The Scottish Slow Session - Repertoire

The tunes listed below are suggestions for a session repertoire - tunes which might be heard at a Scottish session. Not everyone will agree with my choices; there will be as many different opinions on this subject as there are musicians, but you've got to start somewhere, and hopefully my list contains some worthwhile choices. Most tunes are traditional, and most are arranged in sets.

Nigel Gatherer

Last update: 30th July 2020


SSS Book 1	No.	Tunes	No.	Tunes
	01	The Peat Fire Flame/Island Dance	11	The Stronsay Waltz/The Rope Waltz
	02	Boys of Blue Hill/Harvest Home	12	The Glenside Polkas
	03	Memories of Fr Angus MacDonnell/Braes of Dunvegan	13	Soldier's Joy/Mrs MacLeod of Raasay
	04	Egan's Polka/Britches Full of Stitches	14	Fear a Phige/Oovie Avie
	05	Snug In a Blanket/Scarce of Tatties	15	The Barnyards o' Delgaty/The Hopeful Lover
	06	Dornoch Links/Greenwoodside	16	Oyster Wives' Rant/Clean Pea Strae/Dunse Dings A'
	07	Hector the Hero	17	Battle of the Somme/The Boy's Lament for his Dragon
	08	Spootiskerry/Willafjord	18	Ronas Voe/Starry Nights o' Shetland
	09	Barren Rocks of Aden/79th's Farewell to Gibralter	19	Cock o' the North/Muckin' o Geordie's Byre
	10	Banks of the Allan/Kenmure's On and Awa'
SSS Book 2	No.	Tunes	No.	Tunes
	20	Wee Murdie/Lochiel's Welcome to Glasgow	30	The Shepherd's Wife/The Stool of Repentance
	21	Salmon Tails Up the Water/The Reel of Tullochgorum	31	Leaving Stornoway/Cailin Mo Ruin-Sa
	22	Corriechoillie's Welcome/Campbell's Farewell	32	The Lilting Banshee/Haste to the Wedding
	23	The Fairy Dance/Jumping Geordie	33	Pulling Bracken/Happy We've Been A'thegither
	24	Off to California/The Liverpool Hornpipe	34	Loch Ruan/The Headlands
	25	Denis Murphy's Polka/John Ryan's Polka	35	High Road to Linton/Wind That Shakes the Barley
	26	The Music o' Spey	36	Uist Tramping Song/Thistle of Scotland
	27	Cameron's Got his Wife Again/Highland Whisky	37	The Rowan Tree
	28	Dingle Regatta	38	Faroe Rum/Aandowin' at da Bow/Forefit o' da Ship
	29	Flowers of Edinburgh/Staten Island	39	Freedom Come-All-Ye
SSS Book 3	No.	Tunes	No.	Tunes
	40	The Dark Island	50	Jacqueline Waltz
	41	Sweet Maid of Glendaruel/Teribus	51	The Kirks/Victoria Hornpipe
	42	King of the Fairies	52	Wee Tod/The Corner House
	43	Mrs Crawford's Favourite/Money in Both Pockets	53	Mrs Forbes's Farewell to Banff/Lass o' Patie's Mill
	44	Wha'll Be King But Charlie/The Campbells Are Coming	54	Rev J MacFarlane/Wee Man at the Loom
	45	Ballydesmond Polkas	55	The Three Sea Captains
	46	Reel Pays d'en Haut/St Antoine/St Joseph	56	Duke of Perth/Lady MacKenzie of Coull
	47	Doun the Burn Davie	57	The Periwig/The Night We had the Goats/Elizabeth's Big Coat
	48	Lord Seaforth/Primrose Girl	58	My Name is Jock Stewart
	49	Farewell to the Creeks
SSS Book 4	No.	Tunes	No.	Tunes
	59	Farewell to the Tay/Midlothian Pipe Band	69	The Hills of Glenorchy/Walking the Floor
	60	Glenburnie Rant/Loch Earn	70	MacGregor of Ruara/The King's House
	61	Haughton House	71	The Yellow Haired Laddie
	62	Whistle O'er the Lave O't/Green Grow the Rushes O	72	Jessie Smith/Rachel Rae
	63	I Lost My Love/Lads of Dunse	73	The Battle of Waterloo/The Wee Highland Laddie
	64	The Gay Gordons/Lord Huntly's Cave	74	The Ale is Dear/Sandy Duff
	65	Jackie Tar/The Breakdown	75	Wi' a Hundred Pipers/Drummond Castle
	66	Atholl Highlanders/The Jig of Slurs	76	Castles in the Air/Orange and Blue
	67	Burning of the Piper's Hut/Smith's a Gallant Fireman	77	Leaving Lismore/Fil O Ro
	68	The Earl of Mansfield	78	The Farewell Air

Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Perthshire | nigelgatherer@mac.com