Sheets with tunes by Don Messer

This list has 7 sheets with 6 selected tunes. Tunes are linked to other sheets where they appear, possibly under a different title. Dances associated with tunes are shown in brackets, sometimes from the original sheet and sometimes not. You can also see these tunes listed by title, or search for another composer or a source. Suggestions and corrections are welcome. Please see the terms of use.


MM60 Jigs

The Alyth tattie pickers / Oh I was kissed yestere'en aka As I was kissed yestere'en / Up country MM362 / The Ythan Bar / A M Shinnie aka The shimmie / The nineteenth hole

MM89 American jigs

Globetrotter's jig / The rustlers / Harvester's jig / Goosefeathers / Honest John / The whistling farmer

MM137 Contra reels

Mother's reel / Danced all night / La ronfleuse Gobeil

MM159 American jigs

Sarah's jig / Dad's favourite jig / Joanie's jig / The broken lantern MM34

MM239 Canadian polkas

By the fireside / Daisy / Birch reel

MM326 Contra reels

Operator's reel / Eddie's reel / Ottawa Valley reel MM461

MM362 Jigs

Up country MM60 / Elizabeth Adair / Lambskinnet / Mucking o' Geordie's byre aka The Linton ploughman / Farmer's jamboree (for Fairfield fancy)