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fiddlehedz & friendz Summer 2007 Contradance Tune List


This is a living, breathing organism, subject to change as we are exposed to and learn new tunes. Dance organizers, please refer to this repertoire. If you have other tunes you like played, let us know in advance, providing music & resources.

Reels Sets:
Bus Stop(Am)/ Lady Ann Montgomery (D)
Cold Frosty Morning (Am)/ Caribou (Em)
Dick Gossips (D)/ Reconciliation (A)
Eboulements (A) Play AABB-AACC-AABB-AACC…
Elzic’s Farewell (Am)/ Red Haired Boy (A)
Ghandi’s War Cry (D)/ Kitchen Girl (A)
Gravel Walk Play ABCD-ABCD…
Growling Old Man… (Am)
Johnny Cope (A)/ Shoo Fly (D)/ Sandy Boys (A)

Liza Jane (A)/ Flop Eared Mule (D/A)
Mairi’s Wedding (G)/ Road to Boston (D)
Mason’s Apron (A)/Paddy on the Railroad (D)
Nail That Catfish to the Tree (G)
Pays de Haut (D)/ Belle Catherine (A)
Ragtime Annie (D) Play AABB-AABB… Spotlight Solos
Shoo Fly (D)/ Sandy Boys (A)
Spootiskerry (G)/ Willafjord (D)

Special Dance Tunes:
La Bastringue
Black Joke
Chimes of Dunkirk
Galopede
Green Mountain Petronella
Haste to the Wedding
Heel And Toe Polka

Other Reels
Devil’s Dream (A)
Far From Home (G)
Old French (D)
Rock the Cradle Joe (D)
Sackett’s Harbor (Am)
Shove That Pigs Foot (G)
Soldier’s Joy (D)
Speed the Plow (A)
St Anne’s Reel (D)
Farewell to Whiskey (G)
Liberty (D)
Crooked Stovepipe (G)
Reel Montreal (G)
Tom Morrison’s (G)


Other Jigs
Coffee (Am)
Indian Point (Em)
Out on the Ocean (G)
Stan Chapman’s (A)
Star Above the Garter (G)



 

 

 

 

Jig Sets:
Geese in the Bog (C)/ Off She Goes (D)/ Coffee (Am)
Hudie Gallagher’s (A)/ Rambling Pitchfork (D)
Kesh Jig (G)/ Kenmure’s Up and Awa’ (A)
Mug of Brown Ale (Am)/ Buried My Wife (D)
Scatter the Mud (Am)/ Tobin’s (D)/ Morrison’s (Em)
Swallowtail Jig (Em)/ Moon & Seven Stars (D)

Polka:
John Ryan’s Polka (D)/ Sweeney’s (A)
Waltz:
Amelia (D) Play AABB-AABB…
Star of the County Down (Am) Play straight through
Utpick (G) Play AAB-AAB… end with one A, use harmonies
Hambo:
Kars Peris Polska
Schottische:
Rochester Schottische (D/A) Play with harmony

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