04 June 2023 - I've just noticed that the index has been upgraded from 'Muddled Up' to 'Deleted'.I am in the process of adding the tune types to a drop down list at the top of the page. This process is incredibly boring (or maybe just predic

The Wren Hornpipe

Jun 4th, 2023 2m 41s

Here's another tune from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland. I hadn't noticed it before, despite its being there since 1907. I don't remember ever seeing a wren either. Maybe because they're so small.

Clarkson’s reel

Apr 7th, 2020 2m 8s

Tune number 748 from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland - 1001 gems There are 1000 tunes in this book with better names but only some of them are better tunes.

The Cat in the Corner (jig)

Mar 25th, 2020 1m 52s

O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland tune number 129I probably would have been better getting the cat to play it.

The Day We Paid the Rent (reel)

Mar 24th, 2020 1m 53s

I play this tune by direct debit.

The Tongs by the Fire (jig)

Mar 22nd, 2020 2m 8s

Here's another tune from Francis O'Neill's 'Dance Music of Ireland - 1001 Gems'.My understanding of 'gem' in today's context is a tune without syncopation and notes keeping close company with other notes they don't get on with.

Molly What Ails You? (reel)

Mar 21st, 2020 1m 49s

Here's tune number 652 in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland.It's the best tune between tunes 651 and 653.

Jackson’s censored Reel

Jun 10th, 2019 2m 42s

Money in Every Pocket but My Own

Jun 8th, 2019 1m 40s

Here's a tune high in vitamin C. Also called the 'Belfast March', named after a town low in every vitamin.https://thesession.org/tunes/5000

The Church Street polka

Jun 7th, 2019 1m 52s

Here's a tune I was asked to post here. It's a great tune but I can't play polkas, so I never play them, so I can't play them, so I never play them, so ...The associated polka dots are here: https://thesession.org/tunes/1560

The London Clog

May 19th, 2019 2m 19s

Here's a tune which Tom Morrison recorded i 1928. London clogs are probably mainly fatbergs in the sewers these days.Here it is played properly:https://archive.org/details/TomMorrisonTheLondonClogHere it is written out badly:

The Milky Way (reel)

May 11th, 2019 2m 17s

This reel was made in space for the flute; sorry this effort isn't as out of this world as the title would suggest.

Peg McGrath’s reel

May 10th, 2019 1m 47s

Here's a tune written by Josie McDermott in honour of Peg McGrath who made one of the nicest flute noises I've ever heard.

The Whistling Postman - jig

May 9th, 2019 2m 31s

A short tune to fill a spare minute. I don't know how much postmen/postwomen (or even postmodernists) whistle now under the burden of Amazon boxes.

Jack Rowe - reel

May 4th, 2019 2m 18s

Here's a tune I first heard from a recording of John McGuire - Seán's father. The guy in the photo was Jack Rowe - looks like he could blow a flute with the back of his neck. Some feat. Some neck.

The Mount Collins Reel (The Girls of Farranfore)

May 3rd, 2019 1m 49s

Here's a reel which you can hear Denis Murphy playing at: Mount Collins Reel / Doon Reel. There are special wobbles in the second tune which, according to the info at archive.org, are due to a hole being 'punched slightly off-center'. I'd imagi

Black Pat’s Reel

Dec 10th, 2016 3m 3s

I've been living in a teeny weeny flat in Luxembourg for the last three weeks and have been afraid to play in case the people in the teeny weeny flats above and beside me objected. I finally got playing last night in a pub at a session with 4

Black Pat’s Reel

Dec 10th, 2016 3m 3s

Sweet Biddy Daly (jig)

Feb 13th, 2016 1m 56s

This jig is also known as 'Health to the Ladies'. It's a good tune for getting used to playing in A as it doesn't need any G sharps.As for the identity of Sweet Biddy Daly: I think she was the alter ego of Sour Suzie Knightly.https://the

The Gates of Mullagh (reel)

Jan 25th, 2016 2m 23s

Here's a reel composed by Josephne Keegan. I can't tell you much about the title though I know that a gate is like a door with the outside on its inside and outside; a Mullagh (or mullach) is a hilltop and so lots of hilly places are named af

The One Horned Cow (reel)

Oct 5th, 2015 1m 46s

Here's a reel which was included in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland in 1907 as 'An Bhó Mhaol / The Hornless Cow' but was recorded by Liam Walsh in 1933 as 'The One Horned Cow' https://archive.org/details/LiamWalshTheFairyReelTheOneHornedCowThe

The Lonesome Jig

Sep 21st, 2015 1m 55s

Here's a Lonesome Jig. It only has 681 companions on this site so far - no wonder it feels a bit isolated.

The Blarney Pilgrim (jig)

May 16th, 2015 2m 10s

Here's a tune I've managed to overlook during the years I've been putting tunes on this site. It refers to the Blarney Stone the kissing of which is reputed to leave a great facility for fine talk on the lips which were in contact with said

Mama’s Pet (3)

Jul 15th, 2014 1m 24s

I've just got my nice old flute back from a period in a flute hospital so felt inspired to post a tune on it before I break it again.This tune appears to be the third Mama's Pet I've posted here so she'll maybe able to open a small zoo. I'm no