Irish Session Tunes - The Blue Book

The blue book in this series contains over 100 Irish dance tunes and airs, selected and arranged into sets by Brid Cranitch. This collection contains a varied selection of widely played and lesser-known tunes, divided into different dance rhythms: double jigs, slides, slip jigs, polkas, reels, hornpipes, set dances and airs. In turn, these have been sorted into sets of similar tunes to be played at Irish sessions. The range of the tunes are particularly suitable for the fiddle, but can be used on other instruments. Includes: Silver Spear · Shetland Reel · Rose in the Heather · Fasten the Leg in Her · Cooley's · Wise Maid · Lucky Penny · Old Pigeon in the Gate · WindThat Shakes the Barley · Kiss Me Kate · No Name · Free and Easy · and many more favourites and rarities.

Blue Book Contents

• 1.1 Wandering Minstrel (Jig)

• 1.2 Fasten the Leg In Her (Jig)

• 2.1 Charlie Harris' (Reel)

• 2.2 Mick O'Connor's (Reel)

• 3.1 Doughie McFay's (Reel)

• 3.2 Andy Dickson's (Reel)

• 4.1 Wheels of the World (Jig)

• 4.2 Pat McGillarney's (Jig)

• 5.1 Trip to Durrow (Reel)

• 5.2 The Ships are Sailing (Reel)

• 6.1 Tarbolton (Reel)

• 6.2 Longford Collector (Reel)

• 6.3 Sailor's Bonnet (Reel)

• 7.1 Rose in the Heather (Jig)

• 7.2 Rambler (Jig)

• 8.1 Galtee Rangers (Reel)

• 8.2 The Gleanntan (Reel)

• 8.3 O'Callaghan's (Reel)

• 9.1 Hunter's Purse (Reel)

• 9.2 Congress (Reel)

• 9.3 O'Rourke's (Reel)

• 10.1 Luck Penny (Jig)

• 10.2 Tobin's Favourite (Jig)

• 11.1 Haste to the Wedding (Jig)

• 11.2 Saddle the Pony (Jig)

• 11.3 Father O'Flynn's (Jig)

• 12.1 Blacksmith (Reel)

• 12.2 Cup of Tea (Reel)

• 13.1 Lad O'Beirne's (Reel)

• 13.2 Shetland Reel

• 14.1 Tatter Jack Walsh (Jig)

• 14.2 Garret Barry (Jig)

• 15.1 Volunteer (Reel)

• 15.2 Old Pigeon on the Gate (Reel)

• 16.1 Flax in Bloom (Reel)

• 16.2 Dairy Maid (Reel)

• 17.1 Scholar (Reel)

• 17.2 Teetotaller (Reel)

• 17.3 St. Anne's (Reel)

• 18.1 Whelan's (Jig)

• 18.2 Clare Jig

• 18.3 Humours of Glendart (Jig)

• 19.1 Humours of Ballydaly (Slide)

• 19.2 Dan O'Keeffe's (Slide)

• 19.3 Brosna Slide No.l (Slide)

• 19.4 Brosna Slide No.2 (Slide)

• 20.1 Connie O'Connell's (Jig)

• 20.2 Frost is all Over (Jig;

• 20.3 High Road to Sligo (Jig)

• 21.1 Lark on the Strand (Jig)

• 21.2 Knights of St. Patrick (Jig)

• 22.1 Mulhaire's (Reel)

• 22.2 Roger Sherlock's (Reel)

• 23.1 Rolling in the Rye Grass (Reel)

• 23.2 Duke of Leinster (Reel)

• 23.3 Wind That Shakes the Barley (Reel)

• 24.1 Munster Buttermilk (Jig)

• 24.2 Humours of Lisheen (Jig)

• 25.1 Padraig O'Keeffe's (Slide)

• 25.2 Dark Girl in Blue (Slide)

• 25.3 Kaiser (Slide)

• 26.1 Orphan (Jig)

• 26.2 Clancy's (Jig)

• 26.3 Dan Collins' Father's (Jig)

• 27.1 Broken Pledge (Reel)

• 27.2 Crib of Perches (Reel)

• 27.3 Geoghegan's (Reel)

• 28.1 Jacket of Batteries (Reel)

• 28.2 Templehouse (Reel)

• 28.3 Kiss Me Kate (Reel)

• 29.1 Gallagher's Frolics (Jig)

• 29.2 Bimis ag Ol (Jig)

• 29.3 Have A Drink With Me (Jig)

• 30.1 Cordal (Jig)

• 30.2 An d'tiocfaidh tu abhaile liom? (Jig)

• 30.3 Humours of Ballinafad (Jig)

• 31.1 Thadelo's (Barndance)

• 31.2 No Name (Barndance)

• 32.1 No Name (Polka)

• 32.2 Lackagh Cross (Polka)

• 32.3 No Name (Polka)

• 33.1 Tuar Mor No.1 (Polka)

• 33.2 Tuar Mor No.2 (Polka)

• 33.3 Hayden's Fancy (Polka)

• 34.1 Drowsey Maggie (Reel)

• 34.2 Cooley's (Reel)

• 34.3 Wise Maid (Reel)

• 35.1 Free and Easy (Reel)

• 35.2 Drunken Landlady (Reel)

• 35.3 Mulvihill's (Reel)

• 36.1 Silver Spear (Reel)

• 36.2 Miss McCloud's (Reel)

• 37.1 Miss Monaghan's (Reel)

• 37.2 Miss Johnson's (Reel)

• 38.1 Miss Longford's (Reel)

• 38.2 Red Haired Lass (Reel)

• 39.1 Monsignor's Blessing (Reel)

• 39.2 Limerick Lasses (Reel)

• 40.1 Fermoy Lassies (Reel)

• 40.2 Hand Me Down the Tackle (Reel)