Lester's Tune-a-Day

An originally Scottish fiddle tune which turns up all around the world. X:435 T:Soldier's Joy M:4/4 L:1/8 K:D FG|AFDF AFDF|A2 d2 d2 B2|AFDF AFDF|G2 E2 E2 FG| AFDF AFDF|A2 d2 d2 g2|fafd egec|d2 f2 d2:|| e2|f2 f2 fagf|e2 e2 efge|f2 f2 fagf|edcB A2 e2| f2 f2 fagf|e2 e2 efge|fafd egec|d2 f2 d2:||

The processional tune from the Field Town morris tradition. X:1950 T:Fieldtown Processional M:4/4 L:1/4 K:G c|BA BG|AA A2|cB/2c/2 Ac| BG G2|B/2c/2d ef|gd ec|BG AF|G2 G:| g2 gf|fe e2|aa ag|fd d2| gf gf|ed eg|fd e^c|d2 dc| BA BG|AA A2|cB/2c/2 Ac| BG G2|B/2c/2d ef|gd ec|BG AF|G2 G||

A fine border/molly dance tune by Barry Goodman. X:137 T:Four Up M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Em E2 EF G2 GA|BA GB-BA GB|AF AB AG FA|G2 F2 EFGF| E2 EF G2 GA|BA GB-BA GB|AF AB AG FA|G2 F2 E4:|| cc cc-cB Ac|B2 Bc BA G2|A2 A2 AG F2|G2 A2 B4| cc cc-cB Ac|B2 Bc BA G2|AA A2 AG F2|EFGF E4:|]

A tune I got from a chum Pete Thompson about which I know no more. Flowers and Frolics play a tune that is similar with the same name so this may be a 'folk processed' version of that tune. Just received this from Martin Ellison via melodeon.net: I think I'm safe in saying that this tune was introduced to the folk world by myself and concertina player, Roger Edwards, in the early-mid 1970s. We found it on an LP of fairground organ music, taught it to Flower & Frolics and many of our contemporaries and the rest, as they say, is history. Your version shows signs of the natural evolution of tunes passed via the aural tradition but most definitely the same tune. X:201 T:In the Toyshop M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G B2 c2 | d2 d2 g>fg>e | d4 B4 | d2 d2 e>^d e2 | d6 d2 | d2 A2 A4 | d2 A2 A4 | c2 c2 B2 A2 | G4 B2 c2 | d2 d2 g>fg>e | d4 B4 | d2 d2 e>^d e2 | d6 d2 | d2 A2 A4 | d2 A2 A4 | c2 c2 B2 A2 | G4 || B2 d2 | e>^d e2 e>^d e2 | e>^d e2 e4 ...

Old Joe Clark is a folk song, a mountain ballad that was sung during World War I and later by soldiers from eastern Kentucky. Joe Clark was born in 1839, a mountaineer who was murdered in 1885. X:331 T:Old Joe Clark M:4/4 L:1/8 K:AMix e2 f2 g2 f2|e2 d2 c4|e2 f2 g2 f2|e4 e4| e2 f2 g2 f2|e2 d2 c4|ABcA B2 G2|A4 A4:| A2 ABcB A2|e2 d2 c4|A2 ABcB A2|G4 G4| A2 ABcB A2|e2 d2 c4|ABcA B2 G2|A4 A4:|

A morris dance tune from Bucknell X:388  T:Room for the Cuckold - Bucknell  M:6/8  L:1/8  K:G  GGG D2 D|EGe dBG|GGG D2 D|E2 A G3:||  B2 G B2 G|BGB A3|B2 G E2 E|AGF G3:||

This is a country dance tune from the 4th Edition of Playford's Dancing Master (1670). X:209  T:Jamaica  M:4/4  L:1/8  K:G  G2 B2 B2 cd|e2 d2 e4|d2 B2 B2 AG|A4 G4|  G2 B2 B2 cd|e2 d2 e4|d2 B2 B2 AG|A4 G4||  g2 g2 f2 ed|e2 e2 d4|g2 g2 fg a2|e4 d4|  g2 g2 f2 ed|e2 e2 d2 B2|cd e2 d2 cB|A4 G4||