Lawson, traditional music of Ireland

Playing Traditional Dance Music since 2001

75 Commonly Played Irish Session Tunes

You'll find these at any jam where Irish music is played in the Capitol Region area of New York State! *Tunes marked with an asterisk are popularly played at jam sessions that play several genres, as well as at area trad Irish sessions.

25 Commonly Played Reels

25 Common Reels

  • *The Banshee
  • The Belles of Tipperary
  • *Bird in the Bush
  • Bucks of Oranmore
  • Connaught Heifers
  • *Cooley's Reel
  • *Drunken Landlady
  • *Down the Broom
  • *Drowsy Maggie 
  • *Earl's Chair
  • *Father's Kelly's
  • Feral O'Gara
  • George White's Favorite
  • Jenny Picking Cockles
  • *Julia Delaney
  • Lady on the Island
  • *Maid Behind the Bar
  • *Man of the House
  • My Love is in America
  • *The Scholar
  • *The Sligo Maid
  • *Swinging on a Gate
  • The Torn Jacket
  • *Trip to Durrow
  • *Woman of the House

 

25 Commonly Played Jigs

  • Blackthorn Stick
  • *The Cliffs of Moher
  • The Cook in the Kitchen
  • Devanney's Goat (Coleman's Jig)
  • *Donnybrook Fair (Joy of My Life)
  • *Father O'Flynn's (Top o' Cork Road)
  • *Garret Barry's
  • Have a Drink with Me (often follows the Killavil Jig)
  • Humours of Ennistymon
  • Jerry's Beaver Hat
  • *Kesh Jig
  • Killavil Jig (often followed by Have a Drink with Me)
  • *Morrison's
  • *Mug of Brown Ale (Clare Jig)
  • *Out on the Ocean
  • Pipe on the Hob
  • The Rambling Pitchfork
  • *Rose in the Heather
  • Sean Ryan's Jig
  • *The Swallowtail Jig
  • *Tar Road to Sligo
  • Tatterjack Walsh
  • Tonra's Jig (sometimes listed as Tone Rowe's or Tony Rowe's or Tony Rose)
  • Trip to Athlone
  • Willie Coleman's

25 Commonly Played Miscellaneous Tunes

  • *Inisheer (waltz)
  • Plains of Boyle (hornpipe)
  • Stack of Wheat (hornpipe)
  • Byrne's (hornpipe)
  • Peacock's Feather (hornpipes)
  • *Chief O'Neill's Favorite (hornpipe)
  • The Snowy Path (slip jig)
  • The Butterfly (slip jig)
  • King of the Fairies (set dance)
  • *The Blackbird (set dance)
  • The High Caul Cap (set dance)
  • *The Star Above the Garter (slide)
  • *Brosna's Slide
  • *Ballydesmond Polkas #1,2, 3, 4
  • *Maggie in the Woods (polka)
  • *Dennis Murphy's Slide
  • *John Ryan's Polka
  • *Rakes of Mallow (polka)
  • *Si Beag Si Mhor (waltz)
  • *Fanny Poer (waltz)
  • *Gentle Maiden (waltz)
  • *Give me Your Hand (waltz)
  • *Merrily Kissed the Quaker (slide)

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