Irish Session Tunes for Violin

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

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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 – Calliope House

94

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

Martin Wynne's #2

2

Martin Wynne (1914-98)

C ~

~

3

~

~

~

~ 3

~

7

Lucy Campbell C ~

~

~ ~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

1

~

2~

~ ~

8

~ ~ ~

Jolly Tinker, The

1

C

~

~

~

2

3

~

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

12

2

13

Merry Blacksmith, The C

Cooley's C

Joe Mills, Galway (1938)

3

~ 1

2

~

~

~

~ 1

~

~

14

2

Mountain Road, The

Michael Gorman (1895-1970)

1

2

C

~

~

~

~

1

2

~

15

3

3

Salamanca Reel, The

C ~

~

1

~

2

~ 3

~

~

1

~

3

Peter Street

3

2

3

3

3

3

C 3

3

3

3

~

~

16

17

Pigeon on the Gate, The

3

C ~

~

~

~

~ 3

~ 3

3

Earl's Chair, The C

~

~ 1

~

~

~ ~

~

18

~ 2

Woman of the House, The C

~

~

3

~

3

~

~

~

~ ~

~

3

~

~ ~ ~

19

Cup of Tea, The C 1

~

~ ~

20

~

2

Dunmore Lasses, The ~ ~ C ~ 1

~

2

~

~ ~

~ ~ 3

1

~

2

~

21

Ashplant, The C

~

~ 3

~ ~ ~

~

3

~

Jackie Coleman's C ~ 1

2

~

~ 1

22

~ 2

Bag of Spuds, The C

Bird on a Tree, The C

~

~

~

~

~ ~

~

~

~ ~

23

Musical Priest, The 1

C

2

~

~

3

~ 1

~

~

~

2

~

~

Jenny's Chickens ~

~

C

~

~

~ 1

~

24

2

Wise Maid, The

(John Doherty ?)

3

C ~

~ 3

1

2

~

~ ~ 3

1

2

Morning Dew, The 1

C

2

~

~

~

~ 1

2

~

25

3

Bucks of Oranmore, The 1

C

~

2

~

~

~

1

~

~

2

~

~

1

2

~

1

2

~

~

26

Wind That Shakes the Barley, The 1

C

~

~

~

27

Scholar, The C

~ 1

2

~

1

3

Teetotaller's Reel

4 4

28

2

Saint Anne's Reel C

~

~

29

Mason's Apron, The C

~

~ 1

2

~

1

30

2

Farewell to Ireland C ~ ~ ~

~

~

~ ~ ~ 3

3

3

~

~

~ 3

~

3

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

31

Sligo Maid, The C

~

~ ~

~ ~

Pigeon on the Gate, The C ~

~

~

~

3

~ 3

~ 3

3

32

Cooley's C

Joe Mills, Galway (1938)

3

~ 1

2

~

~

~

~ 1

~

~

33

2

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

C

~

~

~

2

3

~ ~

~

3

3

3

3

3

3

1

2

~

~

Lady Montgomery 1

2

C ~

~ 1

2

~

35

Maid of Mount Cisco, The C

~

~

~

~

~ 2

~

~ 3

~

1

~

1

~

2

3

~

~ C

3

2

~ ~

~

~

1

3

~

Paddy Killoran (?)

~

Down the Broom

~

~ ~

~

1

2

~

~

1

2

~

36

Star of Munster, The C

~ ~

~

37

1

2~

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 C

~

Ed Reavy (1898-1988)

~

~

~ ~

The Wild Irishman 1

3

3

2

C ~

~ 1

2

The Abbey Reel 1

C

~

~

2

~

~

~

~

~

43

~ ~

Cathleen Hehir's 6 8

~ 1

2

1

2

~

1

2

1

44

2

Lark in the Morning, The 6 8 1

2

~

~

1

~

2

1

45

2

Mooncoin Jig, The 6 8

46

Langstrom's Pony 6 8

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

47

Caliope House ~ ~

~ 6 8 ~1

Dave Richardson

~2

~

~ ~

~ ~

Banks of Lough Gowna, The 6 8 1

2

~ ~

~

1

2

~

48

Orphan, The 6 8

~

~

1

2

~ ~

1

~

49

2

Tobin's Favourite 6 8

~

~

~

~

~

Smash the Windows 6 8

50

51

Trip to Athlone, The 6 8 1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

~

~

Tripping Up the Stairs 6 8

52

Connaughtman's Rambles, The 6 8

53

Market Town 6 8

~

~ 1

~

2

B

~

~

C

~

~

~

D

~

~

54

61

Kesh Jig, The 6 8

~

~

1

~

~

~

~ ~

Morrison's Jig 6 8

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

62

2

Trip to Sligo, The 6 8

63

1

2

1

2

When Sick is it Tea You Want? 6 8 1

2

1

2

Haste to the Wedding 6 8 1

2

~

~

1

~ ~

64

2

Off She Goes 6 8

~

~ 1

~

2

1

65

2

Jig of Slurs, The 6 8

~

1

2

~

~

66

6 8

~

Atholl Highlanders, The ~

1

~

2

1

~

1

67

2

2

Blarney Pilgrim, The 6 8 ~

~

Rambling Pitchfork, The 6 8

~

~

1

2

~

1

~

68

2

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

1

2

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

73

2

Boys of Ballysadare, The 9 8

Butterfly, The 9 8

74

Tommy Potts

Rocky Road to Dublin, The 9 8

Another Jig Will Do 9 8

~

Deirdre's Fancy 1

2

9 8 1

75

2

Home Ruler, The C

Frank 3 McCollum of Ballycastle

~ 3

~

Rights of Man, The C

3

76

(James Hill, Northumberland (??))

King of the Fairies, The

3

C

3

3

77

Boys of Bluehill, The 3

C 3

3

Harvest Home

3

3

3

3

3

3

C

3

~

~

~

78

3

Madame Bonaparte 4 4

Madame Bonaparte 4 4

79

Unknown Title 2 4

Dennis Murphy's 2 4

80

John Ryan's 2 4 1

1

81

2

2

Ashokan Farewell 3 4

82

Jay Ungar, 1983.

South Wind, The

Traditional

3 4 1

83

2

Sheebeg Sheemore 3 4

84

Turlough O'Carolan

Trip to Skye Bm

Bm/G

John Whelan

A

Bm

6 8

Bm

Bm/G

D

D

A

Bm

A

Bm

A

Bm

85

Bm/G

Jug of Punch

Dm

Boys of the Lough

Am

4 4 Dm

C

Am

Dm

F/(Bb) (Am) Dm

Am

Bb

Am

(C)

C

G

F/(Bb) (Am) Dm

Maids of Mitchelstown Dm

C

Dm

Am

Dm

Bothy Band

Am

C

Dm

4 4

Cno3

Dm

Cno3

Dno3

C

Dm

Dno3

F159 Ano3

Am

F159

Bb159 1 Ano3

Dm

Am

Ano3

1 C

Bb159 1 Ano3

86

Gno3

2 Ano3

Dm

2 C

Gno3

3 2 Ano3

Dm

3

Cold, Haily, Windy Night Am

C

Dno3

Steeleye Span

Am

4 4 Am

C

Dno3

Am

AmDno3 3

G

Am

(C159)

C

C

G

Dno3

A159

Docherty's Reel Am

G

C

\D

Boys of the Lough

G\C

G

4 4 Am

G

C

Am

Am\D

\D

G

G

1

G

Am

Em

Em

87

C

1

2

C

G

G

D

D

\C

2

G

Am

An Suisin Ban (F) Bb

F

3

Bb

F

G

C

Chieftains

4 4 F

C

Bb

Bb

1

F

F

C

F

Bb

2

Bb

F

Bb

1

3

F

G

F

2

C

Bb

F

3

An Suisin Ban (C) F

C

F

3

C

D

G

Chieftains

4 4 C

G

F

C

1

F

C

G

C

F

1

3

2

C

F

C

88

F

C

D

2

F

G

C

3

An Suisin Ban (G) C

G

3

C

G

A

D

Chieftains

4 4 G

D

C

C

1

G

G

D

G

C

2

C

G

C

1

3

G

A

G

2

D

C

G

3

An Suisin Ban (D) G

D

3

G

D

E

A

Chieftains

4 4 D

A

G

D

1

G

D

A

D

G

1

G

2

D

D

89

3

G

D

E

2

G

A

D

3

An Suisin Ban (A) D

A

3

D

A

B

E

Chieftains

4 4 A

E

D

A

1

D

A

E

A

D

1

D

2

A

A

90

3

D

A

B

2

D

E

A

3

First Flight of Geese D

Gerald Trimble

A

G

A

F#m

G

D

3

4 4

Em

F#m

D

G

A

3

Em

3

A

Em3

F#m

Em

3

A

Em

3

A

Em

3

A

Em

3

A3

G

G

3

D

A

Em

G

A3

D

A3

D

G

A3

D

A3

91

3

A

F#m

A

D

3

G

A

D

D

3

G

G

A

D

D

3

3

G

G

A

3

The Rolling Wave Bm

D

Bm

G

6 8 Bm

D

A

D

G

G

D

Bm

D

Em

A

G

The Star Above the Garter G

D

C

G

D

6 8 G

D

D

D

C

G

C

G

C

92

D

G

D

D

The Humours of Ballyloughlin D

G

D

C

G

C

(D)

6 8

D

G

C

G

1

C\Am

C

G

D

D

D

C

G

D

D

G

C

G

2 D

C

G

1 A

D

D

D

1 D

G

(G)

D

2 A

C\Am

D

A

G

93

D

2

G

G

G

D

D

D

Garrett Barry's G

Am

G

D

C

Chieftains

6 8 D\Bm

G

Am

D\G

D

A\Em

Em 3

D

D

C

G 3

Em\A

D\G

(D)

A

D

G\D

Bryan O'Lynn C

Em

C

G

Am

Steeleye Span

6 8 C(\F)

Em

G

C

C

D

C

D

C

1

C

Am

Dno3

D

C

94

2

C

C

1

Am

Am

G

2

Am

Snug in a Blanket D

C

G

D

Dave Swarbrick

G

C

6 8 D

C

G

D

G

1

D

D

2

G

C

D

G

D

95

1

G

2

(G)

G

Caliope House G

D

G

Cobblestone

Am

C

6 8 1

2

G

C

G

Em

G

1

2

D

C

G

C

G

G

D

D

G

G

Am

C

Em

D

C

96

D

G

O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick 9 8

97

Chieftains

Comb Your Hair and Curl It Em

(Bm) A

D

Chieftains

Em

C

Am

(D)

9 8

G

C

Em

Em

G

C

Am

Am

(D)

(D)

C

G

98

Em

Ano3

D

(Am)

(D)

D

G

D

G

D

99

Elizabeth Kelly's

Chieftains

Fraher's

Chieftains

9 8

9 8

4

4

4

100

Dinny Delaney's 9 8

101

Chieftains

Humours of Whiskey

Chieftains

9 8

3

3

Hardiman the Fiddler

Chieftains

9 8

3

102

Em

D

Sock in the Hole Em

Bm

D

DLiz Carroll

Bm

2 4 D

A

D

A/D

D/A

1

D

D

Bm

G

G

(D)

Em

(D)

D

Bm

A

D

Em

(G)

A

1

HoleAin the Sock

G

2

2

D

A

G

2 4 G

D

D

Bm

D

Bm

G

Em

G

Em

A

Em/G

G

A

A

Em

A

Em/G

103

A

A

LizDCarroll

My Rovin' Eye Dm\G

C

Dm\G

C

4 4 Dm\G

C

Am

C

G

Dm

C

Dm

Dm

C

2 4

Am

Dm

4 4

Blackwell Court C

F C

F

C

Dm

F

G

4 4 Am

G

F

C

F

DmF

Dm

C

G

Am

Am

1

Dm

Dm

104

Am

Dm

2

F

1

Dm

Dm

Em

2

Dm

Mrs. Carroll's Strathspey G

Em

6 8 G

C

C

G

C

G

D

Em

3

G

D

1

G

D

Em

D

G

C

D

G

C

2

Em

G

Em

105

1

D

2

D

Liz Carroll

Rogues in a Nation Dm

F

Bb

C

Dm

4 4

2 4 F

C

Dm

F

C

C

2 Dm

C

Dm

4 4 Dm

F

Bb

1 Dm

Bb

F

Dm

Dm

2 4

Cam ye o'er frae France Am

F

Am

G

F

Am

G

6 4 Am

F

Am

(C)

Am

G

4 4 Em

F

6 4

106

Morgan Magan G

C

Am

D

4 4 G

D

G

G

G

Ano3

D

C

G

C/Am/D

D

C

D

G

D

D

1 G

Gno3

Am

C

G

Am

Cno3

G

C

2 G

G

D

Dno3

C/Am/D

D

G

107

D

1

G

2

G

C

Lord Mayo's March 2 4 1

1

2

108

2

The Hunt G

D

Boys of the Lough

C

D

6 8 G

D

G

Am

D

G

D

C

Am

C

G

1

G

D

G

2

F

C

G

D

C

Am

D

G

C

G

G

G

D

Am

Am

G

C

C

C

1

109

C

D

D

G

2

G

Suil Ghorm Dm

(Gno3)

C

Am

Altan

Dm

9 8 F

(Gno3)

1 Am

Bb

C

Dm

3 8 2

C

Em

Dm

6 8

Am

Bb

C

9 8 F

C

F

C

Dm

(Gno3)

F

(Gno3)

Dm

Am

C

Bb

G(no3)

Am

C

Am

Dm

Bb

C

Dm

3 8 Dm

Em

Dm

Em\C

Dm

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Em

6 8 Dm

The Trees They Do Grow High Em

Bm

6 8 D

A

G

D

D

A

Em

Bm

Em

G

Em

D

D\Bm

Em

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Martin Carthy

The Sound of Sleet D

G

A

Glayva

D

G

D

G A

Bm

G A

4 4

A

D

A

D

A

Bm

Em

D

A

D

G

Bm

G

G

D

D

Bm

G

A

Em

A

Bm

D

Em

A

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G

Em

G

A

G

A

Bm

G A

G

A

The Trowie Burn (Am) 3 4

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Boys of the Lough

The Trowie Burn (Dm) 3 4

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Boys of the Lough

• Revision History • 8 July 1999 – Major update Added Steve Glass transcribed tunes Changed Pinch of Snuff to version closer to what I’ve heard Peter Damachek play. Added version of Madame Bonaparte in key of A 3 July 1999 Added Maudabawn Chapel set 7 June 1999 – Major update Reformatted most songs for easier readability. Fixed harmonies on several tunes. Replaced Smash the Windows reel with jig. Replaced Battering Ram with Black Rogue. Replaced Yellow Tinker with Drunken Tinker as per Nishi’s suggestion. Replaced Farewell to Ireland with correct version. Repaginated for proper left/right orientation for bound tune books. Added hornpipes: Home Rule, Rights of Man, King of the Fairies, Boys of Bluehill, Harvest Home Added Ashokan Farewell, Southwind, Sheebeg Sheemore, Tell Her I Am. 5 June 1999 Added Tam Lin, Hand Me Down the Tackle, Queen of the Rushes, Pinch of Snuff Also added Preface page. Fixed problem with The Battering Ram formatting. 3 June 1999 Fixed problems with Lucy Campbell and Teetotaller’s. Both had extra parts. 31 May 1999 First release for review

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