VxÄà v Y wwäx gâàéü BOOK 3: BARB S FIRST CELTIC FIDDLE TUNE SELECTION (to be used in conjunction with the tune sets in Books 1 and 2) SECTION PAGE Index to Songs 2 Index to Tunes 3 Celtic Songs 5 Waltzes 27 Airs 37 Polkas 45 Jigs 55 Single Jigs (Slides) 68 Slip Jigs 72 Hornpipes 75 Marches 81 Reels 89 Strathspeys 103 Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 1
INDEX TO SONGS SONG PAGE SONG PAGE Afton Waters 6 Galway Shawl 15 All Around My Hat 6 I m A Rover 16 All For Me Grog 6 Irish Rover 16 All Through The Night 7 Lakes Of Ponchatrain 16 Amazing Grace (in G) 7 Leaving Of Liverpool 17 Amazing Grace (in A) 7 Loch Lomond 17 Annie Laurie 8 Maggie/Nora 17 Ash Grove 8 Minstrel Boy 18 Auld Lang Syne (in D) 9 Molly Malone 18 Auld Lang Syne (in G) 9 Mountains Of Morne 18 Auld Lang Syne (in D up an octave) 9 Muirsheen Durkin 19 Belfast Mill 10 Mull Of Kintyre 19 Believe Me If All Those Endearing 10 My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean 19 Black Velvet Band 10 Northern Lights Of Aberdeen 20 Bucket Of Mountain Dew 11 Rare Old Times 20 Bunch Of Thyme 11 Rose Of Tralee 21 Caledonia 11 Shamrock Shore 21 Carrick Fergus 12 She Moved Through The Fair 22 Cliffs Of Doneen 12 Skye Boat Song 22 Come By The Hills 12 Spinning Wheel 22 Danny Boy 13 Star Of The County Down 23 Dawning Of The Day 13 Tell Me Ma 23 Dirty Old Town 13 Westering Home 23 Down By The Sally Gardens 14 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 24 Eriskay Love Lilt 14 Whiskey In The Jar 24 Fields Of Athenry 14 Wild Colonial Boy 24 Flower Of Scotland 15 Wild Mountain Thyme 25 Galway Bay 15 Wild Rover 25 Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 2
INDEX TO TUNES Tune Page Tune Page 40 Pound Float 49 Davy Knick-knack 50 52nd Farewell To Aberdeen 46 Deerness Reel 51 79th Farewell to Gibraltar 82 Denis Murphy's Polka 50 Anything For John Joe 90 Denis Murphy's Slide 10 Archibald MacDonald Of Keppoch 31 Dick Sand's 78 Arkansas Traveller 102 Donegal Mazurka 36 Ashokan Farewell 34 Drops Of Brandy 73 Atholl Highlanders 56 Drowsy Maggie 92 Autumn Waltz 28 Drumdelgie 56 Banish Misfortune 57 Drummond Castle 66 Bank Of Ireland 91 Drunken Piper 82 Banshee Reel 90 Dunbarton Castle 46 Barren Rocks Of Aden 82 Dunphy's 79 Battle of the Somme 81 East Neuk Of Fife 93 Blackthorn Stick 59 Fanny Power 35 Blarney Pilgrim 63 Flowers of Edinburgh 93 Bog Down In The Valley 52 Fox Hunter's Jig 73 Bonnie Doon 29 Gallagher's Frolics 60 Boys Of Ballysodare 72 Galway Hornpipe 80 Boys Of Bluehill 76 Girl I Left Behind Me 48 Braes Of Tullymet 104 Glen Allen 94 Brian Boru s March 82 Gravel Walk 92 Brides Favourite 57 Green Castle 79 Britches Full Of Stiches 53 Harvest Home 76 Butterfly 38 Haste To The Wedding 59 Buy Shoes For Maggie 47 Haymaker's Jig 63 Callum's Road 104 Hector The Hero 30 Calum's Waltz 39 High Road To Linton 101 Centenary March 88 Highland Cathedral 39 Charlie Lennon's 36 Highland Whisky 105 Chase Me Charlie 68 Highlander's Revenge 83 Chief O'Neil's Favourite 82 Holm Band Tune 61 Cock Of The North 68 Humours Of Glendart 67 Coleman's Slip Jig 72 Inisheer 30 Come O'er The Stream Charlie 29 Irish Washerwoman 65 Connaughtman's Rambles 67 Iron Man 105 Connie Walshes Slide 70 Itchy Fingers 98 Cooley Reel 91 Jig of Slurs 84 Cradle Song 38 Joe Burkes 62 Curlew 57 Josephin's Waltz 31 Dark Island 43 Junction Pool 86 Dashing White Sergeant 46 Kerry Polka 53 Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 3
INDEX TO TUNES (continued) Tune Page Tune Page Kesh Jig 63 Planxty Irwin 32 Kildare Fancy 80 Punch Bowl 93 Kitty Lies Over Close To The Wall 64 R Aim's Compliments 61 Kitty's Wedding 77 Rakes Of Kildare 59 Lady Athenry 32 Rakes Of Mallow 50 Lakes of Sligo 47 Rambling Pitchfork 60 Lannigan's Ball 65 Rattigans 95 Lark In The Morning 64 Red Haired Lass 97 Limerick s Lament 40 Rights Of Man 77 Maid Behind The Bar 94 Roddy McCorley 87 Maire's Wedding 48 Rose Of Aranmore 29 Marchioness Of Huntly 106 Rose Tree 52 Margaret s Waltz 33 Sally Gardens 94 Marino Waltz 34 Scapa Flow 51 Marquis Of Huntly 106 Shenandoah 41 Mazurka Waltz 28 Shetland Fiddler 98 Merrily Kiss The Quaker's Wife 69 Si Beg Si Mor 35 Merry Blacksmith 95 Siege Of Ennis 52 Mick Duggan's 70 Silver Spear 95 Midnight On The Water 33 Sitting In The Stern Of A Boat 41 Miller Of Glanmire 62 Slip Jig 72 Minstrel Boy 40 Slockit Light 41 Minstrel's Fancy 78 Soldiers Joy 102 Miss Drummond Of Perth 106 Sonny's Mazurka 36 Miss McLeod s Reel 96 Spootiskerry 100 Mountains Of Pomeroy 87 Spring The Summer Long 41 Mucking Of Geordie's Byre 66 Stack Of Barley 79 My Darling's Asleep 67 Starry Night In Shetland 43 My Love Is But A Lassie Yet 48 Sweeney's Polka 52 Off To California 79 Sweets Of May 69 O'Keefe's #2 71 To Of Maol 47 O'Keefe's Slide 71 Top O' Cork Road 65 Old John's Jig 61 Toss The Feathers 97 Over The Oceans 62 Tripping Upstairs 65 Paddy McCarthy s Reel 97 Turkey In The Straw 102 Paddy's Leather Britches 84 Verse Of Vienna 28 Pat Horgan's #1 49 Wedding Polka 53 Pat Horgan's #2 49 Wi A Hundred Pipers 68 Peeler's Jacket 90 Wild Geese 66 Peerie Hoose 98 WillaFjord 100 Pibroch Of Domhnall Dudh 85 Wise Maid 91 Pipe Major Joe Brown 86 Women Of Ireland 44 Wonder Hornpipe 76 Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 4
CELTIC SONGS Use the music as a memory guide and try to play by ear as much as possible. It does not show any ornamentation or expression. Add your own bowing and ornamentation to enhance the tune. Play the tunes as you would sing them. If accompanying a singer, follow their phrasing and interpretation. You may need to change the key to suit the singer s vocal rang. Several players need to hold the tune, while one or two play an octave below or above and one or two may be able to improvise harmony lines. Lyrics to these songs are readily available on the internet. The individual songs are arranged in alphabetic order. Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 5
Key: C DANNY BOY Irish tune (Londonderry air). Words: F.E Weatherly Danny Boy has become the default Irish anthem. Key: D /Em DAWNING OF THE DAY (RAGLAN ROAD) Slow Irish air A traveller reminisces how his journey was made more pleasant by the company of a lovely young woman DIRTY OLD TOWN Ewan MacColl Scotsman Ewan wrote this song about Salford in England in 1949. The Dubliners and later the Pogues popularised the song and it is now the most requested Irish song! Many people think it is about Dublin. Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 13
Key: A NORTHERN LIGHTS OF ABERDEEN RARE OLD TIMES Pete St John Barb in the Temple Bar area of Dublin. A popular street performance spot with bars and restaurants. The old medieval style streets have been preserved. Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 20
Key: D AUTUMN WALTZ Mike Gallagher Key: D Key: D MAZURKA WALTZ VERSE OF VIENNA Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 28
Key: D STARRY NIGHT IN SHETLAND DARK ISLAND Iain MacLaughlan Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 43
Key: D MY LOVE SHE S BUT A LASSIE Key: A MAIRE S WEDDING THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 48
KESH Key: A HAYMAKERS BLARNEY PILGRIM Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 63
SINGLE JIGS OR SLIDES are in 12/8 time They have 4 triple beats to the bar eg. They have the same dotted crochet and quaver beat as jigs but the groups of 4 triplets give a distinctive swing. To achieve the correct emphasis to the rhythm, use short bow strokes for the detached quavers. Note that sometimes the last quaver of the beat is slurred with the next beat. Key: D COCK OF THE NORTH WI A HUNDRED PIPERS CHASE ME CHARLIE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 68
Key: D KITTY S WEDDING WONDER RIGHTS OF MAN Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 77
DA PEERIE HOOSE Key: A Key: D ITCHY FINGERS SHETLAND FIDDLER Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 98
Key: D HIGHLAND WHISKEY Key: A THE IRON MAN J Scott Skinner Barb Bycroft 2010 Barb s 200 Celtic Tunes Page 105