The Irish Music Society of Oulu

Oulu Sessions tune list

Welcome to the traditional Irish music session in Oulu, Finland. These tunes are typical tunes that we all

know and play here in the Oulu sessions and we also are introducing new tunes all of the time but learning

these tunes will help you to be able to sit in with our session if you are a new player.

For experienced musicians, welcome and please join us and share the tunes of your repertoire.

-Note: In traditional Irish music sets, each tune is played normally 3 times before changing to the next

tune.

-Please Read Session Etiquette

Oulu Session tunes: copied from numerous trad sources out there…

Jigs:

1. Kesh / Morrison’s

2. Hag at the Churn / The Yellow Wattle

3. The Butterfly / Kid on the Mountain

4. The Gold Ring

5. Garrett Barry’s / I buried my wife and danced on her grave

6. Merrily Kissed the Quaker / Tatter Jack Walsh

7. Geese in the Bog / Connaughtman’s Rambles / Out on the Ocean

8. Bryan O’ Lynns / Pipe on the Hob

9. The Cliff’s of Moher

Reels:

1. Kerry Reel / The Earl’s Chair

2. Mountain Road / The Wise Maid

3. The Congress / My Love is in America

4. Dunmore Lasses

5. Merry Blacksmith (Paddy on the Railroad), Cooley’s / The Banshee

6. Chanter’s Tune / Rakish Paddy

7. The Olde Bush / The Ravelled Hank of Yarn

8. Maid Behind the Bar / Kilmaley / Green Mountain

Airs:

1. Hewlett

2. The Miller of Drohan

3. Give Me Your Hand

4. Gile Mear

Marches:

1. Heaton’s Chapel

2. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Jigs:

The Kesh/Morrisons:

The Kesh

Hag at the Churn/ The Yellow Wattle

Hag at the Churn

The Yellow Wattle

The Butterfly / Kid on the Mountain

The Butterfly

The Kid on the Mountain

The Gold Ring

Garrett Barrys/ I Buried My Wife and danced on her grave

Garrett Barry’s

I Buried My Wife and Danced on her Grave

Merrily Kissed the Quaker / T’ather Jack Walsh

Merrily Kissed the Quaker

T’athair Jack Walsh (Tatter Jack Walsh)

Bryan O’ Lynn’s / Pipe on the Hob

Bryan O’ Lynn’s

The Cliffs of Moher

Reels: The Kerry Reel/ The Earl’s Chair

The Earl’s Chair

Mountain Road / The Wise Maid

The Mountain Road

The Wise Maid

The Congress / My Love is in America

Congress Reel

My Love is in America

Dunmore Lasses

Merry Blacksmith (Paddy on the Railroad) Cooley’s / The Banshee

Merry Blacksmith

Cooley’s

The Banshee

Chanter’s Tune / Rakish Paddy

Chanter’s Tune

Rakish Paddy

The Olde Bush / The Ravelled Hank of Yarn

The Olde Bush

Airs:

Hewlett

Sourced from trad band Lúnasa, but a lovely version we play too..

Give Me your Hand/ Tabhair dom do Lámh

Marches:

Heaton’s Chapel

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine