Southern New England Traditional Fiddle Tune List 2005 (rev 1.7 12/2005)

These fiddle tunes are from the 2003/4/5 playlists of several New England fiddling groups: The Hartford CT Community Dance, The Falmouth MA Fiddlers, the RI Old Time Fiddlers Club, the Kingston RI Jam session, the Bristol CT Old Time Fiddlers, and several smaller occasional groups. H,F,R,K,B indicate where a tune is most likely to be heard, x indicates the most widely known tunes, known to almost all experienced fiddlers.

Most fiddlers at these jams learned tunes from aural tradition, Most of the tunes are public domain and available in print or audio files online. "Source'' doesn't mean "learned from." These are just convenient references for those who want a reasonable transcribed version: ff is "The Fiddler's Fakebook" by David Brody; pc is "The Portland Collection" by Susan Songer; ne is "New England Fiddler's Repertoire" by Randy Miller and Jack Peron. MIT is the wonderful "MIT TuneFinder" page maintained by John Chambers which has nearly every tune in this list in multiple versions. HZ is the elaborate midi file collection created online by Ed Hetzler. The original inspiration for this page was the tunelist created for the HCD by Rob Lindau. This page is maintained at http://mmcconeghy.com/RIMUSIC/ by Matt McConeghy, Providence, RI, USA, 2003. Comments welcome. Play nice!

 
Name 					Key / Source for transcibed version
 Abe's Retreat 				Amod	pc:17, HZ
 All the Rage (L. Unger)		E 	pc:19
x-Angeline the Baker 			D 	ff:22,HZ
x-Arkansas Traveller 			D 	ff:25,HZ
x-Ashokan Farewell 	(J. Unger)	D 	
 Auld/Old Grey Cat	 			Emod	pc:150, HZ
K-Barlow Knife 					G 	ff:35, HZ
 Big John McNeil 				A 	ne:133, HZ
 Big Footed Man in Sandy Land   
x-Bill Cheatham 				A 	ff:41
x-Billy in the Low Ground 		C 	ff:42, HZ
x-La Bistringue 				D 	ne:141
K-Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine 		D 	ff:51, HZ
x-Boys of Bluehill 				D 	ff:54
 Bouchard's Reel (Mike SPringer)                       
x-Briarpicker Brown 			D 	pc:41, HZ
 Bus Stop Reel (A Anderson)		Am 	pc:44
 Calliope House	(D. Richardson)		E or D 	pc:45						
 Caribou Reel (A.deJarlis)		Em 	pc:46 
F-Cherokee Shuffle				A 	ff:65, HZ			
R-Chinese Breakdown				C 	ff:67, HZ			 
 Cliffs of Moher				Em	pc:51
F-Clinch Mt Backstep 			Amod	MIT	
x-Cluck Old Hen 				Amod	ff:70, HZ
x-Cold Frosty Morning  			Amod	ff:114, HZ
 Coleraine 					Amod	ne:15, ff:70
 Connaughtman's Rambles			D	ne:6
 Cooley's Reel                  G       pc:54
x-Country   Waltz  				D	ff:77
x-Cripple Creek  				A	ff:79
R-Crooked Stovepipe				G	ne:106, HZ
x-Cuckoo's Nest					D	ff:81
x-Devil's Dream					A	ff:85, ne:119, HZ
 Dinah (H. Reed version)
 Dubuque						D	ff:93, HZ
 Drowsy Maggie                  Em      pc:66
 Ebenezer						G	ff:98, HZ
x-Eighth of January  			D	ff:99, HZ
 Evit Gabriel (D Thonon)		Em	pc:74
 Far from Home					G	ne:86,pc:76
 Farewell to Whiskey			G	ne:134, ff:102
x-Fisher's Hornpipe             in F    ne:117 (in D ff:107), HZ
x-Flop-Eared Mule 				D/G     ff:108
x-Flowers of Edinburg			G	ne:122, ff:109, HZ
 Forester's Hornpipe			D	ne:116
 Galopede						G	ne:68
 Galway Hornpipe				D	ff:116
F-Garryowen 					G	MIT	
x-Gaspe Reel 					D/A	ne:158,ff:116, HZ
x-The Girl I Left Behind Me (Brighton Camp)		G	ff:119
  Going Down Georgia Road		A
R-Golden Slippers 				G	ff:123, HZ
 Grasshpper Sittin on SweetPotatoVine	D	pc:88, HZ
 Green Willis					D	ff:127
x-Growling Old Man and Woman 	Amod	ne:148,ff:128
x-Harvest Home                  D       ff:131
x-Haste to the Wedding			D	ff:131, ne:30
  Hewlett                       D       w1:28
B-Hollow Poplar					G	pc:98
 Home with the Girls in the Morning     A       pc:99
 Hommage a Edmond Parizeau (M Messervier)       D/G      pc:100
 Hull's Victory				F	ne:140, HZ		
 Hundred Pipers (ADE)			A	ne:42
 Ice on the Road (G Townsend)   Em/G    pc:105
x-Irish Washerwoman 			G	ff:140
 Indian Point (Rick Mohr) 		Em	MIT
H-Jamie Allen                   G       ne:63, pc:109
 Jenny's Gone to (High Road to) Linton			D	ne:58
 Johnny Cope					Amod	MIT
x-Johnny Don't Get Drunk		D	pc:115, HZ
 Joys of Quebec					A	ff:150, HZ
 Josephins Dopvals (Waltz)		A,G or F	MIT
 Julia Delaney                  Dm      pc:115
x-June Apple 					Amod    ff:153, HZ
x-Kesh                          G       pc:118, ff:157
K-Kitchen Girl					Amod	ff:160, HZ
R-Lamplighter's Hornpipe 		A	ne:108
 Larry O'Gaff 					G	ne:32
 Leather Away with the Wattle	D	MIT 
 Lévis Beaulieu					A	pc:125   
x-Liberty                       D       ff:168
 Lilliburlero					A	ne:14
R-Little Burnt Potato 			D	ne:24
x-Little Liza Jane 				A	ff:171, HZ
 Little Rabbit					A	ff:171, HZ
 Lovers' Waltz (J.Unger)        D       
 Mackilmoyle                    D       ne:150, pc:128
 Maguinnis' Delight				F	ne:72
 Maid Behind the Bar            D       ff:181
x-Mairi's Wedding (J Bannerman)	G	ne:54
R-Maple Sugar					D,A	MIT						
 Marching Through Georgia 		G,Bb,D or C	MIT, HZ
H-Margaret's Waltz              A       w1:34
 Mason's Apron					A	ne:84, ff:
B-Merriweather					G	pc:133, HZ
x-Midnight on the Water         D       ff:187
x-Mississippi Sawyer			D	ff:191
 Miss McLeod's Reel				G	ne:109, HZ
 (The Moon and )Seven Stars		D	pc:139
 Reel de Montreal				G	ne:164
H-Morpeth Rant                  D       ne:73, ff:197
x-Morrison's Jig                Em      pc:140
 Mouth of the Tobique           G       pc:141
H-Muckin' o'Geordie's Byre      D       ne:22
 Musical Priest
 My Darling Asleep				D	pc:145
x-My Love is But a Lassie Yet (Too Young to Marry)           D       ne:60, HZ
 Nail That Catfish to a Tree   G       pc:146
x-Off She Goes					D	ne:35, ff
 Off to California              G       ff:205
x-Old French                    D       ne:127, ff:206
  Old Horse and Buggy			
x-Old Joe Clark 				A	ff:207, HZ
x-Old Molly Hare				G	ff:207, HZ
 One Horned Sheep				G	pc:151
 Onion Reel (reel d'oignon)     
H-Out on the Ocean              G       pc:153
x-Over the Waterfall            D       ff:211, HZ
 Paddy on the Railroad			D	ne:77, ff:213
 Paddy on the Turnpike			Gmodal	ne:76, ff:214, HZ
F-Pays du Haut		  			D	ne:162, pc:158
R-Peekaboo Waltz 				D	HZ
 Pig Ankle Rag	
 Planxty Fanny Power	        G       w1:39
 Portland Fancy				A	ne:52
 Pretty Peggy				A	pc:161
 Quarry Cross Polka			Em	pc:162
 Quindaro Hornpipe			G	ne:120,pc:163
x-Ragtime Annie				D/G     ff:225, HZ
x-Rakes of Mallow			G	ne:61
x-Red Haired Boy			A       ne:132, ff:227
x-Redwing				G	ff:228, HZ
 Rickett's Hornpipe			D	ne:138, ff:229, HZ
K-Rights of Man				Emod	ff:230
x-Road to Boston (DAG)			D	ne:53
 Roddy McCorley				Bm	ne:62
 Road to Lisdoonvarna                   Em      ff:231
 Rory O'More                            A       ne:5
 The Rose Tree				D	ne:67,ff:235
F-Sailor's Hornpipe			G	ff:243
x-Saint Anne's Reel                     D       ne:139, HZ
 Saint Timothy's, March			G	pc:130
F-Sally Gardens				G	ff:246
F-Sally Goodin				A	ff:246, HZ
B-Sandy Boys				A	pc:173,MIT				
 Sandy MacIntyre's Trip to Boston (J Campbell)  D       pc:174
B Saut du Lapin				G	pc:177
H-Scollay's Reel                        Em      pc:178
 Sheebeg and Sheemore                  D       ff:235
 Shenandoah Falls                       A       pc:182
H-Ship in Full Sail                     A       pc:183
 Ships Are Sailing                      Em      ne:82,ff:255
R-Silver & Gold 			D	MIT, HZ		
x-Smash The Windows (Roaring Jelly)	D	ne:11, ff:259
 Sligo Creek (D Noveck)			Bm	pc:186			
K-Snake River Reel 
x-Soldier's Joy HR (DAG)		D	ff:262, HZ
 Sonny's Mazurka			D	ff:263
 Southwind                              G       ff:263
R-Snow Deer				C	MIT								
H-Spootiskerry (S Burns)                G       pc:189
F-Spotted Pony				D	MIT, HZ		
 Star above the Garter                  G       pc:190
x-Star of the County Down               Am      ff:265
x- Staten Island Hornpipe		D	ff:266, ne:129, HZ
H-Steamboat Quickstep                   A       ne:21
 Stool of Repentence			A	ne:36
R-Strawberries and Raspberries		G	ne:157
x-Swallowtail Jig                       Em      ff:270, ne:51
x-Swinging on a Gate                    G       ne:87, HZ
x-Temperance(Teetotaler)		G       ne:88, ff:274
 The Tempest jig			G	ne:4
x-Tennessee Waltz (Roy Acuff)		G,D or C 
 Texas (H. Reed)			Amod
 Tobin's Favorite			D
 Top of Cork Road                       D       ne:33,pc:198
x-Turkey in the Straw			G	ff:280, HZ
x-Westphalia Waltz			G	ff:289, HZ
x-Whiskey Before Breakfast (DGA)	D	ff:290
 White Cockade				G	ne:105
 Wild Horses at Stony Point (Pigtown Fling) 	G ne:126
 Wind that Shakes the Barley		D	ne:92
R-Woodchopper's Reel			D	ne:149
 You Married My Daughter,and Yet You Didnt    G       ff:295