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K2v1-4 K2v5 K2v6 K2v7 K2v8 K2v9 K2v10 DMI Emmerson		Kerr's First/Second/Third/Fourth Collections of Merry Melodies Kerr's Caledonian Collection Kerr's Collection of Merry Melodies for the Piano Kerr's Collection of Reels and Strathspeys Kerr's Violin Instructor and Irish Folk-Song Album Kerr's Thistle Collection Kerr's Modern Dance Album O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland (Chicago 1905) George S Emmerson, Scotland Through her Country Dances

A reel is a fast Scottish dance which came to prominence in the early 18th century. It soon gained popularity in England, and particularly in Ireland, where it spread quickly through the country. many of the Scottish reels which would have accompanied the dances are still played in Ireland to this day.


Title	Key	Book	Notes
A' the Way to Galloway	G	K2v3p10	This tune has been called Ciorsdan Mhor (or Big Kirsty), and Miss Stewart Bun Rannoch. In Ireland it's been called Slash Away the Pressing Gang or Flash Away The Press Gang and, as a 2/4 polka, The Kerry Cow. Breathnach also gives the following names: An Bealach ar fad go Gaillimh, The Galway Girls (Aird), All the way from Gallaway, Sarsfield March, The March of the Tribes to Galway. Recordings: The Chieftains 3.
Alexandra Park	A	K2v4p6	There is an Alexandra Park in Glasgow; in the book this reel immediately follows the strathspey Riddrie, another Glasgow area near to Alexandra Park, so it's likely that the pair of them were specially composed for the collection.
Alley Crocker/Ally Croker	D A	K2v1p22 K2v8p16	Bruce Olson: This was a song said to have been written by Larry Grogan after one Ally (Alicia) Croker, and there are single sheet editions from c 1730. Grogan was a gentleman piper of Wexford, Ireland during the early 18th century. Sam Foote for 'An Englishman in Paris', 1753, changed it to Ally Croaker, which was then dubbed 'A New Song'.
Ambulree	G	K2v2p16	Aka Amulree.
American, The	G	K2v4p13
Anna Is My Darling	A	K2v2p5	By Capt Fraser
Annie Is My Darling	A	K2v1p32	By Capt Fraser
Apple Tree, The	A	K2v2p5	By Carl Volti (biog)
Apples in Winter	Dm	K2v1p34 K2v6p37	Irish
Argyle Bowling Green	C	K2v2p12	Possibly refers to an area in Argyll known as Ardgoil - "promontary of the Gael" - facetiously called "Argyll's Bowling Green" (Emmerson).
Arkansas Traveller	D A	K2v1p22 K2v6p20	"Country dance"; American
Athole Brose	D	K2v2p17	Aka The Dogs Among the Bushes (DMI), Brandlings and Buckingham House. Commonly attributed to the late 18th century fiddler Abraham MacIntosh (Whistlebinkies). Recordings: Whistlebinkies 5 (1988)
Athole's Bonny Lasses	G	K2v3p7	By J S Robertson (biog)
Auld Wife Ayont the Fire	G	K2v2p14
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Babes in the Wood	G	K2v1p22 K2v6p19	This is Timour the Tarter
Back of the Change House	D	K2v1p22	"Country dance"; probably Irish
Bag of Praties, The	D	K2v1p4
Bailie Nicol Jarvie	F	K2v3p19
Ballochmyle Brig	A	K2v3p11	By A McAlpine. There is an accompanying strathspey (K2v3p11).
Balmullo House	D	K2v9p2	By R F Crowe
Banks of Avonmore, The	G	K2v1p35	Irish. Aka The Avonmore and The Blackwater.
Bardon Mill	A	K2v9p3	By Addie Harper, Wick
Beaufort Castle	A	K2v2p7	This came from SFC.
Because He Was a Bonny Lad	A	K2v2p4	Aka The Bonnie Boy (DMI). Recordings: Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to the Clans (1977)
Belfast Chicken	D	K2v4p19
Belles of Amaha, The	Bm	K2v2p27	Irish. Aka The Morning Star and The Belles of Omaha.
Belles of Omaha, The	Bm	K2v6p32	Irish. Aka The Morning Star.
Belles of Tipperary, The	D	K2v2p29	Irish
Bill Ewan's Reel	A	K2v9p4	By J Crawford
Bill May of Boddam	A	K2v9p6	By I Munro
Biodag Ain M'Omish	A	K2v1p18 K2v7p15	Aka Brodach Ain M'Omish and Biodag Air Mac Thomais.
Black But Comely	D	K2v2p18
Black-Haired Lass, The	G	K2v8p33	?Irish
Blair Athole	C	K2v3p17
Blair Drummond	A	K2v1p16
Bob of Fettercairn, The	D	K2v1p24	This is played in Shetland under the title Kail and Knockit Coarn.
Bob With the One Horn	D	K2v1p24	An Irish version of the Scots tune The Ewie Wi' the Crookit Horn, which can also be found in Ireland under the names The Flowers of Limerick and Cronin's Fancy (DMI).
Bonnie Annie	Am	K2v2p9
Bonnie Dundee	A	K2v4p4	This is the common 6/8 song air transposed into a reel.
Bonnie Kate	D	K2v1p39 K2v4p7 K2v5p15	An alternative title in both K2v1p39 and DMI is The Boys of Limerick. Originally this was a reel by Scots fiddler/composer Donald Dow and entitled The Bonnie Lass of Fisherrow.
Bonnie Lass of Fisherrow	C	K2v3p14	By Donald Dow. Aka Bonnie Kate and The Boys of Limerick. Recordings: Angus Chisholm, Early Recordings (1978)
Bottom of the Punchbowl	D	K2v1p26
Boys in Blue, The	G	K2v2p31	American?
Boys of Limerick	D	K2v1p39 K2v5p15	In DMI as Bonnie Kate. Originally The Bonnie Lass of Fisherrow by Scots fiddler/composer Donald Dow.
Braes of Dumblane, The	G	K2v2p32 K2v6p7	In K6 it says "by J M". Aka Kiss Your Partner (DMI).
Braes of Gleniffer, The	C	K2v6p32	"by J M"
Braes of Marr, The	D	K2v2p17
Brandlings	A	K2v3p13
Bridge of Garry, The	A	K2v2p5
Brig o' Tilt	D	K2v2p18
Brodag Ain McOmish	A	K2v7p15
Bucks of Cranmore	D	K2v4p9 K2v4p19	The Irish reel goes under the name of The Bucks of Oranmore. Other names are The Bucks of Carranmore and The Hearty Bucks. Brendean Breathnach thought the tune might be originally Scottish.
Bucks o' Dromore	D	K2v3p4	1H3H2H6 1H3H2H4H
Bundle of Straw, The	Em	K2v4p20	This has many different names including The Lowlands of Scotland; The Hare's Foot; Jim Kennedy's Favourite; Kennedy's Favourite; Hare's Paw, and so on.
Bush in Blossom, The	G	K2v4p15	Called The Bush in Bloom in O'Neill's. The first part of this tune is very like the Irish reel The Morning Star.
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Caber Feidh	C	K2v1p14 K2v5p13	Aka Cabar Feidh, Caper Fey. In Ireland this is found under several names, most commonly The Old Copperplate and Rakish Paddy (DMI). Recordings: Tannahill Weavers, IV (1981)
Cashmere Shawl, The	Am	K2v4p17	This tune appears in O'Neill's.
Cairding O't, The	A	K2v2p3	This tune appears in Aird's Selection (1788) under the name Salt Fish and Dumplings. It has appeared as a pipe march, a reel, and an air to the words Come Taste the Cup. Recordings: James F Dickie's Delights (1976)
Cairngorum	D	K2v1p13	Aka Lucy Campbell and Cheap Meal (K2v1p12).
Calver Lodge	D	K2v1p29
Cameronian, The	G	K2v4p16	This is not related to The Cameronian Rant or The Cameronian Reel in O'Neill's. Rather it seems to be a version of The Barmaid, aka Judy's Reel.
Cameronian Rant, The	G	K2v1p4	Aka Shirra Muir after being used for a humorous song.
Captain Byng	G	K2v2p14	By Nathaniel Gow (biog). Aka Col. Byng.
Captain Francis Wemyss Delight	C	K2v3p18
Captain Keeler	Gm	K2v1p13
Captain Kelly's Reel	G D	K2v2p31 K2v4p20
Captain McDuff	A	K2v2p20	By Donald Dow (or Daniel Dow).
Captain Ross	A	K2v3p14
Catch and Kiss the Romp	C	K2v3p16
Cauld Kail	C	K2v3p18
Charlie	D	K2v4p3
Charlie Stuart	D	K2v2p17	Aka Welcome, Charlie Stuart, You're Welcome, Charlie Stuart, and Welcome, Charlie Stewart.
Charming Katy	A	K2v2p33 K2v6p23	?Irish
Cheap Meal	D	K2v1p10	Aka Lucy Campbell and Cairngorum (K2v1p13).
Claymore Reel	G	K2v9p7	By A Cameron
Clean Pea Strae	D	K2v1p10 K2v10p3	Aka Pea Strae and Clean Pease Strae. Recordings: Various, Fiddle Me Jig (c1978); Whistlebinkies 3 (1981); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976)
Clean Pease Strae	D	K2v7p7	Aka Pea Strae and Clean Pea Strae.
Clydesdale Lasses	F	K2v1p14
Coire An Lochan	Am	K2v9p8	By D Muir
Colher's Reel	D	K2v4p19
Colonel	D	K2v4p19
Come To Your Tay	D	K2v2p31	Irish. In DMI as The Sailor's Jacket.
Cookie Shine	F	K2v3p20
Corn Cutter, The	C	K2v2p13	by Mr Bernard
Corn Rigs	D	K2v7p16	Recordings: The Clutha, Scots Ballads... (1974); Ossian, Seal Song (1981); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976); Strings of Scotland (1975)
Corn Riggs	D	K2v1p24
Count D'Artois	C	K2v3p15
Countess of Sutherland	Bb	K2v3p20	By George Jenkins. Aka Lady Hamilton
Country Dance	A	K2v1p21	One of several vague nomenclatures in the Kerr's collections. 5321 5321
Country Lasses	Bb	K2v3p20
Crarae	D	K2v3p6	351H1H 3H4H2H6
Crieff Meeting, The	A	K2v3p14
Cross of Inverness, The	G	K2v3p7	This has been found as The Blue Water Quadrille, as played by Larry Older, a fiddler from New York State.
Cruiskeen Lawn, The	Am	K2v8p34	Irish
Cuckoo's Nest	D	K2v5p15	Irish
Cuffe Street	G	K2v4p13
Culag Pier	D	K2v9p9	By Addie Harper, Wick
Cullen House	D	K2v1p17 K2v2p19
Cup of Tay, The	Am	K2v2p25	Irish
Curly Haired Laddie, The	G	K2v6p27	[Parnell's etc]
Currant Bush, The	Bb	K2v3p22
Cutty Clay	F	K2v4p18
Cutty Sark	G	K2v1p8 K2v7p14
Cuttyman and Treladle	A	K2v1p18
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Daft Willie Dawson	D	K2v3p5	There is also a strathspey version of this tune (K2v3p5). 315L1 3131
Darling of the Uist Lasses	D	K2v2p19
Deil Among the Tailors	A	K2v1p6 K2v10p3	There was a skittles game called Deil Among the Tailors. Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975); Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Ideal Music (1977); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976); Dundee Fiddler's Rally (1985); Golden Fiddle Awards Pt.2 (1976)
Deil Among the Tailors	G	K2v7p11
Delvin Side II	D	K2v4p10
Devil's Dream, The	A	K2v4p6	This tune is certainly related to Deil Amang Tailors, but what the relationship is is not clear.
Disapointed Coquette, The	D	K2v1p41	Irish
Donald MacDonald's Fancy	Bb	K2v9p10	By J MacFarlane
Donald MacGugan's Rant	D	K2v2p18	Aka Port Dhomhnaill Mhic Guthagain (Gesto Collection).
Donald Quaich	C	K2v2p9
Donegall Boys	G	K2v6p39	Irish
Donna's Reel	A	K2v9p11	By A H Gray
Doon the Water	A	K2v4p6	A Glasgow expression meaning down the River Clyde. In Victorian times thousands of Glaswegians took their summer holidays in resorts along the west coast of Scotland, so when they said they were going "doon the watter", that's what they meant.
Doun the Burnie	C	K2v3p16
Draw the Sword, Scotland	G	K2v1p24 K2v7p16
Drive Home the Mainlnders	Bm	K2v4p12
Drogheda Lasses	D	K2v4p8
Drowsy Maggie	Em	K2v4p12	Although it shares the same key as the Irish reel called Drowsy Maggie, this tune bears little resemblance.
Drummer, The	Am	K2v7p8	Aka The Piper o' Dundee. Recordings: Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976)
Drummers, The	Am	K2v1p8	Aka The Piper o' Dundee.
Dublin Girls, The	D	K2v4p20	Irish.
Dublin Lasses, The	Em	K2v4p20	Irish. Not the Dublin Lasses in O'Neill's; O'Neill called this tune Murtough Molloy, and it has also been called Tie the Ribbons and The Rover.
Duke of Buccleuch, The	Bb	K2v4p18
Duke of Perth	G	K2v1p11 K2v5p13	Recordings: Ron Gonnella: Scottish Fiddle Magic (1992); Dundee S&R Soc (1981)
Duncan Gray	D	K2v3p42	"Country dance". Recordings: Strings of Scotland (1975)
Dundee	A	K2v4p4
Dunderave	A	K2v3p10
Duniquaich	G	K2v3p8	By Carl Volti (biog)
Dunse Dings A'	A	K2v2p3	Aka Mr Sharpe's Favourite.
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Earl of Dalhousie I	D	K2v1p13
Earl of Dalkeith	F	K2v2p21
Earl of Lauderdale	G	K2v1p11
Earl Marischal	F	K2v2p21
East Neuk of Fife	G	K2v1p23	"Country dance"
Easter Elchies	F	K2v3p19
Eight O' Clock Train	A	K2v4p5	This is a version of the Irish reel The Star of Munster.
Eileen Alanna	G	K2v2p33	?Irish
Elizabeth Graham Of Walk Mill	D	K2v9p12	By I Holmes
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Fair Wind to Greenland, A	A	K2v4p5	Turned up as an untitled reel in CRE4
Fairy Dance	D	K2v1p10 K2v7p6 K2v10p2	By Nathaniel Gow (biog). Gow was commissioned to write a couple of pieces for the Fife Hunt. This reel and another tune, The Fairies Advance, made up Largo's Fairy Dance [ABC]. Recordings: Fife Strathspey and Reel Soc., The Fiddle Sounds of Fife (1980); Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Ideal Music (1977); Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); Ron Gonella, A Tribute to Niel Gow; Silly Wizard, Silly Wizard (1976); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976); Dundee Fiddler's Rally (1985); Golden Fiddle Awards Pt.2 (1976)
Farewell, But Whenever	G	K2v8p28	Irish
Farnie House	G	K2v4p14
Feargan	C	K2v2p9
Fife Hunt, The	C	K2v1p14	By William Gow
Fight About the Fireside	C	K2v2p11
Fill the Stoup	A	K2v2p6
Fisher's Wedding	F	K2v3p19
Flagon, The	G	K2v2p16	Known in Ireland as The Floggin' Reel.
Flirtation Reel	G	K2v6p46
Flowers of Edinburgh	G	K2v1p23	"Country dance" Recordings: Golden Fiddle Awards (1980); Various, Scottish Fiddlers to the Fore (1970)
Flora MacDonald	Em	K2v1p5	Recordings: Sprangeen (1984)
Four Posted Bed, The	D	K2v1p46
Fox Chased, The	A	K2v4p21	Irish
Fun of the Fair, The	Am	K2v4p21	Irish
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Gaberlunzie, The	F	K2v3p20
Gallacher's Best	Em	K2v4p20	Irish. This tune is best known as The Pigeon on the Gate, but it is known by many other names, such as League and Slasher; Reidy's Reel; The Athol Braes; The Scotch Braes; The Drinking Reel; The Drunken Tailor; Pigeon on the Pier; The Wandering Tinker; Lagan Slashers; etc. The Pigeon on the Gale found in K2v4p14 is a different tune.
Galway Reel	D	K2v4p19	Irish
General Drummond	G	K2v4p14	Aka Miss Plaudy.
Geordie Jack	Eb	K2v3p22	By Carl Volti (biog)
Gin I had a Bonnie Lass	Gm	K2v2p23	Aka Gin I had a Bonnie Lass, Little Sheep Wad Sair Me (Gesto Collection), and The North Loch (Bremner)
Ginnie Pin Your Bonnet..	G	K2v4p12
Girls of Our Town, The	D	K2v4p11
Glenburnie Rant	Em	K2v1p5
Glenburnie Rant	Em	K2v7p8
Glenlivet	Am	K2v1p24 K2v7p13	Not to be confused with the Scott Skinner composition of the same name. Recordings: Whistlebinkies 3 (1981)
Glenlivet	Am	K2v7p13
Glen Lyon	C	K2v1p10	Aka Glen Lyon's Piper.
Glen Ogle	D	K2v1p24
Glen Tilt Lodge	A	K2v4p5	For a Strathspey version, see K2v3p14 (Ca' the Wethers to the Hill).
Golden Gate, The	G	K2v2p31	American. By Frank Livingston.
Gourock Bay II	A	K2v4p5
Green Fields of America	G	K2v1p41 K2v5p16	Irish. Aka Judy Brallaghan (K2v1p41) and Charming Molly Brallaghan (DMI)..
Green Fields of Erin	Am	K2v1p35 K2v2p25	In DMI as The Green Groves of Erin and aka Gay Fellow's Favourite, this tune has Scottish origins in a tune called Miss Stewart, Grantully.
Green Grows the Rashes O	G	K2v2p14	Recordings: Golden Fiddle Awards (1976)
Gregg's Pipes	G	K2v4p16	Sometimes known in Ireland as Craig's Pipes.
Groom in his Suit, The	G	K2v4p20	Irish
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Haggis, The	C	K2v2p11	By Capt Fraser
Haggs Castle	D	K2v2p19	By Carl Volti (biog)
Hare Among the Heather	G	K2v4p16
Hare's Foot, The	Em	K2v1p35	This has many different names including The Lowlands of Scotland; The Bundle of Straw; Jim Kennedy's Favourite; Kennedy's Favourite; Hare's Paw, and so on.
Haud the Lass...	D	K2v4p8	...Till I Come At Her
Heathery Breeze, The	G	K2v4p15	A three-part version is in O'Neill's as The Heather Breeze.
Hey for the Hieland Body	A	K2v7p14	?
Hielan' Brochan	G	K2v3p10
High Road to Linton	A G	K2v1p7 K2v7p3	Sometimes known as Jenny's Gone to Linton in England, and in Norfolk, The High Road to Lynn. In Ireland, Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Races (DMI), High Way to Linton (Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh) Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975); Fife Strathspey and Reel Soc., The Fiddle Sounds of Fife (1980); Ron Gonella, Scottish Violin Music (1966); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976); Golden Fiddle Awards (1976); Golden Fiddle Awards Pt.2 (1976)
Highland Black Laddie	A	K2v4p4
Highland Laddie	D	K2v1p21	"Country dance"
Highland Rant		K2v4p18
Highlander's Knee Buckle	D	K2v4p4
Highlandman Kissed His Mother, The	Am	K2v1p7	This is related to many tunes, especially in Ireland (The Gravel Walks for one). Found in Ryan's Mammoth Collection as The Jolly Seven. Recordings: Boys of the Lough, The Piper's Broken Finger (1976) (as The Highland Man That Kissed His Grannie)
Hoch Hey Johnnie Lad	A	K2v2p6	Aka Hoch Hey Johnny Lad, etc. There is a song to this tune by Robert Tannahill. Kate Dunlay also notes that it's found in Neil Stewart's collection of 1762 as The Lasses of the Ferry.
Honble Miss Rollo, The	G	K2v3p3
Honey Moon	G	K2v2p33	?Irish
Honeymoon, The	D	K2v2p17	By James Young
House of Achluncart, The	C	K2v2p13
Humours of Ballyconnell	D	K2v4p19	Irish. According to The Boys of the Lough, "The Humours of Ballyconnell is the local Fermanagh name for a reel more generally known as Captain Rock". PV: It's certainly an old tune...I've found [it] in print [in] Daniel Wright's 'Aria di Camera' (1927), where it is entitled Role the Rumple Sawny, apparently meaning Roll your Rump, Sandy. The first instance I know of for the "Ballyconnell" title is on the 78 recording by Michael Coleman and Tom Morrison, where it's spelled Humors of Bally Connoll. On this 1925 recording, the musicians follow it with Captain Rock, better known today as The Old Bush. AK: Humours of Ballyconnell is itself called Captain Rock in Flaherty's collection. Is there a confusion of titles stemming from the Coleman recording? Recordings: Boys of the Lough, The Piper's Broken Finger (1976)
Humours of Ennistymon	D	K2v4p20	This is a version of the Scots reel Miss Lyall, and can also be found as Paddy Ryan's Dream (DMI).
Hurdle Race, The	A	K2v2p8	By James Fraser. Recordings: Angus Cameron, Strings to the Bow (1977)
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I'll Break Your Head For You	Bb	K2v3p21
I'll Gang Nae Mair To Yon Toun	F	K2v2p21	Aka I'll Ay Ca' In By Yon Toon (Heritage). Recordings: Heritage, When the Dancin' It's A' Done (1980); Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Tam O'Shanter (1984); Dundee S&R Soc (1981)
I'm Owre Young	G	K2v1p9	Aka I'm Owre (or Ower) Young to Marry Yet.
Inver Lasses	A	K2v1p3	Recordings: Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); Ron Gonella, A Tribute to Niel Gow; Scottish Fiddlers, Kelvin Hall II (1976)
Inver Lasses	G	K2v6p44	By J S Kerr
Inveraray Cross	D	K2v3p6	By Carl Volti (biog). 1H3H61H 5531
Irish Reel I	D	K2v2p27	Irish. Aka Within a Mile of Dublin.
Irish Reel II	Em	K2v2p27	Irish
Irish Reel III	F	K2v2p32	Irish. Sounds like a version of The Teetollar, or Temperance Reel.
Irish Reel IV	Em	K2v2p32	This reel is also found in K2v4p14 as The Lowlands of Scotland, and in O'Neill's as Jim Kennedy's Favourite, with the alternative titles of Hare's Foot and The Lowlands of Scotland. Lesl Harker knows it as Hare's Paw.
Irish Reel V	D	K2v8p22	Irish. This is Bonnie Kate.
Irishman's Return from America, The	Am	K2v1p35	Irish. Aka The Irishman in America. By J McConnel.
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Jack Lattin	A	K2v3p13
Jasses O' Stewarton, The	D	K2v3p5	Clearly a typographical mistake: the tune is called The Lasses O' Stewarton. 3H2H1H1H 3155
Jenny Dang the Weaver	D	K2v1p6 K2v5p10 K2v10p4	Said to have been composed in 1746 by an Aberdeenshire minister who had seen his wife setting about his handyman, a rather lazy weaver, for refusing to clean his master's shoes. In fact the tune had been published at least twenty years previously. Recordings:Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975)
Jenny Geddes	Bb	K2v4p18
Jenny Latin	D	K2v4p10	This has a few similarities with Jack Lattin
Jenny Nettles	Am	K2v1p9 K2v5p11	Recordings: The Battlefield Band, At the Front (1978); Sprangeen (1984)
Jenny's Bawbee	D	K2v1p4 K2v7p9	Aka Molly Put the Kettle On (DMI).
Jessie Ralston's reel	D	K2v2p20	By Hugh Dunlop
John Cheap the Chapman	Bb	K2v1p13 K2v5p14
John Howats Reel	D	K2v2p20	By Hugh Dunlop. Download ABC
Johnny Groat's House	C	K2v3p15	Aka John O'Groat's House.
Johnnie Lad	Em	K2v1p10
Johnny Lad	G	K2v6p20
Johnnie's Made a Wedding O't	G	K2v3p7
Jolly Clamdiggers, The	D	K2v2p33	Irish. In DMI it's also called The Lame Fisherman.
Jolly Tinker, The	Em	K2v1p34 K2v6p38	Irish
Judy Brallaghan	G	K2v1p41 K2v3p42 K2v5p16	Irish. Aka Green Fields of America, Charming Molly Brallaghan and Judy Brannagan.
Judy's Reel	D	K2v2p25	Irish. Aka The Barmaid.
Jumping Geordie	G	K2v3p9 K2v7p5	Other names for this tune have been The Prince of Wales' Fancy, and in Ireland, The Pope's Toe and The Templeglantine Reel.
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Kate Dalrymple	A	K2v1p24 K2v7p5	There is a song to this tune with the same name. This tune was Jimmy Shand's theme tune, and the theme for Radio Scotland's popular 'Take the Floor' programme. Recordings: Various, Fiddle Me Jig (c1978); Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Better Than An Orchestra (1977); Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Ideal Music (1977); Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1975); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976)
Keel Row, The	A D	K2v3p12 K2v7p2
Keep It Up	G	K2v6p45
Keep the Country, Bonny Lassie	A	K2v2p4
Ken Duncan's Reel	D	K2v9p13	By I Munro
Kilt is My Delight, The	D	K2v5p10	Recordings: Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976)
King's, The	C	K2v2p9	Aka The King's Reel.
Kirsty Macfarlane	D	K2v4p8	By Carl Volti (biog)
Kissing Is Best Of A'	G	K2v3p10
Kittle Cattle	Bb	K2v3p21
Kitty in the Lane	D	K2v1p34	Irish
Kitty Robertson	G	K2v4p14
Knock Him Down Susie	D	K2v4p11	Known as a Strathspey called Cut Him Down Susie or Cut Him Down Shusie or even Susie (Cut Him Down).
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Lads of Foss, The	D	K2v2p18	Aka The Merry Lads of Foss. Foss is a village on the shore of Loch Tummell. Recordings: Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1975)
Lads of Leith, The	Em	K2v4p13	Known in Ireland as Lads of Laois, this reel has also been known as Sir Adam Ferguson's Reel (Riddell's Collection)
Lady Betty Cochrane	C	K2v2p13
Lady Charlotte Campbell 3	Bb	K2v2p23	By Robert McIntosh
Lady Glenorchy	A	K2v2p6	Aka Lady Glenorchy's Reel by Duncan McKercher.
Lady Harriet Hope	F	K2v1p14	In O'Neill's Music of Ireland as Monday Morning. Jackie Daley recorded it as Victory Reel, but Breathnach changed the title to Inion Mhic Dhonaill (Miss McDonald's Reel) for some reason. In Scotland it's also known as Miss Hope, and it's found in Ryan's as Lady Forbes.
Lady Jane Neville	G	K2v2p15	By William Marshall
Lady Madelina Sinclair's Birthday	Bb	K2v2p23	This is found in Ryan's/Cole's as Lady Elgin's Courtship.
Lady Margaret Stewart	D	K2v3p6	513b5 5424
Lady Maria Dundas	F	K2v4p18
Lady Mary Stopford	D	K2v3p4	51H53 6542
Lady Montgomery	Bb	K2v1p17	Recordings: Fiddles Galore (1976)
Lady Terfichen	G	K2v4p15
Lamberton Races	F	K2v4p21	Irish
Lang Syne	G	K2v3p9	This is a reel version of Auld Lang Syne. There is also a strathspey version (K2v3p9).
Largo Law	A	K2v3p12
Lass O' Patie's Mill, The	D	K2v1p21	"Country dance"
Lasses Fashion, The	A	K2v2p8	Aka Haud Awa' frae Me Donald, and in Ireland Boil the Breakfast Early and Court Her Along the Road( both DMI). Recordings: Jock Tamson's Bairns, The Lasses Fashion (1982)
Lasses Like Nae Brandy	A	K2v2p5
Lasses O' Stewarton, The	D	K2v3p5	Actually titled The "Jasses" O' Stewarton, clearly a typographical mistake.
Last Night's Fun	G	K2v2p25	Irish
Lea Rig, The	A	K2v2p7 K2v3p12	Aka My Ain Kind Dearie.
Leggetts Reel	Em	K2v1p34	Irish
Lennox Love to Blantyre	Dm	K2v3p18
Limber Up	G	K2v2p27	?Irish
Little Bag of Potatoes, The	Am	K2v4p19	Irish
Loch Earn	G	K2v1p8 K2v7p12	By Nathaniel Gow (biog). Recordings: Ron Gonella, Crieff Hydro (1981)
Loch Fyne	G	K2v3p8	By Carl Volti (biog)
Loch Glassie	D	K2v1p17
Loch Leven Castle	Am	K2v1p11 K2v5p14	In Ireland this is called Tom Graney Castle and Tuaimgreine Castle Recordings: Ron Gonella, Scottish Violin Music (1966); Sprangeen (1984); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to the Clans (1977)
Loch Rynach	G	K2v2p16	[Lochrynach]
Lochiel's Rant I	G	K2v1p9	Aka Lochiel's Awa to France, and On the Sly (DMI).
Lord Dalhousie	D	K2v2p17
Lord Drummond	D	K2v3p6	51H65 6622
Lord Kingarth	Am	K2v4p17	A reel version of The Haughs of Cromdale.
Lord Macdonald I	G	K2v1p10 K2v5p9	By Alexander Macdonald. In Shetland this is known as Slanty Gart. Recordings: Boys of the Lough, First Album (1973)
Lord Saltoun	A	K2v1p16	Aka Lord Saltoun's Reel.
Lorraine's Fancy	A	K2v9p14	By T Ford
Lowe's Reel	A	K2v3p12	By John Cumming
Lowlands of Scotland, The	G	K2v4p14	Found in DMI as Jim Kennedy's Favourite with the alternative titles Hare's Foot and The Lowlands of Scotland. Lesl Harker knows it as Hare's Paw, while Andrew Kuntz reports it as Roga Seamus Uí Ceinneidig, The Bundle of Straw, Follow Me to Carlow, The Tralee Lasses, and The Silvermines.
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MacGregor's Gathering	D	K2v4p9	This has a vague similarity to Over the Hills and Far Away
Maggie's Apron	Bb	K2v3p22 K2v10p3
Major Mole	Am	K2v2p9 K2v5p13	Original title Major Molle by Andrew Gow. Aka Major Malley. Recordings: Battlefield Band, Home Is Where the Van Is (1980)
Major Stewart	G	K2v3p8	Aka Major L Stewart. Recordings: Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to the Clans (1977)
Mammy's Pet	C	K2v1p35	Irish. Called Downing's Reel in DMI.
Market Chorus	D	K2v1p22	"Country dance"
Marry Me Now	C	K2v1p7	Aka I Wish You Would Marry Me Now (Bremner).
Marquis of Queensbeery	C	K2v2p11
Marquis of Tullybardine	A	K2v1p12 K2v5p12	Found in DMI as The Maids of Tulla. Recordings: Tannahill Weavers (1979); Golden Fiddle Awards (1980)
Mary of Castlecary	C	K2v1p18	This is a 4/4 version of the tune known as Adew Dundee, or Bonny Dundee, usually in 3/8 or 6/8.
Mason's Apron, The	A	K2v1p23 K2v5p9 K2v10p17	A very popular tune in Scotland and Ireland, this is most probably Scots in origin. It is found as Miss Carberrys Reel in a MS collection of tunes compiled between 1800-02; in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion (1804-16) as Miss Hope's Favorite - Scotch. The 19th century fiddler Duncan McKerracher used to put on his own mason's apron before playing this tune as an encore. Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975); Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1976); Dundee Fiddler's Rally (1985); Golden Fiddle Awards Pt.2 (1976)
Meg Merrilees	A	K2v1p23	"Country dance"
Merry Go-Round, The	Am	K2v1p30
Merry Lads of Ayr, The	C	K2v2p11	Aka The Merry Lads of Air. Recordings: Various, Atlantic Fiddles (Dave MacIsaac)
Merry May the Pair Be	A	K2v3p13
Mill Burn, The	A	K2v3p11
Miss Amelia Eliphant Gask	D	K2v3p5	I think the actuall title is Miss Amelia Oliphant (Gask's). Recordings: Ron Gonella, Crieff Hydro (1981)
Miss Baird of Saughton	F	K2v2p22	Aka Miss Baird of Saughtonhall. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (biog). [ABC]
Miss Betsy Robertson	G	K2v2p15	Recordings: Golden Fiddle Awards (1976)
Miss Betty Hunter	C	K2v2p13
Miss Brady	Em	K2v1p34	Irish. Aka Considine's Grove (DMI).
Miss Brander	Dm	K2v4p18
Miss Bruce	G	K2v3p7
Miss Charlotte Anne Lowe	F	K2v2p22
Miss Charlotte Campbell	Bb	K2v2p23	By William McLeish
Miss Crawford's Reel	A	K2v1p15	By A McAlpin
Miss Dumbreck	Bb	K2v1p13
Miss Elphenstone II	D	K2v3p5	1H1H31H 2H2H72H
Miss Falconer	Am	K2v3p18
Miss Forbes	C	K2v2p12
Miss Gibson I	Bb	K2v2p23
Miss Graham	D	K2v3p5	Recordings: The Battlefield Band, Home Is Where the Van Is (1980) The Battlefield Band actually play this tune in D minor. 1353 6552
Miss Gunning's Fancy Reel	A	K2v2p31	By William Marshall. Aka The Contradiction Reel (DMI).
Miss Hay	D	K2v1p14	Aka Miss Hay of Yester.
Miss Henny McKenzie	C	K2v3p17
Miss Hope	D	K2v4p9
Miss Jessie Scott	D	K2v2p18
Miss Johnston	G	K2v1p10 K2v7p10	By Mrs Robertson. This reel is found in Irish collections.
Miss Johnston Robinson	A	K2v3p14
Miss McLean	Bb	K2v3p21
Miss McLeod of Rosses	D	K2v4p9	This sounds Irish, but I haven't identified it yet.
Miss Maria Dundas	G	K2v2p15
Miss Maule of Panmure	C	K2v3p16
Miss Menzies of Culdare	A	K2v1p15	Aka Miss Menzies of Culdares
Miss Nisbet of Dirleton	C	K2v2p10	By Nathaniel Gow (biog)
Miss Preston Fernton	D	K2v3p4	5531H 2362
Miss Proud	G	K2v4p13
Miss Rolo, The Hon.	D	K2v3p3
Miss Rose of Tirlogie	A	K2v2p6
Miss Scott of Usan	F	K2v2p22
Miss Stewart, Fasnacloich	A	K2v1p16
Miss Stewart of Garth	F	K2v3p20
Miss Stewart Robertson	F	K2v3p19	Aka Miss Stewart Robertson of Edradynate.
Miss Taylor	C	K2v3p15
Miss Travers	G	K2v4p20	Irish
Miss Wedderburn	A	K2v1p15	This can be found as a Strathspey under the name The Burn O' Craigie (by Old Blinds Dogs, for example)
Miss Welsh	F	K2v4p21	Irish
Miss Whiteford	Bb	K2v3p21
Miss Wright of Laton	D	K2v3p3	1H535 2427bL
Miss Wright	G	K2v3p10
Moggy on the Shore	D	K2v4p10
Molleen a Wadd	G	K2v8p33	Irish
Molly Darling	A	K2v4p21	Irish
Molly's Night Cap	Am	K2v4p19	Irish
Monaghan Twig	D	K2v4p20	Irish. Also known as The Tinker's Apron.
Moray Club, The	D	K2v2p19	Recordings: The Battlefield Band, At the Front (1978)
Morning Star, The	Bm	K2v6p32	Irish. Aka Belles of Amaha (K2v2p27), Belles of Omaha and Belles of Omagh (DMI).
Morning Star, The II	G	K2v8p31
Moving Bog	D	K2v4p11	Found in DMI as Courting Them All with the alternative titles of Bashful Bachelor and Don't Bother Me.
Mr Compton of Compton Hall	A	K2v2p5
Mr Gibson	Bb	K2v3p22
Mr Gray of Carse	C	K2v3p15
Mr James Trotter	A	K2v2p7	by James McIntosh
Mr Thomas Burt	A	K2v3p13	By Carl Volti (biog)
Mrs Brodie Sheriff of Battlebent's	G	K2v2p20	By G Rankin
Mrs Douglas Moncrieff	G	K2v3p7
Mrs Douglas of Ednam	A	K2v2p6
Mrs Dundas McQueen	A	K2v2p8
Mrs Dundas of Arniston	C	K2v2p13	By William Gow
Mrs Forbes	A	K2v2p4
Mrs Francis Wemyss	D	K2v3p3
Mrs General Maxwell	C	K2v2p13	Aka Mrs General Maxwell of Parkhill (in Athole Collection). [STD] [ABC] [MID]
Mrs MacKenzie of Applecross II	A	K2v3p12	By Joseph Lowe. There is an accompanying starthspey of the same name (K2v3p11).
Mrs McLeod	A	K2v1p5 K2v7p3 K2v10p2	Full title Mrs McLeod of Raasay. Niel Gow said in his Fifth Collection that he got it from Mr Mcleod of Raasay who described it as "an original Isle of Skye reel". Aka Miss McCloud's, Enterprising Boxer (DMI).. Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975); Various, Melodeon Greats (1978); Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Ideal Music (1977); Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); The Clutha, Scots Ballads... (1974); Sprangeen (1984); Tannahill Weavers, IV (1981); Golden Fiddle Awards (1976); Golden Fiddle Awards Pt.2 (1976)
Mrs Moneypenny	C	K2v2p12
Mrs Moray of Abercairny II	D	K2v2p19	By Nathaniel Gow (biog).
Mrs Morthland	C	K2v2p10
Mrs Muir McKenzie	C	K2v3p16
Mrs Webster	D	K2v3p6	3b53b1 2427bL
Mulindhu, The	G	K2v1p7	Aka The Black Snuffmill. Recordings: Jock Tamson's Bairns (1980).
My Heather Hills	D	K2v1p26
My Love is But a Lassie Yet	D	K2v1p22	"Country dance". Recordings: Ron Gonnella: Scottish Fiddle Magic (1992); Heritage, When the Dancin' It's A' Done (1980); Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Tam O'Shanter (1984); Strings of Scotland (1975); Dundee S&R Soc (1981)
My Love is in America	D	K2v1p35	Irish. Aka Dandy Apron (DMI).
My Love is On the Ocean	D	K2v4p11	Found in DMI as The Threepenny Bit, but in the key of G.
My Wee Fiddle	D	K2v4p7
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New Brig o' Ayr, The	F	K2v3p18
New Wedding, The	G	K2v6p36	Irish
Nimble Fingers	C	K2v6p26
Nine Pint Coggie, The	Em	K2v3p9	Based on an earlier tune, The Collier's Daughter.
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O She's Coming	A	K2v2p3	Aka O She's Comical.
O'er Bogie	C	K2v2p11	Aka O'er Bogie Wi' My Love.
O'er the Hills and Far Away	D	K2v1p26
O'er the Muir Amang the Heather	G	K2v2p14	Aka Aldivalloch.
Old Bog Hole	A	K2v2p14	"Country dance". Related to the American tune Turkey In the Straw, the tune of which was known as a song, Old Zip Coon, and before that a tune called Natchez Under the Hill (it's also been called Matches Under the Hill). The earliest printing of Natchez... is 1838, although according to Mark Wilson, the tune had been mentioned twenty years earlier.
Old Grey Cat, The	Em	K2v1,28	Charles Gore: The Old Grey Cat was Sean Liath, an Irish Cat. It...wasn't published in the printed music of Scotland until the 1880s, then only as an Irish Reel.
Oor Guid Wife	C	K2v3p16
Oor Wullie	C	K2v9p15	By Bill Murray
Opera Reel	D	K2v4p9
Ould Mike	Am	K2v4p21	Irish
Oyster River, The	G	K2v1p41 K2v6p35	Irish. PV: Played as a polka called St Mary's in the north of Ireland. Paddy Killoran recorded it as Gurteen Cross.
Oyster Wives' Rant, The	C	K2v2p10
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Paddy Handly's Goose	G C	K2v2p25 K2v6p39	Irish
Paddy McGhie	A	K2v4p21	Irish
Paddy on the Railroad	D	K2v2p32	Irish. Aka The Merry Blacksmith and Policeman's Cap.
Paddy on the Railroad	C	K2v6p32	Irish
Paddy on the Turnpike	Em	K2v4p19	Irish
Parlour Reel	D	K2v4p10
Patronella	D	K2v1p22	"Country dance"; this is the tune commonly known as Petronella - this title is probably a typo.
Pea Strae	D	K2v1p10 K2v10p3	Aka Clean Pea Strae and Clean Pease Strae. Recordings: Various, Fiddle Me Jig (c1978)
Peat Bog, The	D	K2v4p8
Peggie's Dumpling	A	K2v4p3	By Carl Volti (biog)
Perrie Wherrie, The	G	K2v2p15	Aka Perrie Werrie. Recordings: Ossian, St Kilda Wedding (1978)
Perth Assembly, The	F	K2v2p22 K2v7p16	By Samson Duncan. Recordings: Ron Gonella, Scottish Violin Music (1966)
Perth Hunt, The	A	K2v1p8	Aka The Perthshire Hunt and The Boyne Hunt (DMI)..
Perth Hunt, The	D	K2v7p11
Pig Town	A	K2v5p16	Irish
Pig Town, The	G	K2v2p29 K2v8p27	Irish
Pigeon on the Gale	G	K2v4p14	Should be Pigeon on the Gate, although it's nothing like the irish reel of that name in O'Neill's.
Pipe Slang, The	C	K2v2p9
Piper's Glass, The		K2v2p9
Pipes Reel, The	D	K2v1p30
Pitnacree Ferryman, The	D	K2v1p11	Aka The Boatman of Pitnacree. Recordings: Silly Wizard, So Many Parting (1979)
Poldwilly Bridge	D	K2v1p24 K2v7p16	By Alexander Walker. In Walker's Collection it's called Polduilly Bridge.
Policeman's Cap	D	K2v3p4	Irish. Aka The Merry Blacksmith and Paddy On the Railroad.
Poor Ould Woman, The	Am	K2v1p35 K2v5p16	Irish. Shades of An tSean Bhean Bhocht (or The Shan Van Vocht, which translates as "The Poor Old Woman"), which in Scotland is known as The Brier Bush. In DMI The Poor Ould Woman is listed under the name Jerry Daly's Hornpipe.
Pottinger's Reel	F	K2v9p16	By Tom Anderson, Shetland
Preston Pans	A	K2v4p6	A village in East Lothian near Edinburgh, site of a famous battle.
Pretty Peg	D	K2v2p17 K2v5p11	Recordings: Ron Gonella, Scottish Violin Music (1966); Ossian, St Kilda Wedding (1978)
Pride of the Ball, The	Am	K2v2p25 K2v6p31
Prince Charlie	Em	K2v1p6	Aka Prince Charles.
Pullet, The	Am	K2v6p37	Irish
Pullet, The	D	K2v1p35	Irish
Push About the Jorum	G	K2v2p14 K2v3p9
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Rachael Rae	D	K2v1p4	Recordings: Fife Strathspey and Reel Soc., The Fiddle Sounds of Fife (1980)
Rachel Rae	D	K2v7p4 K2v10p5	Recordings: Strings of Scotland (1975)
Rakes of Mallow	G A	K2v3p42 K2v5p16 K2v8p14	Irish. Recordings: Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Better Than An Orchestra (1977)
Rakes of Stragne, The	A	K2v4p20	Irish
Rantin' Highlandman, The	A	K2v2p7
Reel of Cluny, The	A	K2v3p11	By Joseph Lowe
Reel of Tulloch	A	K2v1p5 K2v7p12 K2v10p5	This tune possibly dates from the mid 16th century. It is said that a MacGregor fought a Robertson for the hand of the Laird o' Tulloch's daughter and celebrated his victory by improvising the reel on the spot. Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976)
Reilly's Reel	Am	K2v6p31
Rendezvous, The	G	K2v2p16	By Capt Fraser?
Return From India, The	A	K2v1p8
Rise Ye Lazy Fellow	C	K2v2p10	Aka Rise Ye Lazy Lubber.
Rocks of Cashell	D	K2v8p25	Irish
Roll Her In the Rushes	D	K2v4p20	Irish. Also known as The Repeal of the Union, Kate Gaynor's Fancy and The Gurtaglanna Reel
Roll Her On the Hill	D G	K2v1p3 K2v10p17 K2v6p45	Related to Roll Her On the Mountain (DMI572) and Rolling On the Rye Grass (DMI766). Recordings: Fife Strathspey and Reel Soc., The Fiddle Sounds of Fife (1980); Strings of Scotland (1975)
Rory McNab	G	K2v1p12
Rose Tree, The	D	K2v1p21	"Country dance". This tune can be found in the Gow collections as The Old Lea Rigg. Recordings: Ron Gonnella: Scottish Fiddle Magic (1992); Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Tam O'Shanter (1984); Dundee S&R Soc (1981)
Round the World	G	K2v1p35	Irish
Rover	G	K2v4p15
Roving Bachelor, The	G	K2v6p8	"by G F"
Ryan's Rant	Am	K2v4p17 K2v5p15	Irish
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Salamanca, The	D	K2v4p8
Sandy Is My Darling	C	K2v3p18
Sandy O'er the Lea	D	K2v1p9
Scholar, The	D	K2v1p34	Irish
She's Sweetest When She Smiles	F	K2v2p22
Sheep Shanks	A	K2v3p12
Sir David Davidson of Cantray	D	K2v3p4	By John Lowe Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975) 1H3H76 5327
Sir David Hunter Blair	F	K2v1p17
Sir Robert Peel	Bb	K2v2p23
Sir Ronald McDonald	Bb	K2v3p22
Six Mile Bridge	D	K2v1p35 K2v6p36	Irish. Found as a hornpipe in DMI called The Banks of the Ilen.
Sixpence, The	A	K2v8p14	Irish
Sleeping Maggie	D	K2v3p6	Aka Sleepy Maggie (K2v4p19). A version of this tune is called Jenny's Chickens in Ireland.
Sleepy Maggy	Bm	K2v4p19	Known in Ireland as Jenny's Chickens. Recordings: Whistlebinkies (1977)
Sligo Reel	D	K2v4p20	Actually listed as SLIGD REEL.
Sma' Coals for Nailers	G	K2v4p13	Or Small Coals for Nailers. Recordings: Golden Fiddle Awards (1976); Various, Scottish Fiddlers to the Fore (1970); Golden Fiddle Awards Pt.2 (1976)
Smith's Delight	D	K2v2p27 K2v6p33	Irish. Recordings: Various, Atlantic Fiddles (Brenda Stubbert)
Smolanach	A	K2v3p14
Soldier's Joy	D	K2v1p3 K2v10p3	Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975); Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Ideal Music (1977); Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); The Clutha, Scots Ballads... (1974); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976); Dundee Fiddler's Rally (1985); Golden Fiddle Awards Pt.2 (1976)
Soldier's Joy, The	D	K2v7p6
Soldier's Return, The	D	K2v4p7 K2v6p44	Aka The Mill, Mill O.
Speed the Plough	A	K2v1p24 K2v7p17 K2v10p2 K2v10p4	Aka The Naval Pillar. Composed around 1800 by John Morehead or Muirhead. Recordings: Various, The Fiddler's Companion (1980); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976); Scottish Fiddlers, Kelvin Hall II (1976)
Sporting Peggy	D	K2v4p10
Square and Compass, The	C	K2v2p12
St Catherine's	G	K2v3p9	By A M Volti
St Kilda Wedding, The	A	K2v2p7	This came from the Simon Fraser Collection (1815). Recordings: Ossian, St Kilda Wedding (1978)
Staten Island	D	K2v1p21	"Country dance". Recordings: Golden Fiddle Awards (1981)
Steer Kimmer	G	K2v4p16	Aka What's A' the Steer Kimmer.
Stewart's Rant, The	A	K2v1p15
Stonebyres	C	K2v3p17
Strachur	G	K2v3p8	By Carl Volti (biog)
Strawberry Beds, The	G	K2v1p34 K2v6p37	Irish
Sucky Bids Me	G	K2v2p15
Sundrum House	A	K2v3p10	By Hugh Dunlop
Sweet Molly	Em	K2v1p6	This is called The Youngest Daughter in DMI. I have also seen it referred to as Hopetoun House (which is a large house and estate near Edinburgh). Recordings: Silly Wizard, Caledonia's Hardy Sons (1978); Sprangeen (1984); Contraband (1974 - as The Youngest Daughter).
Sweet Molly	Em	K2v1p6 K2v4p15	This is a different tune from the above.
Sweet Molly	Dm	K2v7p9
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Tail Toddle	D	K2v4p10	Recordings: Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.)
Tailor Tartan	G	K2v4p12	By A M Volti
Tarbolton Lodge	Em	K2v1p12 K2v5p14	Aka Hatton Burn and The Tarbolton. This tune was popularised in the Irish tradition by the greta fiddler James Coleman, who learned it from Cape Breton musicians living in Boston. Aka Cooleen Bridge (DMI).
Teetotaller Reel, The	G	K2v1p34	Irish. Aka The Temperance Reel. Recordings: Pibroch MacKenzie, The Mull Fiddler (1969)
Teetotaller's Reel	G	K2v5p15	Irish. See The Teetotaller Reel.
Terence's Ramble	F	K2v2p32	Irish
This Is No My Ain House	D	K2v1p9	Aka This Is No My Ain Lassie.
Thomson's Got a Dirk	A	K2v4p3
Thro' the Field	G	K2v1p34	Irish
Thro' the Wood of Fyvie	G	K2v4p16
Through the Muir She Ran	F	K2v2p21
Through the Wood of Favie	G	K2v2p14
Timour the Tarter	A	K2v1p18 K2v5p12	Named after the 14th century founder of the Mogul dynasty in India. In England he was known as Tamburlaine. See also Babes In the Wood. Also known as Peter Street in Ireland. Recordings: Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976)
Tom Steele	D	K2v8p22	"a colleague of Dan O'Connell". Brendean Breathnach calls this "a faulty version" in CRE1. Irish. Aka Cill Beathach (or Kilbaha), The Laurel Groves.
Tom Thumb	D	K2v7p17
Torry Burn Lasses	G	K2v1p23 K2v7p10	"Country dance"; aka Torryburn Lasses; Torry Burn. Can be found in O'Neill's DMI as Tady's Wattle and Comely Jane Downing.
Town Crier, The	Am	K2v4p17
Trip It Upstairs	G	K2v2p32	Irish
Triplet Hornpipe	G	K2v2p38
Triumph	A	K2v1p21	"Country dance"
Tullymet Hall	C	K2v2p10	By John Gow.
Twin Katy's Reel	G	K2v2p29	Irish
Tynecastle Park	G	K2v9p18	By D Finlay
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Uist Lasses Darling, The	D	K2v2p19
Up An' Waur Them A' Willie	G	K2v3p8	There is also a Strathspey version of this tune (K2v3p8).
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Vale of Leven	A	K2v4p3	By Carl Volti (biog)
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Wandering Tinker, The	D	K2v1p13
Wandering Tinker	C	K2v2p12
Wedding, The	G	K2v1p34	Irish.
Wedding Ring, The	Gm	K2v3p21
Wee Bit Cogie	A	K2v4p4	This sounds like a reel version of Monymusk.
Wee Cup of Tea, A	C	K2v3p17
Welcome, Charlie Stewart	D	K2v1p6	Aka Queensberry House (Bremner), The Confederacy (Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances), and Glen Morisone's Reel (Cumming's Collection).
Welcome, Charlie Stuart	D	K2v2p17	Originally called Glen Morisone's Reell (Cumming's Coll) or The Confederacy (Duke of Perth MS), this tune is also found in Kerr's as Charlie Stuart and You're Welcome, Charlie Stuart
Welcome Royal Charlie	A	K2v4p5	This is a version of the tune Auld Wife Ayont the Fire
Wellbank Fiddler, The	D	K2v9p17	By D Muir
West Kilbride	A	K2v3p11	By A M Volti. There is an accompanying strathspey called East Kilbride (K2v3p11).
West Winds	G	K2v4p12
What's A' the Steer	G	K2v4p16	Aka Steer Kimmer
Whigs of Fife, The	Dm	K2v2p21
White Cockade, The	G	K2v1p23	"Country dance"
Will You Run Away With Me	C	K2v1p18
Willie Davie	A	K2v1p24
Wind That Shakes the Barley, The	D	K2v1p4 K2v7p13 K2v10p2	Recordings: Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Ideal Music (1977); Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); Silly Wizard, Silly Wizard (1976); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976); Golden Fiddle Awards (1976)
Wise Maid, The	D	K2v4p11	This is not the Irish reel of the same name which also goes under the name All Around the World.
Witch of the Wave	G	K2v3p8
Woo'in O't, The	D	K2v4p7
Yellow Haired Laddie, The	G	K2v6p27	Aka The Curly Haired Laddie
Yetts of Muckart, The	A	K2v2p8 K2v3p13
You're Welcome, Charlie Stuart	D	K2v1p6
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