100 Essential Irish Session Tunes Book

by Dave Mallinson

On taking up a musical instrument, it is only natural for the beginner to want to reap some rewards as quickly as possible.

After all, music is for the enjoyment of the player, as well as the listener.

Dave Mallinson has compiled this book to give beginners and novices an accessible source of easy Irish tunes, so they can start to join in the ever popular Irish music sessions.

These relatively easy, but interesting, tunes will give enormous a pleasure to both players and listeners.

Only 14 notes are required to play all 101 tunes.

Ideal for beginners and novices.

100 Essential Irish Session Tunes: Dave Mallinson

• All the Way To Galway
• Another Jig Will Do
• Anything for Jonjo?
• Ballydesmond Polka, The
• Barnacle Redowa, The
• Barney Brannigan
• Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
• Bill Harte’s Jig
• Black Velvet Band, The
• Blackthorn Stick, The
• Boolavogue
• Boys of Bluehill
• Boys of Wexford, The
• Britches Full of Stitches, The
• Brosna Slide, The
• Buachaill On Eirne
• Bunratty Boys
• Butterfly, The
• Captain White
• Cockles and Mussels
• Dennis Enright’s Slide
• Dennis Murphy’s Polka
• Derry Boat, The
• Din Tarrant’s Polka
• Dingle Regatta
• Donegal Mazurka
• Down By the Sally Gardens
• Drops of Brandy
• Drowsy Maggie
• Egan’s Polka
• Enniskillen Dragoon, The
• Far From Home
• Fine Toast to Hewlett, A
• Finnegan’s Wake
• Foggy Dew, The
• Foxhunters’ Jig
• Frost is all Over
• Green Grow the Rushes-O
• Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls, The
• Harvest Home
• Hills of Tara, The
• I’ll Tell Me Ma
• Irish Washerwoman, The
• John Egan’s Polka
• John Ryan’s Polka
• Johnny Mickey Barry’s Polka
• Kathleen Hehir’s Slide
• Kelly, the Boy from Killan
• Kerry Polka Number 1, The
• Kerry Polka Number 2, The
• Kesh Jig, The
• Lakes of Sligo, The
• Lannigan’s Ball
• Leather Away the Wattle-O
• Leg of the Duck, The
• Leslie’s Hornpipe
• Little Diamond
• Madame Bonaparte
• Maggie in the Wood
• Magic Slipper, The
• Merrily Kissed the Quaker
• Mickey Chewing Bubble Gum
• Mountains of Mourne, The
• Muirsheen Durkin
• New Rigged Ship, The
• O’Connor’s Polka
• O’Donnell Abu
• Off She Goes
• Óró ‘Sé Do Bheatha ‘Bhaile
• Planxty Fanny Power
• Planxty Irwin
• Portláirge
• Rakes of Kildare
• Rakes of Mallow
• Rattlin’ Bog
• Road to Lisdoonvarna, The
• Rocky Road to Dublin, The
• Rosin the Beau
• Saddle the Pony
• Saint Mary’s Polka
• Scartaglen Polka, The
• Scattery Island Slide, The
• Sean South of Garryowen
• Shoo the Donkey
• Si Bheag, Si Mhor
• Some Say the Devil’s Dead
• Sonny’s Mazurka
• South Wind, The
• Spancil Hill
• Spanish Lady
• Stack of Wheat, The
• Star Above the Garter, The
• Sweets of May, The
• Tenpenny Bit
• Tralee Gaol
• Tripping Upstairs
• Tureengarbh Glen
• Waxies’ Dargle, The
• Wearing of the Green, The
• Wild Colonial Boy, The
• Wild Rover, The