Good Tunes Book #2
The second edition of the Good Tunes Book was launched at the 2025 National Folk Festival in Canberra, Australia. This collection features 176 folk tunes from around the world, presented with single-line melody notation and guitar chords.
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The search for a “good tune” is never-ending for session players. This collection of favourite tunes has been more than 40 years in the making for David, while Samuel’s love of folk music began as soon as he could hold a fiddle as a toddler.
These tunes come from many traditions and countries. They have been gathered from old records, cassettes, CDs, live performances, sessions, tune books, and online archives. Some tunes were transcribed from scratch, while others required extensive searching to locate reliable notation.
Good Tunes Book #2
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Format: Title – Tune Type – Page Number
1814 – Waltz – 63
250 to Vigo – 66
A Scarce O’ Tatties – Jig – 1
Across the Sea to Erin – Jig – 13
Ald Radunz’s Varsoviana – 60
Annie Shaw’s – Waltz – 58
Autostrada – Jig – 16
Batchelder’s Reel – 30
Berber Tune – Polka – 45
Big John McNeil – Reel – 27
Big Sciota – Reel – 38
Billy in the Lowground – Reel – 38
Black Rock – Polka – 44
Bonden I Paradis – Polska – 63
Bouree Tricotada – Bourree – 64
Bourree de Sarazay – Bourree – 64
Brafferton Village – Waltz – 59
Branle de Rat – 64
Brenda Stubbert’s – Reel – 25
Campbell’s Farewell to Redcastle – Reel – 36
Carter McKenzie’s – Reel – 25
Charlie Hunter’s Jig – 2
Che cos’e, coas non e – Jig – 11
Chinquapin Hunting – Reel – 37
Chloe and Addi’s Reel – 20
Coleraine – Jig – 2
Colgrave Sound – Reel – 33
Coming Down the Mountain – Polka – 43
Connaughtman’s Rambles – Jig – 7
Coolaholliga – Polka – 45
Cosgrove’s Schottische – 17
Craigelee March – Polka – 43
Da Brig – Jig – 1
Da Ferry Reel – 34
Da Headlands – March – 32
Da Lounge Bar – Jig – 4
Da Mirrie Boys o’ Greenland – Reel – 36
Da Slockit Light – 65
Darla’s Jig – Jig – 3
Dashing White Sergeant – Reel – 35
Dayboro – March – 18
Donald Blue – Reel – 33
Double Rise – Jig – 3
Drunk at Night and Dry in the Morning – Waltz – 57
Duck River – Reel – 39
Durham Rangers – Hornpipe – 29
Emmet’s Hedehog – Jig – 6
Fanore Slide – 10
Fingal’s Cave – March – 32
Fisher’s Hornpipe – 30
Fleur de Mandragore – Reel – 28
Flop-Eared Mule – Reel – 39
Forget Me Not – Reel – 22
Fremantle Station – Varsoviana – 60
Friendless – Slow reel – 18
Gärdebylåten – Polka – 48
George White’s Favourite – Reel – 23
Goolaholla Jig – Jig – 19
Goolaholla Reel – 19
Gussie – Waltz – 56
Hälleforsnäspolskan – 63
Hanging Out the Windows – Reel – 20
Hangu & Freylekhs – Polka – 50
Happy One Step – 66
Harry Reeves’ Jig – 14
Herleyside Reel – 53
Highland Storm – Jig – 5
Hommage a Edmond Parizeau – Reel – 31
Issoudun – Reel – 27
Jack Broke da Prison Door – Reel – 33
Jack Canny’s – Polka – 44
Jack Daniel’s Reel – Reel – 26
Jack’s Waltz – 58
Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie – Reel – 22
Jewels of the Ocean – Waltz – 59
Jimmy Ward’s – Jig – 8
Joe Yates’ Reel (Gardener’s Reel) – 42
Joe Yates’ Schottische Reel – 42
Julianne Johnson – Reel – 37
Katie Maloney’s – Polka – 44
Kenneth Murphy – Reel – 27
Killongbutta – Varsoviana – 60
Knocknaboul Polka – 46
Kontra Fire – Jig – 16
La Bastringue – Reel – 29
La valse a Pierre – Waltz – 55
Le rêve du Quêteux Tremblay – Reel – 31
Les Habitants – Reel – 28
Lumpy Custard – Mazurka – 62
Marcha de San Roque – March – 50
Marcha’l Campu Vieyu – Jig – 15
Mastom Mastom – Polka – 49
Mazurka de Lapleau – 62
Michael’s Mazurka – Mazurka – 61
Mill Street Hornpipe – 54
Misirlou – Song tune – 51
Montañesa de Lugo – Jig – 15
Mrs Thom – Jig – 5
My Cape Breton Home – Waltz – 56
New Morpeth Rant – 53
Norrsken – Polka – 48
Not Forgotten Waltz – 55
Old Morpeth Rant – 53
Orotaba Waltz – 56
Our last Night Together – Hornpipe – 52
Over the Waterfall – Reel – 39
Paddy O’Caroll’s Jig – Jig – 14
Parla Piu Piano – Song tune – 51
Pas d’été à l’Henri Caillaux – Polka – 49
Peekaboo Polka – 47
Pig Ankle Rag – Rag – 40
Principessa – Mazurka – 62
Redesdale Hornpipe – 54
Reel de Bouctouche – Reel – 26
Reel du Forgeron – Reel – 28
Road to Lisdoonvarna – Slide – 10
Rocking the Boat – Jig – 6
Rosamari – Jig – 11
Sally Sloane’s Mazurka – Mazurka – 61
Salt Creek – Reel – 38
Samuel De Santi’s Schottische – 17
Scarterglen Polka – 46
Scattery Island Slide – 10
School Polka – 41
Shearer’s No 9 – Reel – 30
Sir Bobby Robson’s Rant – Rant – 54
Skålpolska från Jeppo – Polka – 48
Skidoo – Reel – 20
Skiss Mellan Brest Och Segosero – Polka – 47
Sleep Soond ida Moarnini – Reel – 34
Soon May the Wellerman Come – Polka – 47
Sourwoord Mountain – Reel – 37
Stan Chapman’s Jig – Jig – 4
Stan Treacy’s Schottische – 17
Stone’s Rag – Rag – 40
Tarantelle Tre Parte – Jig – 12
Teviot Brig – Jig – 1
The Air Tune – Slow reel – 18
The Ale is Dear – Reel – 36
The Bear Dance – Polka – 49
The Black Cat Piddled in the White Cat’s Eye – Polka – 41
The Butcher Birds – Jig – 12
The Butlers of Glen Avenue – Jig – 9
The Castle – Jig – 8
The Concert – Reel – 24
The Concertina Reel – 21
The Donegal Lass – Jig – 6
The Duke of Perth – Reel – 35
The Harp and Shamrock – Hornpipe – 52
The Hut in the Bog – Reel – 24
The Lady on the Island – Reel – 24
The Larki in the Morning – Jig – 7
The Lochaber Badger – Reel – 34
The Luachracháns – Jig – 2
The March of the Fairy Penguins – Polka – 43
The Milky Way – Reel – 23
The Moon and Seven Stars – Jig – 12
The Moonlight Jig – Jig – 13
The Old Clog – Polka – 41
The Old Set – Jig – 13
The Sally Gardens – Reel – 21
The Scarterglen – Reel – 23
The Sheep in the Boat – Jig – 9
The Sleeping Tune – 65
The Swedish Masquerade – 64
The Sweets of May – Slide – 9
The Toomore Slide – 9
The Victoria Hornpipe – 29
The Woman of the House – Reel – 21
The Wonder – Hornpipe – 52
There She Goes – Jig – 14
Trip to Dingle – Polka – 45
Valzer per un Amore – Waltz – 57
West Mabou Reel – Reel – 26
Wienerkvadrille – Jig – 16
Willafjord – Reel – 33