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Whinshields Hornpipe (added 22/6/08)

The Sylph (added 22/6/08)

Circassian Circle (added 21/6/08)

Drops of Brandy (added 21/6/08)

Sweet Hesleyside (added 21/6/080

The Blackbird (added 24/3/08)

Felton Lonnon (added 8/3/08)

The Hawk Polka (added 7/3/08)

Rights of Man Hornpipe (added 4/3/08)

Tom Cat’s Hornpipe (added 2/3/08)

Old Hornpipe (added 1/3/08)

The Waters of Tyne (added 29/2/08)

The Three Little Blackberrys (added 29/2/08)

Newcastle Station (added 27/2/08)

Sir Sidney Smith (added 27/2/08)

The Dashing White Sergeant (added 26/2/08)

Salmon Tails (added 25/2/08)

La Russe (added 15/2/08)

The Morpeth Rant (added 15/2/08)

Nick Nack Paddy Whack (added 13/2/08)

Geordie Hinnie (added 13/2/08)

The New High Level (added 12/2/08)

Galopede (added 11/2/08)

Nancy’s Fancy (added 10/2/08)

When Daylight Shines (added 9/2/08)

The Rocking Horse (added 9/2/08)

Pop Goes the Weasil (added 8/2/08)

The Hexham Quadrille (added 8/2/08)

The Corner House Jig (added 5/2/08)

Blaydon Races (added 4/2/08)

The Barley Mow (added 3/2/08)

Nancy

Ninepins (added 32/6/08)

Eyam Polka (Alistair Anderson)

Because he was a Bonny Lad, attributed to Cole Richardson. The following verse is often sung to it:

Because he was a bonny lad,

She bid him eye come back again;

She bid him once, and she bid him twice,

She bid him kiss and come again.

Salmon Tails Up the Water

Salmon Tails Two

Jamie Allen

The Hen’s March

Elsie Marley

Proudlock’s Hornpipe

Chevy Chase

Billy’s Jig (Will Atkinson)

The Corner House

Bonnie Tyneside

The Hen’s March (Second Version)

Cornrigs Are Bonnie

Salmon Tails Up The Water

The Wonder Hornpipe

The Morpeth Rant

When I Was One and Twenty (George Butterworth)

The Holey Halfpenny

Hexham Races

Farewell to Joe (Robin Dunn)

Sir John Fenwick’s The Flower Amang Them

Sunderland Lasses

Peacock’s Fancy

Peacock’s March

Peacock’s Tune

Lord Lovat’s Lament

Sandgate

Christie Halleod

The Gallowglass Rant

Charlie Hunters

The Fiery Clock Face

Rothbury Hills

The Crooked Bawbee

Kyloe Burn Reel

Nancy Taylor’s Reel

South Shields Lasses

Dorrington Lads

Marquis of Waterford

Durham Rangers

Random Jig

The Fair Flower of Northumberland

The Moving Cloud

Bonny Woodside

Coffee Bridge

The Hexham Quadrille

Blackett of Wylam

Newcastle Bridge

Brown Rigg

Linshield Brig

Barbary Bell

Farewell to the Dene

Sidlaw Hills

The Wonder Hornpipe

The Champion Hornpipe

The West End

The Summerhill Hornpipe

Shields Road

June and Sandy Adams

P.M. Jim Christie of Wick

Cheviot Hornpipe

Lads of North Tyne

Madame Bonaparte

The High Level Hornpipe

The Carrick Hornpipe (Billy Pigg)

The Redesdale Hornpipe

Shutter’s Hornpipe

Hotspur Jig

Whittingham Green Lane

Wild Hills O’ Wannies

The Merry Month of May

Bonny Dundee

Alnwick Castle

The Lamplighters Hornpipe

Elsie Marley. Robert Topliff’s Version

Green grow the Rushes ‘O

Buttered Peas

Marie’s Wedding

Small Coals and Little Money

Berwick Johnny

The Cumberland Reel

Roxburgh Castle

The Gypsie’s Lullaby

Shields Fair

Dr. Whittaker’s Hornpipe

Shew’s the Way to Wallington

Searching for Lambs

The Sweet Primroses

Miss Stewart’s Fancy

The Cock O’ The North

The Banks of Allen Water

Hesleyside Reel

The Beverley By-Pass

The Redheugh Library Jig (Robin Dunn)

Sun Assembly

Linda McFarland

The Navvie on the Line

Edmund McKenzie

The Wonder Hornpipe (James Hill)

Cherryburn

The Marquis of Lorne

Rothbury Hills

Keelman Ower the Land

Maa Bonny Lad

Caitlin Triall

Mr Kinloch’s Ball

Jig of Slurs

Spey in Spate

Nancy (alt. version)

The Cornhill

Davy Knick Knack

The Galopede

The Rakes of Mallow

Newcastle

Crossing the Minch

Corn Rigs Are Bonny

Caller Herring

Banks of Allen Water

Bonnie Tyneside

Hesleyside Reel

Neil Gow’s Lament for the Death of his Second Wife

Mairi’s Wedding

The Keel Row

Allan Water

Galashiels

As I Came Thro’ Sandgate

Barbara Allen

Sir Patrick Spens

As I Was Walking One Morning in May

Blow Away the Morning Dew

The Water is Wide

O’er the Moor Amang the Heather

The Water is Wide

Because He Was a Bonny Lad

The Redesdale Hornpipe

Rothbury Hills (Jack Armstrong)

Bobby Shaftoe

Alexander’s Hornpipe

All In a Garden Green (Playford)

Harper’s Frolic

Three Ravens

Comin’ Through the Rye

Carolan’s Concerto

Caller Herring

Comin’ Through the Rye (2nd version)

Harvest Home

Jock O’ Hazeldean

Harvest Home

My Singing Bird

Planxty George Brabazon

Princess Royal

She Moved Through the Fair

The Rakes of Mallow

The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Lord Inchiquin

Waly Waly

Whinham’s Reel (added 23/6/08)

Tich’s Reel

 

 

 

 

 

Please visit the previous page for standard musical notation of these tunes, providing useful additional information on rhythm and key signature.

Farewell to the Dene. Guitar Tabulature.
Willy Taylor


E-||------|-------0-2-----|-2-5-3-0---0---|-----0-2-3-0---0------
B-||------|-----3-------3-|---------0---3-|-2-3---------2--------
G-||.-2-0-|---2-------2---|---------------|----------------------
D-||.-----|-4-------0-----|---------2-----|---------2------------
A-||------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0--------------------
E-||------|---------------|---------------|----------------------

--|---0-2---------|-------0-2-----|-2-5-3-0---0---|--------------
--|-3-----3-------|-----3-------3-|---------0---3-|--------------
--|---------2-2-0-|---2-------2---|-2-------------|--------------
--|---------------|-4-------0-----|---------------|--------------
--|-0-------0-----|-0-------------|---------2-----|--------------
--|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------

------0-2-3-0-5-3-|-2-5---0----||--2-3-|-5---5-3-2-----|---------
--2-3-------------|-----3---3--||------|-------------3-|---------
------------------|-2---------.||.-----|---2-------2---|---------
----------2-------|---------0-.||.-----|---------4-----|---------
--0---------------|-----2------||------|-0-------------|---------
------------------|------------||------|---------------|---------

--2-3-2-0---|-------------2-5-|-----3-2-0-2-3-|------------------
----------3-|-----0-3---3-----|---3-----------|------------------
------------|-0-2-----2-------|-2-------------|------------------
------------|-----------------|---------2-----|------------------
--2-------0-|---------0-------|-2-------------|------------------
------------|-3---------------|---------------|------------------

--5---5-3-2-----|-2-3-2-0---|-------------5-3-|------------------
--------------3-|---------3-|-----0-3-2-------|------------------
--2-2-------2---|-----------|-0-2-------2-----|------------------
----------4-----|-----------|---------2-------|------------------
----------------|-2-------0-|-----------------|------------------
----------------|-----------|-3---------------|------------------

--2-5---0----||--------------------------------------------------
------3---3--||--------------------------------------------------
--2---------.||--------------------------------------------------
------------.||--------------------------------------------------
----------0--||--------------------------------------------------
------3------||--------------------------------------------------



P.M.Jim Christie of Wick.
Addie Harper


E-----|-0---0---------|-0-------0-3-0-|-------0-------|----------
B-0-3-|---3---------3-|-----0-3-------|-3-0-3---3-0-3-|----------
G-----|-------2-2-2---|---2-----------|---------------|----------
D-----|-------2-------|---------2-----|---------------|----------
A-----|-0-------------|-0-------------|-------2-------|----------
E-----|---------------|---------------|-3-------------|----------

--3-0-----0-------|-0---0---------|-0-------0-5-3-|--------------
------3-0---3-0---|---3---------3-|-----0-3-------|--------------
----------------0-|-------2-2-2---|---2-----------|--------------
----------2-------|-------2-------|---------2-----|--------------
--2---------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|--------------
------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------

--0-3-0-------0-3-|-------2-3-|-5---5-3-0-3-|-0-------0---3------
--------3-0-3-----|-0---------|-------------|---3-0-3---3--------
------------------|---2-2-----|---2---------|--------------------
------------------|-----2-----|-------2-----|---------2----------
----------2-------|-2---------|-0-----------|-0------------------
--3---------------|-----------|-------------|--------------------

--0-|-------0-------|-3-0-----0-------|-5---5-3-0-3-|------------
----|-3-0-3---3-0-3-|-----3-0---3-0---|-------------|------------
----|---------------|---------------0-|---2---------|------------
----|---------------|---------2-------|-------2-----|------------
----|-------2-------|-2---------------|-0-----------|------------
----|-3-------------|-----------------|-------------|------------

--0-------0-5-3-|-0-3-0-------0-3-|-------||---------------------
----3-0-3-------|-------3-0-3-----|-0-----||---------------------
----------------|-----------------|---2-2-||---------------------
----------2-----|-----------------|-----2-||---------------------
--0-------------|---------2-------|-0-----||---------------------
----------------|-3---------------|-------||---------------------
This tune should be played lightly and with "bounce". It is important to play close attention to the detail of the rhythm, and the scotch "snaps" should be played "snappily".


The Barrington Hornpipe
Thomas Todd

E-------|---7-3-----3-----|---0-------------|--------------------
B-0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---3-0-|-----1-----3-0---|-----------0-1------
G-------|-----------------|-0-----2-------0-|-------0-2----------
D-------|---------0-------|---------4-------|-0-2-4--------------
A-------|-----------------|-3---------------|--------------------
E-------|-3---------------|-----------------|--------------------

----|-0---------------|---7-3-----3-----|---0-------------|------
--3-|---3-2-3---0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---3-0-|-----1-----3-0---|------
----|---------2-------|-----------------|-0-----2-------0-|------
----|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------4-------|------
----|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|------
----|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|------

------------0-----|------- ------|---------------3-|-----------
--------------3---|---0---. .0-1-2-|-3-2-3-0---0-3---|-----------
--------0-2-------|-0---0- ------|---------0-------|-----------
--0-2-4---------4-|-------. .------|-----------------|-----------
------------------|---2--- ------|---------2-------|-----------
------------------|-3---3- ------|-3---------------|-----------

--0---0-------0-3-|---7---5---3-----|---0-----------|------------
----4---1---1-----|-3---1---0-------|-----3-2-3-0-1-|------------
----------2-------|-------------2-0-|---------------|------------
----------2-------|---------2-------|-4-------------|------------
--3---------------|-5---------------|---------------|------------
------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------

----0---------------3-|-0---0-------0-3-|---3-2-0---0------------
--3---3-2-3-0---0-3---|---4---1---1-----|-3-------3---3-1-0------
--------------0-------|---------2-------|---------2--------------
----------------------|---------2-------|-0----------------------
--------------2-------|-3---------------|------------------------
--3-------------------|-----------------|------------------------

----|-------3--------||------------------------------------------
----|---0-3---3-0----||------------------------------------------
--2-|-0-----------0-.||------------------------------------------
----|---------------.||------------------------------------------
----|-------3--------||------------------------------------------
----|-3-----------3--||------------------------------------------


Shields Road.
Robin Dunn


E---||------------------|-------0---0-2-|-3-0-5-3-2-------|------
B---||--------3-0---0-3-|-2---2---3-----|-----------3-----|------
G-2-||.-----2-----0-----|---2-----------|---------2---2-0-|------
D---||.-0-4-------------|-2-------0-----|-----------------|------
A---||--4---------------|---------------|-2---------------|------
E---||----------3-------|---------------|-----------------|------

------------|-----------------|-------0---0-2-|------------------
--------0---|-------3-0---0-3-|-2---2---3-----|------------------
----0-2-----|-----2-----0-----|---2-----------|------------------
--4-------2-|-0-4-------------|-2-------0-----|------------------
--4-------0-|-4---------------|---------------|------------------
------------|---------3-------|---------------|------------------

--3-0-5-3-2-5---2-|-3-0------------||------------------|---------
--------------3---|-----2---3-2-3--||--2-------2-------|---------
------------------|-------2-------.||.---2---2---2---2-|---------
----------0-------|-2-------0-----.||.-2---2-------2---|---------
------------------|----------------||----------0-------|---------
--3---------------|----------------||------------------|---------

----------------|-----------------|-------0-------|--------------
--2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-------3-------|-3-2-3---3-2-3-|--------------
----------------|---2---2---2---2-|---------------|--------------
--2-------------|-0---4---0---4---|---------0-----|--------------
----------0-----|-----------------|-0-------------|--------------
----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------

--0-------0-------|-0---0-2-3-5-|-7-3-0-----0-----|--------------
----2---2---2---2-|---4---------|-------3-2-------|--------------
------2-------2---|-------------|-------------2-0-|--------------
--2-------2-------|-------------|---------2-------|--------------
------------------|-0-----------|-----------------|--------------
------------------|---------3---|-7---------------|--------------

-------------||--------------------------------------------------
-------------||--------------------------------------------------
----2---2---.||--------------------------------------------------
--4---2---0-.||--------------------------------------------------
--4---0---0--||--------------------------------------------------
-------------||--------------------------------------------------


The Summerfield Hornpipe.
Robin Dunn


E---||----------------|-------0---0-2-|-3-3-2-0-------|----------
B---||--------0-----0-|-1-1-3---3-----|---------3-1-0-|----------
G---||.-0-0-2---0-2---|---------------|---------------|----------
D-0-||.---------------|-------2-------|---------------|----------
A---||--------2-------|-3-------------|-------2-------|----------
E---||--3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|----------

--------------|---------------|-------0---0-2-|------------------
--------------|-------0-----0-|-1-1-3---3-----|------------------
--2-2-0---2---|-0-0-2---0-2---|---------------|------------------
--2-----4---0-|---------------|-------2-------|------------------
--------0-----|-------2-------|-3-------------|------------------
--------------|-3-------------|---------------|------------------

--3-3-2-0-------|----------------||----------------|-------------
----------3-1-0-|----------------||----------------|-------------
----------------|-2-0---2-0-----.||.---------------|-------------
----------------|-0---4-----4-2-.||.-0-0-2-4-0-2-4-|-------------
--------3-------|----------------||--0-----4-------|-------------
--3-------------|---------3------||----------------|-------------

----------------|-------0-----|-----0-2---0-2-|------------------
--------0-----0-|-1-1-3---1---|-3-3-----3-----|------------------
--0-0-2---0-2---|-------2---2-|-------2-------|------------------
----------------|-2-----------|-0-------------|------------------
--------2-------|-------------|---------------|------------------
--3-------------|-------------|---------------|------------------

--3-3-2-0-------|-------------|-----------------|----------------
----------3-1-0-|-------------|-----0-1---------|----------------
----------------|-2-2-0---2---|-0-2-----2-------|----------------
----------------|-2-----4---0-|---------2-4-2-0-|----------------
--------2-------|-------4-----|-----------------|----------------
--3-------------|-------------|-3---------------|----------------

-----------------||----------------------------------------------
-----------------||----------------------------------------------
----2---2-0-----.||----------------------------------------------
--4---4-----4-2-.||----------------------------------------------
--4--------------||----------------------------------------------
----------3------||----------------------------------------------


Farewell to the Dene.
Willy Taylor


E-----||--------0-2-----|-2-5-3-0---0---|-----0-2-3-0---0-|------
B-----||------3-------3-|---------0---3-|-2-3---------2---|------
G-2-0-||.---2-------2--|-2-------------|---------2-------|------
D-----||.-4-------0-----|----------------|-2---------------|------
A-----||-----------------|---------2-----|-----------------|------
E-----||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------
 
----0-2---------|-------0-2-----|-2-5-3-0---0---|----------------
--3-----3-------|-----3-------3-|---------0---3-|----------------
----------2-2-0-|---2-------2---|-2-------------|----------------
--0-----2-------|-4-------0-----|---------------|----------------
----------------|---------------|---------2-----|----------------
----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------

------0-2-3-0-5-3-|-2-5---0---2-3--||--5---5-3-2-----|-----------
--2-3-------------|-----3---3------||--------------3-|-----------
----------2-------|---------------.||.---2-------2---|-----------
--2---------------|-0-------0-----.||.-0-------4-----|-----------
------------------|----------------||----------------|-----------
------------------|-----3----------||----------------|-----------

--2-3-2-0---|-------------2-5-|-----3-2-0-2-3-|------------------
----------3-|-----0-3---3-----|---3-----------|------------------
------------|-0-2-----2-------|-2-------------|------------------
----------0-|---------0-------|---------2-----|------------------
--2---------|-----------------|-2-------------|------------------
------------|-3---------------|---------------|------------------

--5---5-3-2-----|-2-3-2-0---|-------------5-3-|------------------
--------------3-|---------3-|-----0-3-2-------|------------------
----2-------2---|-----------|-0-2-------2-----|------------------
--0-------4-----|---------0-|---------2-------|------------------
----------------|-2---------|-----------------|------------------
----------------|-----------|-3---------------|------------------

--2-5---0---2-3--||----------------------------------------------
------3---3------||----------------------------------------------
--2-------------.||----------------------------------------------
----------0-----.||----------------------------------------------
-----------------||----------------------------------------------
------3----------||----------------------------------------------

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