T his page is lists some of the tunes played Wednesday nights in Peterborough at the Rusty Snail. Mostly we play Irish tunes at the Snail, keeping to a theme. We all like other music as well, and sometimes stray from the genre.
Unfortunately the Snail has closed and we have yet to find an alternate location. But never fear - some of us participate in the Celtic Jam at the Black Horse Pub (Sundays from 2-5pm) where all players are welcome and sheet music is used as might be needed.
There's an Irish/Celtic session on Friday evenings starting at 8:30pm at Walsh's Village Inn Pub in Bowmanville hosted by Steafan Hannigan and Saskia Tomkins. Here are some details. All are welcome.
On this page you'll find tunes, arrangements and sheet music (gif/pdf), audio and pointers to other resources for the tune as we get 'em.
 Irish Tunes
Cape Breton, Quebec & Other Canadian Tunes
Olitunes
Resources
The Black Book - Peterborough Rendition
Mandolin Society of Peterborough(MSOP)
Klezmer
Irish Tunes
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| An Suiscin Ban (set dance) |
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| Apples in Winter |
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| Art O'Keefe's (Seán Smyth set #1) |
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| Banks of Lough Gowna |
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| Banshee, The |
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| Behind the Haystack (Munster Buttermilk) |
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| Bimid ag ol |
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| Blarney Pilgrim |
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| Blast of Wind, A |
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| Bluesette |
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| Boy in the Gap, The |
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| Boys of Ballinahinch |
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| Boys of Malin |
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| Bridget Cruise |
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| Broken Pledge |
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| Butterfly, The |
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| Castle Kelly |
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| Cat that ate the Candle |
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| Catharsis |
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| Chicago Reel |
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| Chloe's Passion |
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| Christmas Eve |
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| Cliffs of Moher |
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| Collier's Reel |
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| Connaughtmans' Rambles |
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| Cooley's (Joe Cooley's) |
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| Coppers and Brass |
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| Curlews, The |
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| Denis Langtou's (Seán Smyth set #2) |
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| Dennis Murphy's |
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| Drowsy Maggie |
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| Drunken Landlady |
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| Dusty Windowsill, The |
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| Farewell to Ireland |
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| Farrell O'Gara's |
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| Father O' Flynn |
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| Fig for a Kiss |
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| Fox Hunter |
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| Frank's Reel |
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| Fred Finn's |
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| Garrett Barry's Jig |
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| Geese in the Bog |
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| Gravel Walk |
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| Hag with the Money |
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| House of Hamill |
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| Humours of Ballyloughlin |
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| If Only You Were Mine |
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| Jack McCann |
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| Jamaica Jam (Seán Smyth set #1) |
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| Jean's Reel |
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| Jenny's Wedding |
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| Jim O'Donoghues (aka. Jim Donough's) |
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| Joe Cormier's |
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| Jug of Punch |
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| Juniper Jig |
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| Kerry Reel |
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| Knotted Cord |
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| Larry Og (Culfadda, Kiffadda, The Cruel Father) |
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| Lilting Banshee |
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| Little Pickle |
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| MacArthur Road (aka Old But Happy at 63 |
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| Maid Behind the Bar |
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| Man of the House |
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| Martin Rocheford's (C & D) |
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| Martin Rocheford's (Seán Smyth set #2) |
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| McGivney's Fancy |
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| McKillop's (Seán Smyth set #2) |
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| Merrily Kissed the Quaker |
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| Milltown Jig |
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| Monaghan Jig (4 parts !) |
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| Morrison's Jig |
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| Mountain Road, The |
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| Munster Buttermilk (jig) |
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| Mutt's Favourite |
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| Neck Belly |
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| Old Copperplate |
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| Old Hag You Have Killed Me |
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| Old Tipperary |
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| Otter's Holt |
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| Paddy Fahy's Jig |
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| Peeler's Jacket, The |
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| Pigeon on the Gate |
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| Pipe on the Hob |
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| Plough and the Starts |
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| Punch in the Dark |
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| Queen of the Rushes |
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| Rakish Paddy |
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| Repeal of the Union |
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| Rolling in the Rye Grass |
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| Rolling Wave |
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| Rose in the Heater |
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| Sally Garden |
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| Scaffie's Cairt |
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| Scatter the Mud |
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| Scottish Concerto (Charlie Lennon's) |
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| Sergeant Early's Dream |
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| Silver Spear |
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| Siobhan O'Donnell's (with Ian Lowthian jig) |
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| Sligo Maid |
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| Sonny's Mazurka |
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| Strayaway Child |
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| Swedish Jig (Arthur Darley's Swedish Jig) |
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| Tarlbolton |
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| Tatter Jack Walsh |
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| Throw the Beetle at Her (aka Minor Jig) |
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| Tom Billy's |
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| Toss the Feathers (versions 1 & 3) |
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| Trip to Athlone |
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| Tripping to the Well (Seán Smyth set #1) |
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| Two Mile Bridge |
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| Wedding Gift |
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| Wedding Reel |
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| Whelan's |
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| Windmill |
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| Wise Maid |
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| Yellow Tinker |
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| Y's Reel |
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Many of the tunes above were gathered from www.thesession.org.
Arrangement suggestions
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| Blarney Pilgrim/Kesh/Father O'Flynn |
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| Christmas Eve/Musical Priest/Joe Cooley's |
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| Coppers and Brass/Whelan's/Lark in the Morning |
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| Dusty Windowsills/Humours of Ballyloughlin/Old Tipperary |
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| Fig for a Kiss/Fox Hunter's/Throw the Beetle at Her |
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| Freize's Britches/Munster Buttermilk (aka. Behind the Haystack)/Tripping up the Stairs |
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| Jamaica Jam/Tripping to the Well/Art Okeefe's (Seán Smyth set #1) |
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| Maid Behind the Bar/The Banshee/Drowsy Maggie |
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| McKillop's/Martin Rocheford/Dennis Langtou's (Seán Smyth set #2) |
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| Na Ceannabhain Bhana(aka. The Little Fair Canavans)/Maire Rua/Kid on the Mountain |
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| Neck Belly/Muster Buttermilk (jig) |
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| Out on the Ocean/Rolling Waves |
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| The Plough and the Stars/Larry Og |
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| Walls of Liscarrol/Haste to the Wedding/Three penny Bit |
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| Wise Maid/Laurel Tree/Maid Behind the Bar |
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| Yellow Tinker/Hairy Chested Frog/Floating Crowbar/Upstairs in a Tent |
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Cape Breton, Quebec & Other Canadian Tunes
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| Butteryfly Bows |
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| Compliments to Sean Maquire |
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| Galope Et Chaine De Cotillon / Pointe Au Pic |
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| Juniper Jig / The Scaffie's Cairt |
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| Muriel's Waltz (Brian Pickell) |
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| My Lilly/The Sweetness of Mary/Hughie Jim Paul's |
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| Niel Gow's Lament For The Death Of His Second Wife |
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| Reel For Carl |
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| Reverend Archie Beaton |
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| Shehan's Reel |
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| Sourgrass and Granite (Brian Pickell) |
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| Sulphur Creek (Brian Pickell) |
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| Whitefish in the Rapids |
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Klezmer
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LISTEN |
| Araber Tanz |
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| Der Heyser Bulgal |
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| Der Yiddisher Soldat in die Trenches |
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| Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym |
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| Frailach 1 & 2 (Kammen) |
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| Nifty's freylehhs & Shloymke's freylehhs |
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| Tantz, Tanz, Yidelekh |
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| Yiddish Theater Medley (Mayn Shtetele Beltz) |
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Resources
Tune Collections and Resources
ABC Navigator 2 Website
ABC Explorer Website
ABC Tune Match [tunefind] on trillian.mit.edu (quite amazing really)
Greg Dahms Music Resources
The Session (www.thesesson.org)
Folk Tune Finder
ABC Transposer
Chris Walsh's sectionalised web-wide abc index (tons of tunes in abc format)
The Fiddler's Companion Alphabetical Files
The Black Book - Peterborough Rendition
Mandolin Sociecty of Peterborough (MSOP)
MSOP Website
Mandolin Handy Guide
Mandolin Chord Chart (8.5" x 14")
Mandolin Chord Chart (11" x 17")
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