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We had a great time at the November 2019 Family Session! Here’s a list of the tunes that we played, to the best of my memory. Feel free to drop the Irish Fest School of Music a note if I missed a tune or mixed up a set.
Jimmy Wards/Connachtman's Rambles (jigs)
We Won't Go Home 'Till Morning/Cuz's/Britches Full of Stitches - A major (polkas)
Humors of Tulla/Drowsy Maggie/Mountain Road (reels)
Rights of Man/Off to California (hornpipes)
Pipe on the Hob (jig)
Na Ceannabháin Bhána/Hardiman the Fiddler/the Butterfly (slip jigs)
Father Kelly's/Merry Blacksmith/Silver Spear (reels)
East at Glendart/Saddle the Pony (jigs)
Note: most of these link to the versions of tunes listed on thesession.org. Settings on thesession.org may or may not resemble settings played in the Family Session or your local session. When in doubt, ask to record at your session to capture the local versions, and (as always )- listen!
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