Miscellaneous Tunes

Polkas Waltzes American Tunes (Sand Jigs etc) Miscellaneous

Bibliography
K2v1-4 = Kerr's First/Second/Third/Fourth Collections of Merry Melodies (More Info)
K2v5 = Kerr's Caledonian Collection (More Info)
K2v6 = Kerr's Collection of Merry Melodies for the Piano
K2v7 = Kerr's Collection of Reels and Strathspeys
K2v8 = Kerr's Violin Instructor and Irish Folk-Song Album
K2v9 = Kerr's Thistle Collection
K2v10 = Kerr's Modern Dance Album

All annotations are by Nigel Gatherer unless otherwise stated.

Last updated: 18th June, 2001


Polkas
Title	Key	Book	Notes
Annan Polka	G	K2v3p50
Belfast Polka	C	K2v3p50	Recordings: Richard Thomson, Strict Tempo
Blue Bell Polka	G	K2v1p51	I have a sheet music version of this which claims that "F Stanley" is the composer. I also have a 78rpm disc by James Brown, the Edinburgh melodeon player, from 1911 of a track called "Little Pet (Caledonian Polka)" which is exactly the same tune. Recordings: Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976); Recordings: Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Prom (1980)
Circle Polka	C	K2v3p50
Craigielea Polka, The	D	K2v6p43	By Carl Volti (biog).
Faries' Dance Polka	G	K2v3p51
Grand Old Duke of York I	D	K2v6p47
Grand Old Duke of York II	G	K2v6p47
Highland Polka	G	K2v2p51	D Kippen
Jenny Lind Polka	D	K2v3p50
Merry Bells Polka	G	K2v2p51
New Beginners Polka	D	K2v2p51
Opera Polka	C	K2v3p50
Pergola Polka	G	K2v7p36
Serenade Polka	C	K2v1p51	By F Lutte
Star Polka	C	K2v3p50
Vaillance Polka Militare	G	K2v2p51	Recordings: Richard Thompson, Strict Tempo (1981)
Wall Flowers Polka	D	K2v2p51

Waltzes
Ash Grove, The	G	K2v3p33	Recordings: Jimmy Shand, Beltona BL2229
Auld Robin Gray	G	K2v3p34
Beautiful Star Waltz	G	K2v3p48
Brunswick Waltz	C	K2v1p50
Castanet Dance	C	K2v6p52
Come O'er the Stream Charlie	G	K2v3p33
Cuckoo Valse	G	K2v4p46	By Carl Volti (biog)
Dancing Waltz	C	K2v3p49
Danube Waltz	C	K2v3p48
Elfin Waltz	G	K2v1p51
Ever True Waltz	C	K2v3p48
Fairyland Waltz	C	K2v1p50	By C Warren
Four Marys, The	G	K2v3p48
Freyschutz Waltz, Der	D	K2v1p25
Green Hills of Tyrol, The	G	K2v1p51
Guaracha Waltz	G	K2v2p50
Gin I Were a Baron's Heir	D	K2v1p25
Green Hills of Tyrol, The	G	K2v1p51
Guaracha Waltz	G	K2v2p50
Happy We've Been A' The-Gither	D	K2v1p25
Harp That Once, The	G	K2v3p33
Hey the Merry Masons	G	K2v7p27
Home Waltz (Home Sweet Home)	G	K2v2p50
Jenny Jones	G	K2v3p33	Recordings: Jimmy Shand, Beltona BL2229
Kelvin Glade Waltz, The	G	K2v6p42	By Carl Volti (biog).
Last Rose of Summer	G	K2v3p33
Lila's a Lady	G	K2v3p33
Logie o Buchan	D	K2v1p25
Marble Halls, The	G	K2v3p33
Merry Masons, The	G	K2v3p33
Morning Star Waltz	G	K2v1p51
My Heart is Sair	D	K2v1p25
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose	D	K2v1p25
My Skiff Is On the Shore	G	K2v3p33
Nicholson's Waltz	C	K2v1p50
O Gin I Were a Baron's Heir	D	K2v1p25
Over the Moonlight Sea Waltz	D	K2v3p49
Polly Hopkins Waltz	D	K2v1p51
Spanish Dance	C	K2v6p52	[Castanet Dance]
Varsoviana, La	G	K2v7p38
Waltz I	D	K2v7p27
Waltz II	G	K2v7p27
Wooden Shoes	G	K2v6p52
Ye Banks and Braes	D	K2v1p25

Sand Jigs, 4/4 Jigs and Misc American Tunes


American Air I	D	K2v1p21	"Country dance"
American Air II	D	K2v1p21	"Country dance"
American Boot Dance	F	K2v3p39
Arkansas Traveller	D	K2v1p21 K2v6p20	"Country dance"
Away With Melancholy	G	K2v3p43
Billy the Kid's Jig	A	K2v2p49	American 4/4 Jig
Boatmans Dance	G	K2v2p45	Possibly from the Stephen Foster Song.
Bob Chudduck's Jig	A	K2v2p48	American; 4/4 Jig
Boot Dance	Am	K2v1,29
Butcher's Boy, The	D	K2v2p47	American, "Clog Dance"
Camp Meeting, The	A	K2v2p49	American; 4/4 Jig
Coal Black Rose	G	K2v3p43
Double Clog Dance	G	K2v2p46	American
Get On de Train	G	K2v2p47	American, "Sand Jig".
Grape Vine Twist	G	K2v2p47	American, "Sand Jig".
Hell on the Wabash	Am	K2v2p48	American; 4/4 Jig. Actually titled H___ on the Wabash.
Hole In the Wall	Am	K2v2p47	American, "Clog Dance"
Hoop-De Dooden-Do	A G	K2v2p49 K2v6p25	American; 4/4 Jig
I'll Meet Her When the Sun Goes Down	C	K2v6p16	?American
I'm Off to Charlestown	D	K2v3p43
Idlewild	D	K2v2p47	American, "Clog Dance"
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair	G	K2v2p45 K2v6p17	American
Juba Dance	G	K2v6p20
Kitty Sharp's Champion Jig	G	K2v2p48	American; 4/4 Jig
Knocking Hornpipe	G	K2v2p45
Little Diamond	A	K2v2p49	American; 4/4 Jig
Massa's In the Cold Cold Ground	G	K2v2p45 K2v6p18	American
Mountain Sprite, The	C	K2v2p47	American, "Sand jig".
My Old Kentucky Home	G	K2v2p46 K2v6p17	American. "Sand jig" in K2v2.
Nancy Till	G	K2v2p46 K2v6p17	American
Negro Breakdown I	G	K2v6p20	American
Negro Breakdown II	A	K2v1p22 K2v6p21	American
Negro Break Down III	G	K4,31	This is better known these days as The Banjo Breakdown
Negro Jig	Am	K2v6p19	American
Negro Melody	Bm	K2v1p21	"Country dance"
Negro Sand Jig I	C	K2v2p46	American
Negro Sand Jig II	G	K2v2p46	American
Nellie's Birthday	G	K2v3p43	American
Nelly Bly	G	K2v2p45 K2v6p18	American?
Nelly Gray	G	K2v2p45	American?
Nigger in the Pea Patch, The	D	K2v2p49	American; 4/4 Jig
Nigger in the Sugar Cane, The	G	K2v6p23	American
Nigger in the Woodpile, The	D	K2v2p49	American; 4/4 Jig
O Willie We Have Missed You	G	K2v6p18
O Dem Golden Slippers	D	K2v1,27
Oakland Garden	C	K2v2p47	American, "Clog Dance"
Old Folks	G	K2v2p45	American
Old Folks at Home	G	K2v6p16	American
Old Man's Dance	Am	K2v2p46	American. "Slow hornpipe"
Phil Isaac's	A	K2v2p47	American, "Clog Dance"
Prairie Flower, The	C	K2v6p18	?American
Ring the Banjo	G	K2v3p43
Sand Dance	A	K2v4p29	American?
Sand Jig I	G	K2v6p16	American
Sand Jig II	G	K2v6p22	American
Sand Jig III	Am	K2v6p22	American
Sand Jig IV	Am	K2v6p25	American
Sand Jig V	G	K2v2p45	American
Sand Jig VI	D	K2v2p45	American
Staten Island	D	K2v1p21	"Country dance"
Sullivans Jig	G	K2v2p48	American; 4/4 Jig
Tom Brigg's Jig	D	K2v2p48	American; 4/4 Jig
Turkey In the Straw	C	K2v5p21	Described as a "Buck Dance".
Uncle Tom's Jig	G	K2v2p49	American; 4/4 Jig
Walk Around - Hey Daddy	Am	K2v2p46	American; "Plantation dance"
When Johnny Comes Marching Home	Am	K2v1,27
Who's Dat Knocking	G	K2v6p17	?American
Yankee Doodle	G	K2v2p46	Not the same as the well-known Yankee Doodle Went to Town.

Miscellaneous
Barn Dance	D	K2v4p43	by Carl Volti (biog)
Chinese Dance	A	K2v1,29
Duet for Two Violins	G	K2v1,46
French Air I	D	K2v1p22	"Country dance"
French Air II	D	K2v1p22	"Country dance"
French March	G	K2v1p30
Krakoviak, The	G	K2v1p46
Mazurka	G	K2v7p38
Pastoral Dance	D	K2v4p49	by Carl Volti (biog)
Spanish Dance	C	K2v6p52	[Castanet Dance]
Swiss Waltz	D	K2v1p51
Varsoviana, La	G	K2v7p38
Village Festival, The	D	K2v4p50	by Carl Volti (biog)