Scottish Tune Site

Index of Tunes for Columbus, Ohio Scottish Fiddle Gatherings

(very much a work in progress; more tunes will be added as time allows)

The purpose for the page is just to list some of my favorite Scottish fiddle tunes, so folks who attend the ceilidhs/seisuns will have access to the tunes. Most of the tunes are just treble clef; a few of them are harp arrangements that I have presented at harp workshops. These tunes (the harp arrangements, that is!) are designated by a "H" after the tune.

Last Updated 2/18/2008

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Airs/Waltzes:

  1. Braigh Loch Iall "H"
  2. Coilsfield House
  3. Eilean Beag Donn A’ Chuain (Little Brown Island in the Ocean)
  4. First Eve "H"
  5. John Roy Lyall "H"
  6. Lady Ramsey
  7. Lochaber No More
  8. Margaret's Waltz
  9. Marni Swanson of the Grey Coast
  10. Mrs. Jamieson's Favorite (air)
  11. My Ain Kind Dearie (18th Century)
  12. My Cape Breton Home (Cape Breton)
  13. Rita Hunter of Aultbea
  14. Roslyn Castle "H"
  15. Shingly Beach (Shetland) "H"
  16. Skye Dance "H"

Marches:

  1. Braes o' Bushbie "H"
  2. Campbell’s Farewell to Redgap (Redcastle)
  3. Drunken Piper
  4. Farewell to the Tay (pipe march)
  5. Father John MacMillan of Barra
  6. Fuadach na Gaidheal (Lord Lovat's Lament) "H"
  7. Fingal’s Cave
  8. Inverness Gathering
  9. Ramsey's Reprieve (pipe march)
  10. (Ah,) Ye've Been Lang a' Comin'  "H"

Jigs (some of the pipe marches above are in 6/8 time, but are more marches than jigs!):

  1. Da Full Rigged Ship (Shetland)
  2. Duncan McGillivray’s
  3. Drummond Castle
  4. Drummond Castle (jig)
  5. Oran a' Bhuntata (A Scottish Potato Famine Tune)

Strathspeys:

  1. Bodaich Beag Abriathachain (Old Men of Abriachan)
  2. Banks of Loch Ness (strathspey)
  3. Ca’ the Wethers tae the Hill
  4. Captain Horne (pipe strathspey)
  5. Chuir I Gluin air a Bhotach (She Put the Knee on the Old Man)
  6. Lady Lucy Ramsey "H"
  7. Loch Gorm  "H"
  8. Marquis of Huntly's Strathspey  "H"
  9. Mrs. Robertson of Greshornish
  10. Peter Bailie "H"
  11. Smith’s a Gallant Fireman
  12. Strohn Point
  13. Struan Robertson
  14. They Stole My Wife Last Night

Reels:

  1. The Ale Is Dear (pipe tune)
  2. As a Thoiseach (Keep it Up)
  3. Auld Reel (Irish: Paddy on the Turnpike)
  4. Barrowburn Reel
  5. Bonnie Charlie
  6. Brenda Stubbert’s (Cape Breton)
  7. Bride's Reel
  8. Captain Alex Fraser
  9. Charms of Whiskey
  10. Celtic Society Quickstep
  11. Chuir Mi Anns an Ciste Mhor (Put Me in a Big Box)
  12. Da Auld Stor's Back Again
  13. Da New Rigged Ship (Shetland)
  14. Double Kisses "H"
  15. Flowers of Edinburgh
  16. Glenburnie Rant (reel)
  17. High Road to Linton
  18. Highlander's Revenge
  19. Jack Broke da Prison Door (Shetland)
  20. Johnnie Finlay
  21. John Morris Rankin (Cape Breton)
  22. Lady Charlotte Campbell  "H"
  23. Lambing Storm
  24. Lexie McAskill
  25. Loch Torridon "H"
  26. Miss Rattray "H"
  27. Miss Shepherd
  28. Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay (Irish: Miss McLeod’s)
  29. Och Is Duine Truagh Mi (O, Man You Sadden Me)
  30. Prince Charlie
  31. Put on the Steam
  32. Sean Triubhas Uilleachain
  33. Sleep Soond in da Morning (Shetland)
  34. Sound of Sleat
  35. Spootiskerry "H"
  36. Trip to Pakistan (OK, it ISN'T Scottish - but I like it!) "H"
  37. Walking on the Moon (Addie Harper)
  38. (The) Wedding Ring (reel)
  39. West Mabou Reel
  40. Willafjord

Hornpipes:

  1. John Trotter's Hornpipe "H"
  2. Lady Eliza Lindsey "H"
  3. Marquis of Lorne Hornpipe "H"
  4. Da Sixereen

Song Tunes:

  1. Four song tunes: Ae Fond Kiss, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose, Ye Banks and Braes and Auld Lang Syne
  2. Eriskay Love Lilt
  3. John Anderson My Jo
  4. Scotland the Brave
  5. Scots Wha Ha'e
  6. Sound the Pibroch
  7. Wild Mountain Thyme (Will Ye Go, Lassie Go?)