The Blarney Stone Pub and at the House of Ireland in Balboa Park for Welcoming Me Into the World of Irish Session Music

Blarney Stone Pub San Diego, California Irish Session Tunes Michael Eskin [email protected] Preface I came to Irish session music only quite recently in my musical lifetime. It became clear to me very quickly that it can be very difficult for beginning players to bootstrap themselves into becoming participating members of a session. So often the tunes go by so quickly, and it seems that nobody knows the names. What I felt was needed was a book of the tunes played in our session, in the order that they are commonly played. Many times I have watched beginners, (myself included) desperately flipping through books trying to find a tune being played, only to have the group move on to another tune just when its been found in the book, or worse, never finding it at all so that there isn’t a chance that they will be able to play it the following week. Using this book and some practice, new players should be able to become participating members of the session in just a few weeks. Acknowledgement Thank you to everyone at the Blarney Stone Pub and at the House of Ireland in Balboa Park for welcoming me into the world of Irish session music. A special thank you to Nishi for helping kick this effort off by suggesting the initial list of tunes. Thank you to Steve Glass for his wonderful transcriptions of interesting tunes. Thank you to Marci Bunescu and Dennis Buskirk of Cobblestone for providing me with a comprehensive list of tunes for dancers. Production Notes This book was produced entirely on a Macintosh using both hand transcriptions and .abc tune sources from the Internet, mostly from Henrik Norbeck’s ABC archives. The .abc files were brought in to BarFly 1.0d23, which generated the notation. The resulting graphics were then pasted into Microsoft Word. (c) Copyright 1999 Michael Eskin This file may be distributed freely and may not be used for commercial purposes, such as printing a tune book to sell. Questions? Corrections? Tune suggestions? E-mail: [email protected] Blarney Stone Tunebook web site: http://members.home.com/eskin/tunebook.html 2 Table of Contents Reels Martin Wynne's #1 - Martin Wynne's #2 7 Lucy Campbell - Jolly Tinker 8 Lads of Laoise - Sailing into Walpole's Marsh - Hunter's Hut 10 Cameronian - Rakish Paddy 12 Merry Blacksmith - Cooley's - Mountain Road 14 Salamanca - Peter Street 16 Pigeon on the Gate - Earl's Chair - Woman of the House 18 Cup of Tea - Dunmore Lasses 20 Ashplant - Jackie Coleman's - Bag of Spuds - Bird on a Tree 22 Musical Priest - Jenny's Chicken 24 Wise Maid - Morning Dew 25 Bucks of Oranmore - Wind that Shakes Barley 26 Scholar - Teetotalor - St. Anne's 28 Mason's Apron - Farewell to Ireland 30 Sligo Maid - Pigeon on the Gate - Cooley's 32 Ships are Sailing - Morning Star 34 Jolly Tinker - Lady Montgomery 35 Maid of Mt. Cisco - Down the Broom - Star of Munster 36 Chicago - Sally Garden's - Man of the House 38 Tam Lin - Hand Me Down the Tackle 40 3 Pinch of Snuff 42 Maudabawn Chapel – The Wild Irishman – Abbey Reel 43 Jigs Cathleen Hehir’s - Lark in the Morning 44 Mooncoin - Langstrom's Pony 46 Caliope House - Banks of Lough Gowna - Orphan 48 Tobin's Favorite - Smash the Windows 50 Trip to Athlone - Tripping Up the Stairs - Connaughtman's Rambles 52 Market Town - Scatter the Mud - Arthur Darley’s Jig 54 Old Favorite - Cliffs of Moher - Bill Hart's Jig 58 Swallowtail Jig - Road to Lisdoonvarna 60 Kesh Jig - Morrison's - Trip to Sligo 62 When Sick is it Tea - Haste to the Wedding - Off She Goes 64 Jig of Slurs - Athol Highlanders 66 Blarney Pilgrim - The Rambling Pitchfork - The Black Rogue 68 Banish Misfortune 70 Tell Her I Am - Queen of the Rushes 72 Slip Jigs The Boys of Ballysadare - Butterfly 74 Rocky Road to Dublin - Another Jig Will Do - Deirde’s Fancy 75 4 Hornpipes Home Ruler 76 Rights of Man 76 King of the Fairies 77 Boys of Bluehill - Harvest Home 78 Madame Bonaparte 79 Polkas Unknown Title - Dennis Murphy’s - John Ryan’s 80 Slow Airs / Waltzes Ashokan Farewell 82 Southwind 83 Sheebeg Sheemore 84 Trip to Skye 85 Tunes Transcribed by Steve Glass: Jug of Punch – Maids of Mitchelstown 86 Cold, Haily, Windy Night – Docherty’s Reel 87 An Suisin Ban 88 First Flight of Geese 91 Rolling Wave – Star Above the Garter 92 Humours of Ballyloughlin 93 Garrett Barry’s – Bryan O’Lynn – Snug in a Blanket – 94 Calliope House 5 O’Farrell’s Welcome to Limerick 97 Comb Your Hair and Curl It 98 Elizabeth Kelly’s – Fraher’s – Dinny Delaney’s 100 Humours of Whiskey – Hardiman the Fiddler 102 Sock in the Hole – Hole in the Sock 103 My Rovin’ Eye – Blackwell Court 104 Mrs. Carroll’s Strathspey 105 Rogues in a Nation – Cam Ye O’er Frae France 106 Morgan Magan 107 Lord Mayo’s March 108 The Hunt 109 Suil Ghorm 110 The Trees They Do Grow High 111 The Sound of Sleet 112 The Trowie Burn 113 Revision History 115 6 Martin Wynne's #1 Martin Wynne (1914-98) C 1 2 1 2 Martin Wynne's #2 Martin Wynne (1914-98) C ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ 3 ~ 7 Lucy Campbell C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ 2~ ~ ~ ~ 8 Jolly Tinker, The 1 2 3 C ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 ~ ~ 9 Lads of Laois, The C ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ Sailing into Walpole's Marsh C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 10 Hunter's House, The Ed Reavy ~ ~ C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 11 Cameronian Reel, The C ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 3 3 3 Rakish Paddy C ~ 1 2 12 13 Merry Blacksmith, The C Cooley's 3 Joe Mills, Galway (1938) C ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ 14 Mountain Road, The Michael Gorman (1895-1970) 1 2 C ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ 15 Salamanca Reel, The 3 3 C ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ ~ 1 2 Peter Street 3 3 3 3 C 3 3 3 3 3 3 ~ ~ 16 17 Pigeon on the Gate, The 3 C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ 3 3 Earl's Chair, The C ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 18 Woman of the House, The 3 C ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ 19 Cup of Tea, The C 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ 20 Dunmore Lasses, The ~ ~ C ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ 1 2 ~ 21 Ashplant, The C ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ Jackie Coleman's C ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ 1 2 22 Bag of Spuds, The C Bird on a Tree, The C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 23 Musical Priest, The 1 2 C ~ ~ 3 ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ Jenny's Chickens ~ ~ ~ C ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 24 Wise Maid, The 3 (John Doherty ?) C ~ ~ 3 1 2 ~ ~ ~ 3 1 2 Morning Dew, The 1 2 C ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 2 3 ~ 25 Bucks of Oranmore, The 1 2 C ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 1 2 ~ ~ 26 Wind That Shakes the Barley, The 1 2 C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 27 Scholar, The C ~ 1 2 ~ 1 2 Teetotaller's Reel 3 4 4 28 Saint Anne's Reel C ~ ~ 29 Mason's Apron, The C ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 1 2 30 Farewell to Ireland C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 3 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 31 Sligo Maid, The C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pigeon on the Gate, The 3 C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ 3 3 32 Cooley's 3 Joe Mills, Galway (1938) C ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ 33 Ships Are Sailing 3 3 C ~ 3 3 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 2 Morning Star, The C ~ ~ ~ 3 3 ~ 3 3 ~ 34 Jolly Tinker, The 1 2 3 C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 ~ ~ Lady Montgomery 1 2 C ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 35 Maid of Mount Cisco, The Paddy Killoran (?) C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 1 2 ~ ~ ~ 3 1 2 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 3 2 ~ ~ Down the Broom ~ C ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 36 Star of Munster, The C ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 37 Chicago Reel, The C ~ 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sally Gardens, The 3 C 3 ~ ~ 3 38 Man of the House, The 1 2 C 1 2 39 Tam Lin C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 40 Hand Me Down the Tackle C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 41 Pinch of Snuff C 42 Maudabawn Chapel Ed Reavy (1898-1988) C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Wild Irishman 1 3 2 3 C ~ ~ 1 2 The Abbey Reel 1 2 ~ C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 43 Cathleen Hehir's 6 8 ~ 1 2 1 2 ~ 1 2 1 2 44 Lark in the Morning, The 6 8 1 2 ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 1 2 45 Mooncoin Jig, The 6 8 46 Langstrom's Pony 6 8 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 47 Caliope House ~ Dave Richardson ~ ~ 6 8 ~1 ~2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Banks of Lough Gowna, The 6 8 1 2 ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 48 Orphan, The 6 8 ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 49 Tobin's Favourite ~ ~ ~ 6 8 ~ ~ Smash the Windows 6 8 50 51 Trip to Athlone, The 6 8 1 2 ~ ~ 1 2 Tripping Up the Stairs 6 8 1 2 1 2 52 Connaughtman's Rambles, The 6 8 1 2 ~ 1 2 ~ 53 Market Town 6 8 ~ ~ 1 2 ~ B ~ ~ C ~ ~ ~ D ~ ~ 54 Scatter the Mud 6 8 55 Arthur Darley's Jig Arthur Darley 6 8 ~ 1 2 1 2 56 57 Old Favourite, The 6 8 ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ 1 2 Cliffs of Moher, The 6 8 1 2 ~ 58 Bill Hart's Jig ~ ~ 6 8 ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ 59 Swallowtail Jig, The 6 8 1 2 1 2 The Road to Lisdoonvarna 6 8 60 61 Kesh Jig, The 6 8 ~ ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Morrison's Jig 6 8 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 62 Trip to Sligo, The 6 8 1 2 1 2 63 When Sick is it Tea You Want? 6 8 1 2 1 2 Haste to the Wedding 6 8 1 2 ~ ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 64 Off She Goes 6 8 ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 1 2 65 Jig of Slurs, The 6 8 ~ 1 2 ~ ~ 66 Atholl Highlanders, The ~ ~ 6 8 ~ 1 2 ~ 1 2 1 2 67 Blarney Pilgrim, The 6 8 ~ ~ Rambling Pitchfork, The 6 8 ~ ~ 1 2 ~ 1 2 ~ 68 Black Rogue, The 6 8 ~ ~ ~ 69 Banish Misfortune 6 8 70 71 Tell Her I Am 6 8 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ 2 ~ ~ 72 Queen of the Rushes, The 6 8 1 2 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 73 Boys of Ballysadare, The 9 8 Butterfly, The Tommy Potts 9 8 74 Rocky Road to Dublin, The 9 8 Another Jig Will Do 9 8 ~ Deirdre's Fancy 1 2 9 8 1 2 75 Home Ruler, The Frank3 McCollum of Ballycastle C ~ 3 ~ Rights of Man, The (James Hill, Northumberland (??)) C 3 76 King of the Fairies, The 3 C 3 3 77 Boys of Bluehill, The 3 C 3 3 Harvest Home 3 3 3 3 C 3 3 3 3 ~ ~ ~ 78 Madame Bonaparte 4 4 Madame Bonaparte 4 4 79 Unknown Title 2 4 Dennis Murphy's 2 4 1 2 1 2 80 John Ryan's 2 4 1 2 1 2 81 Ashokan Farewell Jay Ungar, 1983.

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