Tuesday, August 25, 2015

August Strongbow's Jam

We had another small-but-spirited jam at John Strongbow's. Tunes we didn't play, but are recommended to learn, are in parentheses:

'S Coma Leum Cogadh no Sith/WIllie Davie/Lexy MacAskill/Jenny Dang the Weaver/The Ale is Dear/The Duke of Atholl's Forest Lodge
Skye Boat Song
Lord Lovat's Lament/The Conundrum/Because he was a Bonny Lad/Dunse Dings A'/High Road to Linton
(The Ragged Sailor)/Sailor's Wife/The Cushion Dance/My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing
Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban
The Smith's a Gallant Fireman/The Barrowburn Reel/The High Drive
The Soup Dragon
Da Ferry Reel/Miss Spence's blue/(Da Forfeit o' da Ship)/Jack Broke da Prison Door/Sleep Soond ida Moarnin/Da Faroe Rum/Willafjord
(Calum Donaldson/Mickey Ainsworth)
The Merry Macs/The Ewie wi' the Crookit' Horn/The Sound of Sleat
Skye Dance #27/Ger the Rigger
Tail Toddle/The Shetland Fiddler
Brenda Stubbert's Reel/Miss MacLeod of Raasay
Hamish Henderson's Refusal/Tam Lin
Iggy & Sqiggy/Da Grocer
The Earl of Mansfield
Mor a Cheannich/Spootiskerry
Lochanside
Hughie Shorty's/As a Thosaich/Flowers of Edinburgh
Road to Banff/The Famous Baravan
Atholl Highlanders
Highland Whisky/The Devil in the Kitchen/The De'il Amang the Tailors/The Dram Shell/Timour the Tartar/Jack Daniel's/Father Francis Cameron's/Put Me in a Box