In addition to standard New England contra tunes like Chorus Jig, Petronella, and Moneymusk, we play lots of other traditional tunes, old and new. Here are some of the medleys we play for contradancing. Written versions of many of these tunes are in Randy Miller's tune books, published by Fiddlecase Books. Composer's name is given in parentheses. Sources for Celticladda's tunes are abbreviated as:

NEFR=New England Fiddler's Repertoire

PC=The Portland Collection

FT=The Fiddler's Throne

W=www.thesession.org

ITFM=Irish Traditional Fiddle Music

CD=recording

Updated October 5, 2007

SET
TYPE
KEYS
SOURCE

The Shannon Jig/Round the House and Mind the Dresser (Charlie Lennon)/Opera Reel

j/r/r
G/G/D
W/CD/NEFR

Jewels of the Ocean (Allan MacDonald)/Lizzy in the Lowground (Liz Carroll)/Once Upon a Time in Beara (Richie Dwyer)

j/r/r
G/G/Am
CD/CD/CD

New Century Hornpipe/Oyster River/Kitty O'Neil

reels
D/G/A
unpub/PC/FT

Maple Leaf (Darach de Brun)/The White Horse (Franklin Heyburn)/Big Papi (Randy Miller)

reels
Em/Bm/E
FT/FT/unpub

Tarbolton Lodge/Longford Collector/Sailor's Bonnet

reels
Em/G/D
ITFM

Cuckoo's Nest/String of Trucks (Jim Kimball)/The Reel One (Curt Osgood)

reels
D/Em/D
W/PC/unpub

St. Anne's/Dillon Brown's Fancy/Star of Munster

reels
D/A/Am
NEFR/ITFM/W

Heathery Breeze/Cincinnati Hornpipe/The Pope's Toe

reels
G/D/A
W/NEFR/W

Taggart's No. 3/The Pinch of Snuff/Evit Gabriel (Daniel Thonon)

reels
G/D/Em
FT/FT/PC

Peerless Hornpipe/Queen of Sheba Departs (Randy Miller)/Speed the Plow

reels
G/F/A
FT/FT/NEFR

Spootiskerry (S.I.R. Burns)/Big Pat's/Shearing the Sheep

reels
G/D/A
PC/FT/FT

Shagamaw (Randy Miller)/Spindle Shanks/Repeal of the Poll Tax (Sandy Mather)

reels
G/D/A
FT/FT/unpub

The Queen of Sheba Arrives (Randy Miller)/Ships are Sailing/Tour of Scotland (Randy Miller)

reels
G/Em/D
FT/NEFR/FT

The Barrowburn (Addie Harper)/Red-Haired Boy/John Brennan's

reels
D/A/D
FT/NEFR/FT

Pays de Haut/Eugene/La Belle Catherinette

reels
D/Bm/A
NEFR/PC/FT

Troll Soup (Brendan Taaffe)/Miss Monahan/Silver Spear

reels
F#m/D/D
FT/W/W

Rannie MacClellan (Brenda Stubbert)/Sligo Maid/Paddy on the Railroad

reels
D/Am/D
W/ITFM/NEFR

Dalkey Island (Brendan Taaffe)/The Floating Bridge (Randal Bays)/Frost is all Over

jigs
A/G/D
FT/FT/W

Carraroe/Jackson's Lodge in the Morning/Clonmore

jigs
D/Em/A
ITFM/FT/FT

The Market Town/Double Dutch/John Dwyer's (John Dwyer)

jigs
G/A/D
FT/FT/CD

Dougie and Malcolm (Jerry Holland)/Calliope House (Dave Richardson)/Shandon Bells

jigs
D/E/D
FT/PC/NEFR

The Second of August (Niall Vallely)/Creel of Turf

jigs
Dm/Em
CD/FT

Rose in the Heather/Donnybrook Fair/Ryan's Favorite

jigs
D/G/Am
ITFM/W/ITFM

Pete's March (Bob McQuillen)/Judy's Reel

m/r
D/D
PC/NEFR

My Love's But a Lassie/Green Mountain Petronella/Jenny's Gone to Linton

marches
D/G/A
NEFR/NEFR/NEFR

Jimmy Allen/L'Oiseau Bleu

polkas
G/D
NEFR/NEFR

Barren Rocks of Aden/Salmon Tails up the Water

polkas
D/A
ITFM/CD

The Empty Wallet Waltz (Fredrik Jakobsson)

waltz
G
W

For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name

waltz
G
ITFM

The Last Mile (Earl Gaddis)

waltz
G

Genevieve's Waltz (Manus McGuire)

waltz
G
CD

Amaranth (Randy Miller)

waltz
A
FT

Elsey's (Archie Dagg)

waltz
D
FT

My Cape Breton Home (Jerry Holland)

waltz
G

Amelia (Bob McQuillen)

waltz
D

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