The Fiddler's Tune-Book
200 Traditional Airs
edited by Peter Kennedy
Product Number: A134
ISBN: 1899512144
Publisher: Dave Mallinson Publications
Difficulty Level: Beginning-Intermediate
Format: Book
First published in multiple volumes in the early 1950s and now reprinted in one volume with chord symbols added, The Fiddler's Tune-Book is a landmark collection, edited by veteran folklorist and collecter Peter Kennedy. This book is crammed with 200 core repertoire tunes for all traditional musicians. If you have no traditional music books, this is the first one you should buy. This generous selection of some of the finest airs in the British Isles is sure to be welcomed not only by those same musicians who used the original volume, but also by the succession of younger traditional players eager to plunder this legendary treasure chest of timeless melodies. Complete with index with alternative titles, and an introduction by Peter Kennedy.
CONTENTS
Song Title:
All the way to Galway
American dwarf, The
Ap shenkin
Astley's ride
Barbary bell
Barley meal
Barnacle waltz, The
Barrack Hill
Beaux of Oakhill
Belfast hornpipe, The
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
Betty Black
Biddy of Sligo
Biddy the bowl wife
Big ship, The
Billy in the Lowlands
Blackbird, The
Blacksmith's hornpipe, The
Blanchland races
Bluebell polka, The
Bobby Shaftoe
Boney crossing the Alps
Bonnets so blue, The
Bonny Ann
Bonny breast knots, The
Bonny Charlie
Bonny Kate
Bonny lad
Bonny laddie
Bonny lass
Bonny Tyneside
Bottom of the punchbowl, The
Boyne hunt, The
Boys of Bluehill, The
Braes of Mar, The
Brass nuts
Breach of Killiecranky, The
Breakdown, The
Brighton camp
Bristol hornpipe, The
Buffalo girls
Bugle quickstep, The
Bunch of rushes, The
Bung your eye
Calder fair
Cane break, The
Captain White
Castles in the air
Cats in the village
Cinderella waltz, The
Circassian circle
Cliff hornpipe, The
Clog hornpipe, The
Cock o' the north
Collins' reel
Come dance and sing
Come o'er the stream, Charlie
Corn rigs
Courting them all
Cuckoo's nest, The
Cumberland long eight
Cumberland reel
Cupid's waltz
Dashing white sergeant, The
Davy-davy Knick-knack
Devil among the tailors, The
Devonshire waltz, The
Dorsetshire hornpipe, The
Drink your tea, love
Drops of drink
Drowsy Maggie
Drumley's
Drummer, The
Drunken piper, The
Drunken sailor, The
Durham rangers
Elks festival, The
Fairy dance, The
Far from home
Farewell to whisky
First of May, The
Fisher laddie
Fisher's frolic
Flax in bloom, The
Flowers of Edinburgh, The
Follow your lovers
Friendly visit, The
Frost is all over, The
Galopede
Gilderoy
Gipsy's hornpipe, The
Girl I left behind me, The
Girl with the blue dress on, The
Glise de Sherbrooke
Go to the devil and shake yourself
Gobby-o, The
Golden farmer, The
Goodnight and joy be with you
Grand old Duke of York, The
Green grow the rushes-o
Green hills of Tyrol, The
Greenwood tree, The
Harvest home
Haste to the wedding
Heart of my Kitty, The
Hexham races
High caul'd cap
High road to Linton, The
Highland laddie
Highland wedding
Hilly-go, Filly-go, all the way
Honeymoon, The
Hullichan jig, The
Hundred pipers, The
I'll gang nae mair to yon toon
I'm over young to marry yet
Irish washerwoman, The
Jacky tar
Jenny's gone to Linton
John of Paris
Johnny's gone to France
Jolly old man
Ka-foo-zalum
Katie's rambles
Keel row, The
Kenmore lads
King of the cannibal islands
King of the fairies
King William of Orange
King's head
Kitty O'Lynn
La Russe
Lad wi' the plaidie, The
Lady in the boat, The
Lady Mary Douglas
Lady of the lake, The
Laides' triumph
Lannigan's ball
Larry Bourne
Lass o' Gowrie
Lass on the strand, The
Lassie's fancy, The
Lily white, The
Liverpool hornpipe, The
London bridge
Long dance, The
Lord MacDonald
Lord Moira
Loudon's bonny woods
Love, port and sherry
Love, won't you marry me?
Lovely Nancy
Maggie
Maggie Brown
Maid of Glenconnel, The
Manchester hornpipe, The
Marlow
Marquis of Lorne, The
Mary the maid
Mason's apron, The
May day
Merry blacksmith, The
Merry masons
Merry Sherwood rangers
Minstrel's fancy, The
Miss Forbes' farewell
Miss McLeod's
Money musk, The
Morning star, The
Morpeth rant, The
Muckin' o' Geordie's byre
Muses, The
My home
My lodging's on the cold, cold ground
My love is but a lassie yet
My wife's a wanton wee thing
Nae luck aboot the hoose
Nancy Dill
Nancy's fancy
Napoleon crossing the Alps
Navvie on the line
New rigged ship, The
Ninepins
Ninety-five
No place like home
Nottingham swing
Oats, peas, beans
Off she goes
Off to California
Old Johnny Walker
Old Rosin, the beau
Orange and blue
Over the hills to glory
Over the moor
Over the water to Charlie
Oyster girl
Paddy on the turnpike
Peacemakers hornpipe
Peggy's wedding
Perfect cure, The
Persian hunt, The
Pet of the pipers
Petronella
Petticoat string
Pickle tow, The
Piper's fancy
Pirate's waltz, The
Plymouth lasses
Polly put the kettle on
Pop goes the weasel
Portland fancy
Priest's leap, The
Princess Margaret's fancy
Pullet, The
Quaker's wife, The
Rachael Rae
Rakes of the mallow, The
Red stocking, The
Rickett's hornpipe
Rifleman, The
Roaring jelly
Rollicking Irishman, The
Rolling down the hill
Rose tree, The
Roxburgh castle
Ruby hornpipe, The
Ryth wyth
Saddle the pony
Salamanca, The
Salmon tail up the river
Scotch Mary
Scotland is my ain hame
Scottish soldier, A
Self, The
Shepherd's wife, The
Silver pin, The
Slashers
Sleeping moggy
Sleepy Maggie
Sligo fancy
Smash the windows
Smith's a gallant fireman, The
Soldier's joy
Some say the devil's dead
Song of sixpence
Speed the plough
St. Patrick's day
Starry night for a ramble, A
Staten Island
Steamboat hornpipe, The
Steamboat waltz, The
Stumpey
Sylph, The
Tempest, The
Tenpenny bit, The
Three "waltz-ons"
Three meet
Three sea captains, The
Timour the tartar
Tink-a-tink
Torry Burn lasses
Trip to the cottage, The
Triumph, The
Turkey in the straw, The
Waltz country dance
Washing day, The
Wee Willie Winkie
West end, The
When daylight shines
When sick, is it tea you want?
Whiskey hornpipe, The
White cockade, The
Wild hills o' Wannies, The
Within a mile
Wittle Dean
Wonder hornpipe, The
Yankee Doodle
Yarmouth reel, The
Yorkshire lasses
Young Jane
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