Tunes for Contras/Squares

  Long/Short   Slip Jigs Waltzes

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z (The) Abbey Reel
Accordian Crimes by Dave Para
Around the horn by Jay Ungar
Art O'keefe's
Across a crowded room *
Altamont [reel] by John Lusk  | (v2)
Angelina (the) Baker [reel]
Angus Campbell
Ariel Hornpipe by Cyril Stinnett
Arkansas Traveler
(The) Ashplant Reel  | (v2)  | (v3)
Saint Anne's Reel
Bad Hair [reel] by Rodney Miller  | (Jazzy)
(The) Banks/Shores of Lough Gowna @ [jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Barbours Cordial
Bay of Fundy Reel
Batchelder's Reel
Beaumont Rag [fabulous version]
Bending my Elbow *
Benton’s Dream [reel]
Big John McNeil [reel]  | (v2)
Big Scioty
Big sweet taters (in Sandy Land)  | (v2)
Billy In the Lowground  | (fast)
Blackberry Blossom  | (clear)  | (slow)
(The) Blackthorn Stick @ [jig]  | (v2)  | (slow)
Black Rogue @ [jig]
Blair Atholl  | (v2)
Blackjack Whiskey by Graham Townsend
Blarney Pilgrim @ [jig]
Blue Jig @ [jig] by Joel Mabus  | (fabulous)  | (v3)  | (Jazzy)
Blue Water Jig @ [jig] by John Durocher
Boatman
Booth shot Lincoln [Also “Booth” ]  | (v2)  | (v3)  | (v4)
Brenda's Reel
Brenda Stubbert's reel by Jerry Holland
Bridget's Back in Town
Brushy Run  | (v2)  | (v3)
Buchta Dancers’ Polka by Don Messer
Bus Stop Reel by Anita Anderson
C.N.E. Breakdown [Canadian National Exposition] by Ward Allen
Caliche Creek  | (v2)
Calliope House @ [jig]  | (v2)
Camp Meeting on the 4^th of July [reel]
Cantina  | (v2)
Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland @ [jig] by Willy? Hunter?  | (v2)
Captain Campbell  | (v2)
Caribou Reel by Andy deJaris [Caribou Reel ≠  Reel Caribou]
Castle Kelly [reel]
Catharsis  | (slow)  | (fast)  | (v3)  | (diff styling)
Cats and Rats * by Bill Dudley
Century Polka
Chain a Lady
Chattanooga [rag]
Chinese Breakdown [reel]
Chivalry by Keith Murphy  | (v2)
Cincinnati Rag
Cliffs of Moher @ [jig]
Clare Island Boat Song @ [jig]
Clare Jig @ [jig]
(The) Clare Shout @ [jig]  | (v2)
(The) Clumsy Lover @ [jig] by Neil Dickie  | (v2)
(The) Coffee is Strong @ [jig]
Coffee Jig @ [jig]  | (v2)
Cold Frosty Morning  | (v2)
Coleman's March
Coleraine Jig @ [jig]  | (sedate)  | (fast)
Colored Aristocracy [rag]
Come (Let Us) Dance and Sing  | (v2)  | (v3)
Cooley's Reel
(The) Coral Riff [reel] by Pete Sutherland  | (v2)
Cotton Baggin' [breakdown/reel]
Cotton by Charlie Engstrom  | (cloggers)  | (audio only)
Cowboy's Dream  | (v2)  | (v3)
Cowboy Jig
Crook Brothers Breakdown  | (fancy)
Cuckoo's Nest [Hornpipe ?]  | (v2)
Curvy Road to Corinth [reel]
Dancing Bear [reel]
(The) Dawn
(The) Devil's Dream [reel]  | (v2)
Devil's in the Kitchen [strathspey,reel]  | (v2)
Devil in the Strawstack [breakdown/reel] by Tommy Jarrell  | (v2)
Dick Gossip's Reel  | (v2)
Dinky Dorian’s reel  | (v2)  | (v3)
Dinky's Reel
Don't do that again by George Paul
Donnybrook Fair @ [jig]
Door County #2  | (Larry Unger)  | (Notorious)
Dougie McDonald's
Drowsy Maggie [reel]
(The) Drunken Landlady [reel]  | (fast)
(The) Drunken Sailor by Kevin Burke
Duck River [breakdown/reel] by John Salyer  | (slow)
Ducks on the Millpond [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Ducks on the Pond [reel]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Durang's Hornpipe  | (v2)
Dutiaume Foxtrot by Reg Bouvette
East Tennessee Blues [breakdown/blues] by Charlie Bowman
8th of January [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Eli Greene's Cakewalk [cakewalk, rag] by Sadie Koninsky  | (v2)
Evil Diane  | (v2)  | (v3)  | (drum)
Farewell to the Taliban [slipjig] by Phil Cunningham  | (v2)
Farewell to Whiskey
Father Kelly's Reel  | (stepdance)  | (slow)
Fiddlin’ Andy by Andy Dejarlis
Fire On The Mountain by Isham Monday  | (v2)  | (v3)  | (comic, 28)
Fireball [multiple tunes]  | (v2)
Firefly Dance @ [jig]
(The) Firefly Jig @ [jig]
Firefly Reel [correct tune ?]
Fishers Hornpipe  | (improv)  | (riffing)  | (classical)
Fishing Rod Reel by Ward Allen
Fleur De Mandragore [reel]  | (v2)
First Pint @ [jig] by Colin Farrell  | (v2)
Flop-eared Mule  | (v2)  | (bray, Dubliners)  | (bray)  | (orchestra)
Fly around my Pretty Little Miss [breakdown/reel]
Flowers of Edinburgh [?]
Flying home to Shelley [reel] by Paul Gitlitz
Flying Tent by Keith Murphy  | (v2)  | (solo)
Folding Down the Sheets  | (v2)
Frank's reel
Free the Fischer
French gigue @ [jig]
(The) Friendly Visit [hornpipe]
Frieze Breeches @ [jig] [Also Freeze Britches]  | (e-Motion)  | (v3)
Full House * by David Massey
(The) Gale by Susan Conger
Gal With the Rundown Shoe [ ? ? ?] by Walt Koken
Garfield's Blackberry Blossom [?=? Blackberry Blossom?]
Garrett Berry's Jig @ [jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Garrett Berry's Reel  | (v2)
Gaspe Reel
Generic Square Dance *
Georgia Railroad [breakdown/reel]
(La) Gigue de Terrebonne @ [jig]
Gilles Roy by Graham Townsend
Ginger Sling *
(The) Girl I Left Behind Me
Glass Island [reel]
Glory in the Meeting House  | (v2)  | (v3)
(The) Goat in the Garden @ [jig]
Goats in the Garden [bluegrass] by George Paul   [Is this the G.Paul version??]
Going to the Wedding to Get Some Cake
Going Uptown [reel ? ]
Gold(en) Stud
Greasy Coat [breakdown/reel]  | (funky)  | (fast)
Green Mountain Petronella [reel]  |  (v2)
Green Willis [ ? ? ? ]  | (v2)
Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman [reel]
Gravel Walks [reel]
Haning's Farewell
Handsome Young Maidens @ [jig]  | (v2)
Hangman's reel [ = Le Reel Du Pendu]  | (clogging)
Haphazard Breakdown
Happy A *
Happy Together  | (v2)  | (comic)
Haste to the Wedding @ [jig] by James Oswald  | (v2)  | (v3)
Hawks ands Eagles by Norman Edmonds  | (slow)
High Road to Linton [reel]  | (v2)
Home with the Girls in the Morning [breakdown/reel]  | (lyrics)
Humours of Lisheen @ [jig]  | (v2)  | (guitar)
Humours of Lissadell [reel]
Hunt the Squirrel @ [jig]
Hunting the Buffalo
Ice House  → See Maison de Glace
I Buried My Wife (and Danced on her Grave) [jig]
In Between Jig * [jig] by Peter Martin
Indian Point [jig] by Rick Mohr  | (v2)
Inside * by Bill Paine
Irish-American Reel
(The) Irish Hornpipe
Irish Reel by Cyril Stinnett  | (v2)
Irish Washerwoman Jig [jig]
Irish Polkas [polka, reel ? ]
It's in D [jig]
(The Old) Jawbone [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Jaybird  | (v2)  | (v3)
Jenny Picking Cockles [reel]  | (v2)
Jerry’s Beaver Hat [jig]
Jerusalem Ridge  | (M.Cleveland)  | (solo)
Jim The Fiddle Maker by Ivan Hicks
Joe Derrane's Jig [jig]  | (slow)
Johnny Don’t Get Drunk [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Joys of Québec [reel]  | (v2)
(The) Judge *
Julia Clifford's jig [jig]
Julia Delaney
June Apple [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Jump at the Sun [jig]
Kate n' Roses *
Katelyn's March * by David Massey
Kent County Jig [jig] by Angus Robichaud
Kesh Jig [jig]
Killavil Jig [jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Killavil Reel  | (v2)
Kiss me Kate [reel]
Kitchen Girl [breakdown/reel] by Henry Reed  | (v2)
L&N Rag by Alex Hood
La Bastringue
La fée des dents  |  (fiddle, keyboard)
Lad O'Beirne's Jig [jig]
Lady be good  | (nice)
Lamb's wool rag
Lark in the Morning [jig 4-part]  | (fast)  | (v3)
Lasses Trust in Providence
Last chance
Last Train To Rajasthan  | (v2)  | (innovative)
Late For The Dance
Laughing Marg by Jim Mullaney
Laurel's Reel
Leitrim's Fancy Hornpipe  | (slow)
Leitrim's Fancy Jig [jig]  | (duo)  | (v3)  | (v4)
Liberty  | (v2)  | (solos)  | (archival)
Lilting Banshee [jig]
Little Liza Jane  | (v2)  | (fast)  | (v4)
Lonesome Indian [∃ several versions] by Andy Dejarlis
Lord MacDonald’s Reel
Lord of the Dance  | (v2)  | (v3)
Lost Girl  | (v2)
Lost Indian
Lucy Campbell
Maid Behind the Bar Also Judy's Reel  | (v2)  | (v3)
Maison de Glace (The Ice House) [jig] by Peter Martin & Réjean Brunet  | (v2)
Maple Leafs [AABB: 64beats×2; reel]
Maple Sugar by Ward Allen  | (v2)
Marche de Thomas Pomerleau  | (v2)  | (v3)
Marco Polo *
Marie's Wedding [Also Mari , Mairi ]
March of Saint Timothy by Judi Morningstar  | (v2)
Martha Campbell  | (v2)
Mason's Apron  | (v2)
Maudabawn Chapel [reel]  | (v2)
Maurice Billette Reel by Calvin Vollrath
Meeting of the Waters  | (v2)
Meg Grey  | (v2)  | (v3)
Merrily Kissed The Quaker [jig]  | (v2)
Merry Blacksmith Reel  | (v2)
Miller's Maggot [jig]  | (v2)
Miss McCloud's Reel Also Miss McLeod's  | (fast)
Miss Susan Cooper by Ronnie Cooper
Mississippi Sawyer  | (v2)  | (v3)
Mist-Covered Mountain
Monaghan jig [jig]
Montebello Reel by Webb Acheson [Seems Montebello Reel ≠ Reel de Montebello ]
(The) Moon & Seven Stars [jig]  | (v2)
Morrison Jig [jig]
Mother's Reel
Mother Thacker’s Oyama Special by Calvin Vollrath
Mountain Canary
Mouse in the Cupboard [jig]
(The) Mouth Of The Tobique [64 beat version]
(The) Mountain Road
(The) Moving Cloud  | (fast)
Munster Bacon [jig]
Munster Buttermilk [jig] [similar: Out in the Ocean]  | (v2)
Music for a Found Harmonium  | (nyckelharpa)
My Blue Ridge Mountain Home [foxtrot] by Carson Robison
My Mary Ann * [jig]
My Other Brother Darrell Polka by Calvin Vollrath
Nail that Catfish to a Tree  | (v2)  | (v3)
Night Owls
North Carolina Breakdown  | (v2)  | (duo dulcimers)
Off She Goes [jig]
Old Favorite [jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Old French  | (v2)  | (v3)
Old Grey Cat  |  (v2)
Old Hag You Have Killed Me [jig]
Old Horse and Buggy  | (v2)
Old Joe Clark  | (v2)  | (sung, lyrics)
The Old Man and The Old Woman
Old Man Winter [?Extra beats?]  | (v2)
On The Danforth by Keith Murphy
Opera Reel
Out in the Ocean [jig]
Out on the Road
Orange Blossom Special
Paddy O'Rafferty's [Also Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh] [jig 3-part]
Paddy Clancy's Jig [jig]  | (v2)
Paddy on the Handcar [reel]  | (v2)
Paddy on the Railroad [reel]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Paddy on the Railway [reel]
Pagosa Hornpipe by Rob Pine
Paul Berard’s Jig [jig] by Neil Berard
Peter-Martin's * by Bill Paine
Petronella
(The) Pigeon On The Gate
Pipe on the hob [jig]
Possum's Tail is Bare
Providence Reel  | (v2)  | (Same tune?)
Puff Adder  | (v2)
Polar Bear Jig [jig]
Possum Up a Gum Stump
Pretty Little Dog  | (fast)  | (v3)
Promised Land * by Eleta Sucsy
Puncheon Floor  | (v2)  | (Two banjos)
Ragtime Annie  | (fast)
Rakish Paddy  | (v2) | (v3)
Ralph's Watch by Judy Hyman
(The) Reconciliation Reel
Red-haired boy  | (v2)
Red Hills Polka  | (Bill Dudley)  | (baby)
Red Prairie Dawn by Garry Harrison  | (fast)
Red River Cart by Andy DeJarlis
Redwing  | (v2)
Reel Sainte-Antoine  | (group)  | (foot)
Reel Caribou [≠  Caribou Reel]
Reel de Joie
Reel de L'Oiseau Bleu  | (v2)
Reel de Montebello
Reel Sainte-Louise by Réjean Lizotte
Reel Yvonne by Yvonne Casey
Reign of Love [reel] by Keith Murphy
Ríl An Spidéal [Also Spiddal Reel] by Charlie Lennon  | (v2)
(On the) Road to Boston
Road To Lisdoonvarna [jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Road to Recovery by Liz Carroll  | (v2)  | (v3)
Robertson's Reel
Rock-a-bye Baby * by Daniel Steinberg
Rock that baby Lucy  | (v2)
Rock the baby Joe  | (v2)
Rock the Cradle Joe
Rockabye
Rocks of Brae  | (v2)
Rolling Wave [jig]
Rory O'More [jig]  | (danced)
Rosco by Kyle Creed  | (v2)
(The) Rose Tree
Route No. 15 by Reg Bouvette
Sail Away Ladies
Sally Ann
Salt River  | (fancy)  | (v3)
Salt Spring [intricate] by Keith Murphy  | (v2)
Sandy Boys
Sarah Armstrong  | (v2)
Saturday night breakdown  | (v2)
Scatter The Mud [jig]
(Down by the) Sally Gardens  | (v2)  | (v3)
Sean Ryan's Jig [jig]  | (v2)
Seneca Square Dance [= Waiting For The Federals]
Shaking Down the Acorns by Edden Hammons  | (v2)
Shelburne Rotary Breakdown by Earl Mitton
Shenandoah Falls
Ships in Full Sail [jig]
Shoes & Stockings by Henry Reed  | (v2)
Shoo Fly (don't bother me!) [Shoefly, Shoo! Fly]
Shuffle About  | (v2)
Silver Spear [reel]  | (v2)
Six Feet Under [ECD excellent] by Becky Tracy  | (v2)
Sleigh Ride Reel by Reg Hill
Sligo Reel
Smith Sisters’ Jig [jig] by Linda Duford
Snake River Reel  |  (v2)
Snowflake Reel
Spootiskerry [reel] by Samuel Ian Burns  | (v2)
Soldier's Joy  | (v2)
Soldier's Sorrow [Interesting intro. Unsure of measure-structure]  | (Play at 3/4 speed)
Southern Aristocracy
Speed the plow
Spotted Pony  | (v2)  | (mandolin)
Squirrel Hunters
Stan Chapman's Jig [jig]  | (dancers)
Star above the Garter [jig]
Star Of Munster
Staten Island Hornpipe
Stenson's Reel
Step Around Johnny by Sam Taylor
Stone's Rag by Charles Arrington
Stop Press by Pete Marshall | (v2) | (v3)
String of Trucks by Jim Kimball
Sugar Hill  | (v2)  | (v3)
Sugar in My Coffee [reel]
Sunset's Jig * [jig]
Susie and the Zebra Finch *
Swallowtail Jig [jig]
Sweet Briar  | (v2)
Sweet Georgia Brown
(The) Sweeter the Juice
Swinging on a Gate [reel]  | (v2)
(The) Sword in the hand [reel]
Tam Lin  | (v2)  | (v3)
Temperance Reel Also The Teetotaller  | (v2)  | (v3)
Texas Gals  | (v2)
Tom Staley's *
Top ‘O The Hill [jig] by Andy Dejarlis
Torn Jacket [AABB: 64beats×3; reel]
Toss the Feathers  | (v2)
Tour's End * by Daniel ?
Trip to Dingle [jig]  | (v2)
Trip to Pakistan [reel] by Niall Kenny
Trip to Sofia
Tripping up the stairs [jig]  | (v2)
Troll Soup by Brendan Taaffe  | (v2)  | (v3)
Turkey in the Straw  | (fast)
Tuttle’s Reel
Twelve Pins [reel] by Charlie Lennon  | (v2)  | (v3)
Up Sligo [jig]  | (v2)
Victory Breakdown by Don Messer
Virginia Reel  | (v2)  | (?? same tune)
Wabash Cannonball  | (v2)
Waiting for Jimmy Flett [Time signature? For contra? ] by Calvin Vollrath & John Arcand
Waiting For The Federals  → See Seneca Square Dance
Walker Street Reel
Walkin' Uptown
War Bonnet Reel by Marcel Meilleur  | (author playing)
Waynesboro/Waynesburgh
Ways of the World
West Fork Gals
Wheels of the World
Whalen's Breakdown
(Drinking) Whiskey before Breakfast  | (v2)  | (v3)
(The) White Petticoat [jig]  | (v2)
Wissahicken Drive  | (v2)
Wizard's Walk by Jay Ungar  | (Jacie)  | (Playful)  | (fast)
Woodchopper's reel [aka breakdown]  | (piano)
The Wren [reel] by Keith Murphy
Year of Jubilo
(The) Yellow Barber
Yellow Rose of Texas  | (v2)
Yvonne Casey's Reel by Yvonne Casey
Zelda [jig] by Philippe Plard

Waltzes

Amelia [waltz] by Bob McQuillen
April Waltz by Selma Kaplan
Ashokan Farewell
(Les) Barres de la Prison [cajun waltz] by Canray Fontenot
Blue Jeans & Gingham [waltz] by Spade Cooley
Crested Hens (Les Poules Huppées) by Gilles Chabenat  | (Gypsy styling)
(Waltz for an) Endless Spring by Bill Dudley, [Sheet music]
Equinox Waltz * by David Massey
Falkowski Falls * by Bill Paine
Firefly Waltz
Haapavesi Waltz by Keith Murphy [Dance Spanish Waltz]
Halfway Pond Waltz [K.Aagard] by Jim Childriss  | (v2)  | (solo)
(Planxty) Hewlett  | (flute)  | (harp)
Josefin's Waltz [Also Josephine's Waltz] by Roger Tallroth  | (v2)  | (slow)
Judy and Jim's Wedding  | (danced)
Lordags Waltz by Keith Murphy  | (accordian)
Midnight on the Water  | (v2)
Molly's Waltz
Ordale Waltz
Penny On A Fiddle Waltz by Peter Sound  | (v2)
Planxty Hewlett  → See Hewlett
Raemona's Waltz by Brian Hebert
Rockabye Moon Waltz  | (v2)
(The) Rope Waltz
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór  | (Story)
Shelathwell by the Sea *
Snow Waltz
Swannanoa Waltz  | (v2)
Waltz of the Floating Bridge  | (v2)
Waltz of the Toys [ = La Valse Des Jouets] by Michel Faubert

Cajun

Chère Bébé Créole