GLADYS' CELTIC CORNER ~ PAGE 3 - CELTIC FIDDLING
(AN 'ASHOKAN FAREWELL' ~ In memory, Debso)
(Play us a tune Deb)
'Ashokan Farewell'
CELTIC" FIDDLING ~ MIDI FILES and SHEET MUSIC
Reels, Hornpipes, Jigs, Strathspeys, Laments, Airs,
Marches and some Celtic Songs
(For a 'Mixed Bag' of all types fiddling
with Midis and Sheet Music ~ CLICK HERE:
CELTIC CORNER INDEX PAGE)
NOW...THE CELTIC FIDDLING.....
(Some MIDIS on this site feature "Fiddle Music";if not available
Midis sequenced with other Instruments are used for sample of melody)
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***REELS***
ALLENS REEL
(Ricker)
MIDI
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SHEET MUSIC
ANGELINE THE BAKER
MIDI
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SHEET MUSIC
ANGUS CAMPBELL
(Ricker)
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SHEET MUSIC
ARCHIE MENZIES
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SHEET MUSIC
BALLINASLOE FAIR REEL (
Ricker)
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SHEET MUSIC
THE BEATRICE REEL
Ricker)
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SHEET MUSIC
BETTY LOU'S REEL
(Rankin Family Arr.-Ricker)
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SHEET MUSIC
BIG JOHN MC NEIL
(Ricker)
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SHEET MUSIC
BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND
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BLIND MANS REEL
(Ricker)
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SHEET MUSIC
BOAT STREET LASSES
(Mrs. S.Ryan,fiddle)
MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
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BONNIE ANNIE REEL
(Also playable as Strathspey)
(By 18th century Fiddler Daniel Dow
MIDI is arranged as STRATHSPEY
then as a REEL-multitrack)
MIDI
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SHEET MUSIC
BOYS OF MALIN REEL
(John Doherty, fiddle)
MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
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BUCKLEYS FANCY
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SHEET MUSIC
(The)CELEBRATED OPERA REEL
Dennis Murphy, fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
COMING HOME FROM THE BOG
-Paddy Ryan, fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
COPPER AND BRASS
Tommy Peoples,fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
DROWSY MAGGIE
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SHEET MUSIC
DUSTY MILLER
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SHEET MUSIC
FAERY DANCE
Niel Gow, 18th century
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Sean Keane,fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
(The)HARE IN THE CORNER
-Jack Connell,fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
(THE) HIGHLANDERS KNEEBUCKLE
(Johnny Henry, fiddle)
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SHEET MUSIC
MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
HIGH ROAD TO LINTON
also known as "Jenny's Gone to Linton"
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HUGHIE SHORTIE'S REEL
By Johnny Wilmot; (Hughie MacDonald is a character, from
Inverness, who every fiddler knows and likes; Hughie follows
all the Cape Breton fiddlers around with his tape recorder
collecting their music.
SHEET MUSIC
ICEY BLUE DAYS
(Jerry Holland)
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ISLA SIDE LASSES REEL
(19th century, Alexander Walker)
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JACKY TAR
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JEAN'S REEL
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SHEET MUSIC
JENNY DANG THE WEAVER -Scottish,18th century
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SHEET MUSIC
JOHNNY SULLIVAN REEL
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JOHNNY WILMOT'S FIDDLE (REEL)
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LADY FRANCIS SCOT'S REEL (D. Dow)
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SHEET MUSIC
(The)LARK IN THE MORNING
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Cynthia MacLeod Plays....
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MEDLEY....
Lord MacDonald's Reel, Sheehan's Reel, Mason's
Apron, Miller's Reel and Big John MacNeil...
A 16 year old Fiddler from Harrington, P.E.I., Canada
More info on her ...see 'Fiddling Links' page
(The)MAID BEHIND THE BAR
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(The)MASON'S APRON
Patrick Kelly,fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
MRS.AUGUSTUS MURPHY REEL
Composer~ Dan R. MacDonald;
Solo Fiddler ~Raymond Ellis;
INSTRUCTIONAL PROJECT (1989) titled
"A Tribute to Dan R. MacDonald"
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PIGEON ON A GATE
A fast Amixolydian Scottish Reel
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SHEET MUSIC
(The) POPE'S TOE
Denis Murphy, fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
RAKES OF MALLOW
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SAINT ANNE'S REEL
(also know as Saint Agathe's) - Key of D
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SHEET MUSIC
SOLDIER'S JOY
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SWALLOWTAIL REEL
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WEST MABOU REEL
SHEET MUSIC
("Popular dance tune, composed in Cape Breton;
WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
***HORNPIPES***
BEESWING HORNPIPE
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BOBBY CASEYS HORNPIPE
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SHEET MUSIC
FISHERS HORNPIPE
(sheet music J&D Donaldson, Bill Holmes)
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SHEET MUSIC
FLOWERS OF EDINBURGH
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SHEET MUSIC
(Stanton Taylor)
GOLDEN EAGLE HORNPIPE
(Arr. Mark O'connor)
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SHEET MUSIC
HIGH LEVEL HORNPIPE
(Scott Skinner)
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SHEET MUSIC
***JIGS***
(The)BLACKTHORNE STICK
Dennis Murphy,fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
(The)BOYS OF THE LAKE JIG ~
Jerry Holland
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BRENDA STUBBERTS JIG ~
Jerry Holland
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CALLIOPE HOUSE
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HARBOURVIEW JIG (John Campbell)
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IRISH WASHERWOMAN
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JIG OF SLURS
(Johnny Cunningham)
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke***
JOHNNY WILMOT'S JIG
(composed by Johnny Wilmot, Cape Breton, Canada)
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KILAVEL JIG
(Cath Cusey,Ennis.Co.Clare)
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke*
(THE) MAID AT THE SPINNING WHEEL
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(THE)MUCKIN'OF GEORDIES BYER
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
(J & D Donaldson)
WHELANS FANCY JIG
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
< ***STRATHSPEYS***
HECTOR THE HERO ~ J.Scott Skinner
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FOR SHEET MUSIC (GIF)
(THE)IRON MAN
Sheet Music Winston Scotty Fitzgerald via Stan Taylor
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
LITTLE JOHN'S HOME (Strathspey)
This Strathspey was passed on by Little Jack MacDonald to
Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald who passed it on to Stanton Taylor
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
LORD ALEXANDER GORDON STRATHSPEY
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MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY FAVOURITE STRATHSPEY
A William Marshall Strathspey in the Key of G minor,
the original Fiddle key, from the late 1700.s
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
MISS HUTTONS STRATHSPEY
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MOXHAM'S CASTLE ~ STRATHSPEY
Composer~ Dan R. MacDonald
Solo Fiddler ~Raymond Ellis; recorded as Instructional
Project (1989) titled "A Tribute to Dan R. MacDonald"
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(Moxham's Castle Strathspey, Mrs. Augustus Murphy Reel
Requires "Real Player" for THIS MEDLEY only....
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Midi arrangement by "Tony's Celtic Music Pages"
SANDY MAC INTYRE'S TRIP TO BOSTON
SIR ALEXANDER DON'S STRATHSPEY
(ancestor of "Auld Lang Syne"?)
Scottish traditional from 18th century
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
THA MI SGITH
("I'm so Tired Cutting Bracken")
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***"AIRS"***
"GAELIC AIR"
A Highland Air collected by P.MacDonald in 1700's
Later recorded by Alisdair Fraser
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HEIGHTS OF DARGAI
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"INISHEER" ~ A SCOTTISH AIR
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"SIR WILLIAM WALLACE"
(from Harp and Claymore - J.Scott Skinner)
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"THE MILL"
Robert Burns - Scottish - 18th century
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"TONIGHT MY SLEEP WILL BE RESTLESS"
(Nochd Gur Faoin mo Chadal Dhomh)
Slow Air on a Alasdair Fraser CD (Celtic Twilight 3)
Sheet Music/Midi courtesy Tony's Celtic Music Pages
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
***"LAMENTS"***
FAREWELL TO WHISKY
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LORD LOVAT'S LAMENT
Sometimes played as an "Air"
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NEIL GOW'S LAMENT (DEATH OF HIS SECOND WIFE)
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O'CONNELS LAMENTATION
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O'CONNELS FAREWELL TO DUBLIN
Junior Crehan,fiddle
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MIDI sequenced by Ron Clarke***
***"MARCHES"***
BONNIE LASS OF BON ACCORD
(Logie Collection - J. Scott Skinner)
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BONAPARTE CROSSING THE RHINE
(aka "SHERMAN'S MARCH
)
See 'Sherman's March' below
DUKE OF FIFE'S WELCOME TO DEESIDE
(Harp and Claymore - J. Scott Skinner)
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DUMBARTON CASTLE
(Harp and Claymore - J. Scott Skinner)
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(The)FREE GARDNER MARCH
19th century, Alexander Walker
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HEIGHTS OF DARGAI
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Also played as an Air
MARCH TO THE RENDEZVOUS
(19th century composer Alexander Walker)
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MORAG OF DUNVEGAN ~
lst version
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MORAG OF DUNVEGAN ~
2nd version
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SANDY MAC INTYRE'S TRIP TO BOSTON
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SHERMAN'S MARCH
(aka "Bonaparte crossing the Rhine")
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
SPACE AVAILABLE
"THEME TUNE" for our "FIDDLER" Group
Composed by fiddler Marcel Doucet, while he was touring
Austria;he came up with the Title from words stamped on the back
of an Airline Ticket..."Space Available"
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"Space Available"FOR SHEET MUSIC
NOTE...The Sheet Music is a transcription of fiddler Eddy Arsenault's
rendition from "The Fiddle Music of P.E.I. ~ by one Ken Perlman"
STELLA'S TRIP TO KAMLOOPS
(Very nice March; nice harmonization on the Midi)
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
***"WALTZES/ SCHOTTISCHE/SONGS"***
BONNY PORTMORE
Lyrics and Sheet Music together
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CAILIN MO RUIN-SA
MIDI and LYRICS
(translates "My Dearest My Own";some translations
show title as "The Maid I Adore")
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CLICK FOR LYRICS ~ ENGLISH TRANSLATION
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CASTLE BAY WALTZ
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FOR SHEET MUSIC
ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS
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FIR NA FHATA - Waltz
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SHEET MUSIC
FLORENCE KILLEN WALTZ
(One of my FAVOURITE Waltzes; composed by Clifford
Manley, Oshawa, Ont.,Canada;Recorded by Ivan Hicks and
appears in Bill Guest Violin book; used with permission
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ORANGE AND BLUE ~ Schottische or Solo
(This variation by J. Scott Skinner)
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SI BHEAG, SI MOHR
Si Bheag Si Mohr-Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1783), the great Irish
harper and composer, wrote this piece at the suggestion of Squire
Reynolds, one of his earliest patrons. It tells of the war between
the fairies of two local fairy mounds (actually prehistoric cairns)
called Si Bheag and Si Mohr.
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SHEET MUSIC
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