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This page is for you if: you don't know any session tunes, you want to find out what tunes are played at Burwell, or you want to increase your repertoire. Alternatively, it is for you if you've been to Burwell before and you want to remember the tunes you learnt, or to suggest some we should play in the future!

Some traditional session tunes popular at Burwell

    Kesh Jig
    Drowsy Maggie
    Spootiskerry
    Harvest Home
    The Maid behind the Bar
    Out on the Ocean
    Sally Gardens
    St Anne's Reel
    Boys of Blue Hill
    The Newrigged Ship
    Willafjord
    Horse's Branzel

You can find most of these on the BBC Virtual Session website (sheet and audio music via realplayer), or on Richard Moon's TUNEdb (ABC's, midi and dots).


Burwell Bash "Big" Tunes

    Donegal Barn Dance (2002)
    Rusty Gulley (2001)
    The Magic Foot (Flute 2000)
    Over the Top (Accordion 2000)
    Nattleken Polska (Fiddle 2000)
    Aprilbarnet (Fiddle 2000)

Suggested Favourite Burwell Tunes

Tell us for your favourite or suggest another! Tunes with the most votes will become available for download, so that new course members can learn them too!

Flute Class Favourites

    My Singing Bird (1994)
    The Donegal Lass (1994)
    Lancers (1994)
    Happy Jigs (Short Journey I & II) (1995)
    Trip to Herve's (1996)
    Skipping o'er the bogs (1996)
    Whistle On (1998)
    Kishor's Tune (1999)
    The 24 Hours (2000)
    Soleil D'Octobre (2002)
    The Polka-Not (2002)
    The Swan (2002)

Fiddle Class Favourites

    Catharsis
    Many Shetland Tunes (!)
    Leslie Jean
    The Mill
    The Wedding Gift
    Kenyon's Jig
    Fly & Dodger
    Waves of the Rush
    Burragetto
    The Hogmanay Waltz (2001)
    Reel Du Pendu (The reel of the hanged one) (2002)

Accordion Class Favourites

    Happy Two-Step

New Suggestions

    Castletown Conners
    Garret Barry's
    Egan's
    Slievenamon
Please correct any of my mistakes and tell me if you think of any others!

Still to come

  • Tunes available for download from this page
  • Tunes you think we should play more of!

Watch this space!

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