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