REEL G 182YOUNG PEARSES REEL D 182
BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS INDEX
link to BBMG home page for sound files amp ABCs
tune type key page
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BILL BLACKS MOSTLY GEMS
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LINK TO SOUND FILE ABC FILE
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LINK TO SOUND FILE ABC FILEPAGE 2
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