Have we done Ten Penny Bit? If not, I'd make that suggestion.
Is that anything like Nine Pound Hammer, or Two Dollar Bill?
The Erie Canal... "Low bridge, everybody down..."
I am new here, Just learned the current SAW Tune. Just got my first mandolin about a month ago, keeps me away from my guitar now. Here are a few things I play with my Fiance's father on guitar and now mandolin, and 2 tunes that I have yet to learn that might be good tunes to use in polls for future SAWs: Knockbauer Polka #1 (Polka/Trad.) Knockbauer Polka #2 (Polka/Trad.) Ballydesmond Polka (Polka/Trad.) Merrily Kissed the Quaker's Wife (Slide) The El Paso Waltz (Waltz/Trad.) Child Grove (Trad/barndance) Mist on the Mountain (jig) The Kesh (jig) The Kerry (jig) The Boys of Blue Hill (Hornpipe) Green Willis/Raw Recruit (jig/hornpipe) Star of Munster (reel) The Home Ruler (Hornpipe) Brumley Brae (Reel) Lonesome Moonlight waltz (Waltz/trad.) East Tennesse Rag Black Mountain Rag Fiddler's Dram (Trad.) Prettiest Little Girl in the County (Trad.) Red Haired Boy (Reel) The Big Sandy River (Trad.) Whistlin Rufus (Trad.) Rag time Annie (Trad.) Dill Pickle Rag (Trad.) Huckleberry Hornpipe New Century Hornpipe Salt Creek (Trad.) Bill Cheatham (Trad.) Bury me Beneath the Willow (Instrumental version of Carter Traditional tune) New Money (traditional. "Fiddlin Doc Roberts" tune: found on Norman Blake's "My dear old southern home" DVD. trad. here is a recording we did on guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LFDJmvpvlY ) Silver Spire (not to be confused with "Silver Spear"- Reel, here is an example of tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehSTssRUTRk )
A few more suggestions (form Flatpicking 2007 CD.) -Fig for a Kiss (Traditional/Celtic) -Calliope House (Sounds barnyard dance like)
If you check through Barbara's list of "Other Tunes" you'll see most of these have already been posted. Maybe relist the ones that haven't been posted yet?
How about "Kitchen Girl" in A?
Here's the MOST CURRENT list I'm working from, in alphabetical order A Nation Once Again - march Ae Fond Kiss -Scottish Air (148) All the Good Times Are Past & Gone (bg) Back Up and Push (bg) Big Mon ~ Monroe Bile them Cabbage Down Black Mountain Rag Black-Eyed Susie (bg) Blackberry Blossom (bg) Bluegrass Stomp (Monroe) Bottom Of The Punchbowl -Reel Brumley Brae - reel Bull Durham Bury Me Beneath the Willow Captain Norman Orr-Ewing - march Charlie Hunters -jig Chester Castle (Reel) Cheyenne ~ Monroe Child Grove - barndance (146, 147, 148) Cill Chais - waltz Clinch Mt. Backstep (bg) Colleen Malone (bg) Columbus Stockade (bg) Come by the Hillside - waltz Congress Reel - IT Costa De Galicia Cripple Creek (bg) Crooked Stovepipe (reel) Cumberland Gap Da Road To Houll (Reel) Dark Hollow (bg) Dawning of the Day - waltz Deep Elem Blues (bg) Denis Murphy's Hornpipe (hornpipe of course!) Dick Sullivan's Favourite - jig Dixie Breakdown (bg) Donnybrook Fair (jig) Drunken Parson (Jig) Durang's Hornpipe Durham's Bull (BG) Durham's Reel (BG) East Virginia (bg) East Virginia Blues (Rag) El Cumbanchero Enniskillen Dragoons - march Faded Love - fiddle tune Fiddlers Dram Foggy Mt. Breakdown (bg) Foggy Mt. Special (bg) Footprints in the Snow (bg) Four Poster Bed (Reel) Gentle Maiden (Waltz version) Gold Rush (bg) Golden Eagle Hornpipe - fiddle tune (148) Greasy Coat Greenland Man's Tune (Hornpipe) Grey Eagle (BG) Ground Speed (bg) Growlin' Ol' Man, Grumblin' Ol' Woman Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (bg) High Level Hornpipe High on a Mountain (bg) Honky Tonk Swing (Monroe) Huckleberry Hornpipe I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages (bg) Jack Danielson's Reel James F Dickie (Scots Reel) John Hardy (bg) John Henry (bg) Johnny Leary's Polka, Celtic. Just Over in the Gloryland (bg) Katie Dear (bg) Katie Hill (BG) Kid on the Mountain - IT slip jig Knockbauer Polka #1 IT Knockbauer Polka #2 IT Lad O'Beirne's (Jig) IT Lady's Fancy (Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle) Lark in the Morning - IT Jig Lee Highway Blues (BG) Lietrim Fancy - Jig Celtic Little Birdie (bg) Loch Leven Castle - Irish Lonesome Fiddle Blues (BG) Lonesome Road Blues (bg) Love of the Mountains (bg) Maids of Mt. Kisco (reel) Mama Don't Allow (bg) Man of Constant Sorrow (bg) Maple Sugar - fiddle tune Memories of Father Angus Money in Both Pockets - IT Monroe's Hornpipe (BG) More Pretty Girls Than One (bg) Morrison's Jig/IT Music in the Glen (reel) - IT My Lagan Love - slow air - IT Never On Sunday New Century Hornpipe New Money O'Donnell Abu - march Ol' Mother Flannegan Old Copperplate (Reel) - IT Old Dangerfield (BG) Old Ebeneezer ~ Monroe Old French (which goes well with the Snowflake Reel) Old Leitrim Jig - IT Old Tennessee River ~ Monroe Oliver Jack (Shetland Reel) Otter's Holt/IT Paddy on the Handcar Paddy On The Turnpike ~ Monroe Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore - waltz - IT Patsy Geary's - celtic - jig Peggy Lettermore - polka Pig in a Pen (bg) Pretty Polly (bg) Prettiest Little Girl in the Country Proudlock's Hornpipe Raglan Road - slow air - IT Rambler's Hornpipe - celtic - hornpipe Rebecca (bg) Red Wing (bg) Red Rocking Chair (bg) Richmond Cotillion Rocky Road Blues (bg) Roll on Buddy (bg) Roisin Dubh - slow air - IT Rose of Avonmore (IT) Run, Johnny, Run (BG) Run and Hide (bg) Rye Straw Saddle the Pony/IT Sadie at the Back Door Sail Away Ladies (BG) Sally Ann (bg) Sally in the Garden Salt Creek (bg) Sarah Armstrong's Tune Scotland The Brave - Scottish March Seamus Creagh’s (Polka) Seanamhach Tubestation (jig) Shoe the Donkey - polka Shuckin' the Corn (bg) Sittin' on Top of the World (bg) Slivenamon - waltz Spootiskerry - Shetland Star of County Down (IT) Sugar in the Gourd - fiddle tune Swindon (Waltz) Tabhair Dom Do Lamh - IT Ten Penny Bit - IT Tennessee Waltz The Anascaul - polka (145,146, 147, 148) The Boys of Blue Hill - hornpipe - IT The Cliffs Of Moher/Jig The Connaughtman's Rambles/Jig The Dash to Portobello (reel) The Dawn (reel) The Earl's Chair/IT The El Paso Waltz The Falls of Richmond The Galician - polka The Green Groves of Erin (reel) - IT The Home Ruler - hornpipe - IT The Humours of Ballyconnell (reel) The Jackets Green - march The Kerry - jig - IT The Maid Behind the Bar - reel - IT The Maid of Ardagh, Polka - IT The Merry Blacksmith (reel) - IT The Morning Star (reel) - IT The Mullingar Lee (reel) The Old Grey Cat (Reel) The Peeler's Jacket (reel) The Piper's Despair (reel) - IT The Rowan Tree - polka The Sailor on the Rock (reel) - IT The Steeplechase (reel) The Stool of Repentance - Scottish Jig The Tailor's Twist (hornpipe) (146, 147) The Upperchurch - polka The White Cockade - polka - Scottish True Life Blues ~ Monroe Trumpet Hornpipe Walking in my Sleep (BG) (147, 148) Washington's March Warksburn Waltz Whistle O'er the Lave O't (Scots Strathspey) Whistlin Rufus ~ cakewalk (146, 147) Willafjord goes well with Spootiskerry (Shetland Reels) Working on a Building (bg)
Barbara: That's some list! Must take up most of the day to get through! I usually toss the music/tab into a binder and work my way through it. I have to work on making a list. Last night in my Fiddle for Mandolin book I discovered "Harvest Home". I think it would be a good SOW tune. You can find a TEF version of it on Mandozine. It's different than the one I've been working on but keeps in spirit with the theme. Here's some YouTubes of it. Opps, just looked and see this was already a SOW tune! sorry! John
Barbara, there's 3 tunes on your current list that have been song of the week before: Cherokee Shuffle week #19, Kitchen Girl week#29 and Wildwood Flower week #33.
Although not an Official SOW, Brian Boru's March was a popular 'other tune' from October 3, 2009. Don't know if that counts or not, just sayin' mc
I appreciate all your help in trying to manage this list! Please continue! The list has gotten so long (you can only have so many characters per post), that I've had to drop those that have already been either on a poll and dropped, or on a poll and won. There's been some discussion before, as to whether tunes that have had a run as 'other tunes' should appear on the poll to be considered as 'official tunes'. I think I decided to go ahead and let them, as, for some reason, 'official tunes' carry more weight with some of our members!
Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
How about Bill Monroe's "Get Up John"? Cool bluegrass tune in a really unusual mandolin tuning, low to high: F#A DD AA AD.
Jack Danielson's Reel
Hava Nagila
Suggestion: *Lad O'Beirne's (Jig) -go here to hear: http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/lad_o_beirnes/ or http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjlnsedDws0 (first tune in set) *Old Leitrim Jig (Jig) -http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjlnsedDws0 (3rd tune in set)
Suggestion: *Seamus Creagh’s (Polka) Example: http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/sea...rip_to_dingle/
Memories of Father Angus, Cape Bretton http://www.sigeanband.com/media/05.mp3 Yes, the first 2 minutes will sound familiar, Old Niel Gow's Lament
A couple Irish polkas The Maid of Ardagh, Polka, Celtic Johnny Leary's Polka, Celtic. Played my DeDannan in the last set of their "Selected Jigs, Reels and Songs" album. X: 1 T: Johnny Leary's M: 2/4 L: 1/8 R: polka K: Dmaj |:e>e dB|BA B/c/d|e>e dB|BA A2| e>e dB|BA B/c/d|af/a/ gc|1ed d2:|2ed de|| |:f>e fA|B/c/d ef|g>g ga|ba fa| f>a fA|B/c/d ef|af/a/ gc|ed de:| X:18 T:Maid of Ardagh, The R:polka Z:id:hn-polka-18 M:2/4 L:1/8 K:D FA/A/ BA|de f2|fe/f/ gc|ed BA|FA/A/ BA|de f2|fe/f/ gc|ed d2:| |:ef/e/ ce|fe a2|ef/e/ ce|fe c/B/A|ef/e/ ce|fe a2|ef/e/ dB|BA A2:|
Thats a great list of songs Barbara. I've been looking at a lot of tunes to learn and I'd like to suggest this one for a possible Tune of the Week. I think it's a nice little tune to learn. title: OLIVER JACK (Shetland Reel) Oliver Jack- (Standard Notation- Mp3 & Midi) X: 1 T: Oliver Jack M: 4/4 L: 1/8 R: reel K: Gmaj Bc | d2 dc B2 ge | d2 dc BGBc | d2 dc B2 ge | d4 d2 :| B2 | c2 cA B2 BG | A2 AG FGAB | c2 cA BGGB | A2 d2 G2 :|
If those in the know, would look over the MOST CURRENT LIST (above) and if you know the genre of tunes that are on the list, with no genre, please reply to this discussion, with the tune and the genre, and I'll update the main list!
Here's a list of the one's I recognize: After the Battle of Aughrim - polka IT Barney Brallighan -12/8 IT Calliope House - Jig English Cooley's Reel IT Dennis Murphy's Polka IT High Road To Linton (Reel) Scottish Jenny's Welcome to Charlie Scottish Jerry Beavers Hat (Jig) IT John Ryan's Polka IT Kerfunken Jig (Jig) IT Kesh Jig IT Lad O'Beirne's (Jig) IT Mist on the Mountain - jig IT Music in the Glen (reel) IT My Lagan Love - slow air IT Old Copperplate (Reel) IT Old Leitrim Jig IT Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore - waltz IT Raglan Road - slow air IT Roisin Dubh - slow air IT Scatter the Mud - IT Soldier's Joy (reel) * Already song of The Week * Spike Island Lasses - reel IT Star of Munster - reel IT Tabhair Dom Do Lamh IT Ten Penny Bit IT The Ballydesmond 1, 2 and 3 - polkas IT The Boys of Blue Hill - hornpipe IT The Cuckoo's Nest (Reel) * Listed Twice * The Good natured man (hornpipe) IT The Green Groves of Erin (reel) IT The Home Ruler - hornpipe IT The Kerry - jig IT The Maid Behind the Bar - reel IT The Maid of Ardagh, Polka, IT The Merry Blacksmith (reel) IT The Morning Star (reel) IT The Piper's Despair (reel) IT The Sailor on the Rock (reel) IT The White Cockade - polka Scottish Tripping up the Stairs -Jig IT
David, thanks so much! You really know IT!
Just a reminder, if you've got tunes you'd like to see on the poll, please add them to this discussion. Please include the genre. Also, if you know the genre of the tunes on the list (above called THE MOST CURRENT LIST) that are listed with no genre, please let me know, so I can add them!
A couple jigs I'm working on. Flowers of spring - celtic - jig Jackie Small's Jig - celtic - jig These are included as a set on the De Dannan cd "Selected jigs, reels & songs" Also: Snug in the blanket - celtic -jig Patsy Geary's - celtic - jig Both can be found as a set on a cd from Danu called "Seanchas (Lore Tradition Mythos)"
Rambler's Hornpipe - celtic - hornpipe
Loch Leven Castle - Irish
Here's three OT tunes that I'd like to work on sometime... Maiden's Prayer Rabbit in the Pea Patch Spotted Pony
I'll second the following suggestions: Congress Reel Tennessee Waltz Maid behind the Bar Over the Rainbow Salt Creek Dennis Murphy's/John Ryan's Polkas Maid Behind the Bar Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore Maiden's Prayer And add: Morrison's Jig/IT Saddle the Pony/IT The Earl's Chair/IT Otter's Holt/IT
Some cool ones I haven't seen:- High Level Hornpipe Proudlock's Hornpipe Chester Castle (Reel) Four Poster Bed (Reel) Bonny Dundee (Jig) Drunken Parson (Jig) Gentle Maiden (Waltz version) Swindon (Waltz) Warksburn Waltz
Almost Forgot: Kid on the Mountain/IT .. slipjig Wow! Lots of song I haven't heard of .... always fun to learn new ones.
Time to add on a few: Off She Goes - OT Hobbart's Transformation - OT/IT Money in Both Pockets - IT
I was reading the most recent posts on the New Fiddle Tune I'm Learning thread and these two titles jumped out at me... Possum up a Gum Tree OT Snake River Reel OT I'm a sucker for catchy titles,
Liza Jane
Arcadia Waltz
I've got a favor to ask. In the post above dated Oct, 19, 2010, that says it's the MOST CURRENT list that I am working from for the polls.... Could ya'll glance over it, and if you can categorize the tunes that don't have a genre listed, please let me know! Also, in the weekly polls, I try to include one BG, one OT, one IT (or related, like the Scots tunes listed as such), and then a couple of something else... anyway, of those with genre included, I've run out of BLUEGRASS tunes (or those listed as such!) So, I think we need some Bluegrass tunes added to this list! If you've got any suggestions, please list them here, and I'll include them in the above list!
Barbara, Here's some Bluegrass suggestions (I haven't checked to see if they've already been SAW tunes). Some of these came from the "Mandolin Picker's Fakebook". Each tune is catagorized as Bluegrass, and some have cross-over, ie Old Time/ Bluegrass. Bill Cheatham, Cattle in the Cane, Crazy Creek, Cricket on the Hearth, Cripple Creek, Dailey's Reel, Done Gone, Durham's Bull, Durham's Reel, Dusty Miller II, East Tennessee Blues, Fire on the Mountain, Goodbye Liza Jane, Grey Eagle, Hamilton County, Jersulem Ridge, Johnny the Blacksmith I, Katy Hill, Leather Britches, Lee Highway Blues, Liberty, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Lost Indian I, Monroe's Hornpipe, Old Dangerfield, Run, Johnny Run A, Sail Away Ladies, Snowflake Reel, Snowshoes A, Stoney Creek, Walking in My Sleep, White Horse Breakdown Hope this helps! Jim
Bluegrass: My Father's Footsteps ~ Monroe Cheyenne ~ Monroe Big Mon ~ Monroe True Life Blues ~ Monroe Old Tennessee River ~ Monroe Monroe's Hornpipe ~ Monroe Candy Gal ~ Monroe Sitting Alone In The Moonlight ~ Monroe Old Ebeneezer Scrooge ~ Monroe Paddy On The Turnpike ~ Monroe
The Lass at Patti's Mill. (Scottish Air)
Donnybrook Fair (jig) Music in the Glen (reel) The Tailor's Twist (hornpipe) Maids of Mt. Kisco (reel) The Peeler's Jacket (reel) The Humours of Ballyconnell (reel) The Dash to Portobello (reel) The Mullingar Lee (reel) Denis Murphy's Hornpipe (hornpipe of course!)
Little Judique - Old Time Money in Both Pockets - Jig Homage a Edmond Parizeau - Cape Breton? Celina - Old Time
Going to second these two tunes: Kerfunken Jig/IT The Home Ruler/Hornpipe It And add: The Connaughtman's Rambles/Jig The Cliffs Of Moher/Jig
How about The Stool of Repentance - Scottish Jig Named for the ancient Scots Presbyterian practice of having people who had sinned against morality - usually for fornication - sit on a high stool in the kirk and be rebuked during services Creepy name but a great little tune and not too difficult to play.
So, I've been skimming the "Best Fiddle Tune Ever" thread," and here are a few titles that came up which I thought I should learn eventually... Maple Sugar Sugar in the Gourd Grey Eagle Golden Eagle Hornpipe Faded Love I'm thinking these are all Old Time.
Well, here's some more Bluegrass tunes to consider... I think I've weeded out the ones that have been Tune of the Week before. All the Good Times Are Past & Gone (bg) Back Up and Push (bg) Blackberry Blossom (bg) Black-Eyed Susie (bg) Clinch Mt. Backstep (bg) Cripple Creek (bg) Columbus Stockade (bg) Colleen Malone (bg) Dark Hollow (bg) Deep Elem Blues (bg) Dixie Breakdown (bg) East Virginia (bg) Foggy Mt. Breakdown (bg) Foggy Mt. Special (bg) Footprints in the Snow (bg) Gold Rush (bg) Ground Speed (bg) Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (bg) High on a Mountain (bg) I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages (bg) John Hardy (bg) John Henry (bg) Just Over in the Gloryland (bg) Katie Dear (bg) Little Birdie (bg) Lonesome Road Blues (bg) Love of the Mountains (bg) Mama Don't Allow (bg) Man of Constant Sorrow (bg) More Pretty Girls Than One (bg) Pig in a Pen (bg) Pretty Polly (bg) Rebecca (bg) Red Wing (bg) Red Rocking Chair (bg) Rocky Road Blues (bg) Roll on Buddy (bg) Run and Hide (bg) Sally Ann (bg) Salt Creek (bg) Shuckin' the Corn (bg) Sittin' on Top of the World (bg) Working on a Building (bg)
have you all done: Sadie at the Back Door Sarah Armstrong's Tune Paddy on the Handcar Richmond Cotillion The Falls of Richmond Cumberland Gap Old French (which goes well with the Snowflake Reel) Kitchen Girl Sally in the Garden Rye Straw Growlin' Ol' Man, Grumblin' Ol' Woman Lady's Fancy (Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle) Durang's Hornpipe Dubuque Cold and Frosty Morning Greasy Coat Ol' Mother Flannegan Hey, I'm just going from memory, I have a tune list in my case. . . f-d
Rose of Avonmore (IT) Congress Reel Tennessee Waltz East Tennessee Blues (Rag) Bluegrass Stomp (Monroe) Honky Tonk Swing (Monroe) Star of County Down (IT)
Salmon tails up the water (IT/Scottish) Ta Cashen Ersooyl dys yn Aarkey (IT/Manx) Flitter dance/Flitter daunsey (IT/Manx) Belfast Hornpipe (IT) Star of the County Down (IT) Congress Reel (IT) Galway hornpipe (IT)
The list has gotten too long for just one post! Here's PART 1 of the current list I'm working from: A Nation Once Again - march (182, 183)xx All the Good Times Are Past & Gone - BG Ashokan Farewell (Jay Ungar) (already has a long discussion with video) Back Up and Push - BG Bie Mir Bis Du Schon ~ swing (200, 201, 202)xx Bile Them Cabbage Down ~ folk song (172, 173, 174, 175)xx Black Mountain Rag Black-Eyed Susie - BG Black Velvet Waltz Blackberry Blossom - BG Blackberry Rag Brumley Brae - reel Bucks of Oranmore (IT) Bull Durham Catharsis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcRebynJBUE) Charlie Hunters -jig Chester Castle (Reel) (217) Cill Chais - waltz (214, 215, 216)xx Colleen Malone - BG Columbus Stockade - BG Come by the Hillside - waltz (164, 165, 166, 167)xx Costa De Galicia (214, 215, 216)xx Cripple Creek - BG (217) Da Road To Houll (Reel) (205, 206)xx Dark Hollow (bg) Dawning of the Day - waltz (152, 153, 154)xxx Deep Elem Blues - BG Denis Murphy's Hornpipe (hornpipe of course!) (202, 204 205, 206)xx Diabinho Maluco ~ Brazilian choro (155, 156, 157)xx Dick Sullivan's Favourite - jig (182, 183)xx Dixie Breakdown - BG Drunken Parson (Jig) (165, 166, 167, 168)xx Durang's Hornpipe (158, 159)xx Durham's Bull - BG Durham's Reel - BG El Cumbanchero (161)xxx Enniskillen Dragoons - march (156, 157, 158)xx Fleur de Mandragore (207, 208)xx Flitter dance (IT/Manx) Foggy Mt. Special - BG Footprints in the Snow - BG Four Poster Bed (Reel) (181, 182, 183, 184)xx Greasy Coat Greenland Man's Tune (Hornpipe) (210, 211, 212, 213)xx Ground Speed - BG Hand Me Down My Walking Cane - BG High Level Hornpipe (185,186, 187)xx High on a Mountain - BG Honky Tonk Swing (Monroe) (162, 163, 164, 165)xx Huckleberry Hornpipe (207, 208, 209) xxx James F Dickie (Scots Reel) (168, 169)xx John Hardy - BG John Henry - BG Johnny Leary's Polka (IT) (149, 150, 151)xxx Just Over in the Gloryland - BG Katie Dear - BG (211, 212, 213)xx King of the Pipers (5 part jig) (187) Knockbauer Polka #1 IT Knockbauer Polka #2 IT Lad O'Beirne's (Jig) IT Lady's Fancy (Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle) (214, 215, 216, 217) Lee Highway Blues - BG (156, 157)xx Little Birdie - BG Love of the Mountains - BG (170, 171, 172, 173)xxx