Lester's Tune-a-Day

The A music I got from John Stephen and the B musics are nursery rhymes X:489 T:John's Tune M:4/4 R: K:G "Chorus" D2|G2 G2 GA Bc|d4 B4|c2 c2 A4|B2 B2 G2 D2| G2 G2 GA Bc|d4 B4|c2 c2 A2 F2|G4 G2:|| "This Old Man" d2 B2 d4|d2 B2 d4|e2 d2 c2 B2|A2 B2 c2 Bc| d2 G2 G2 G2|GA Bc d4|d2 G2 A2 c2|B2 A2 G4:|| "Chorus" D2|G2 G2 GA Bc|d4 B4|c2 c2 A4|B2 B2 G2 D2| G2 G2 GA Bc|d4 B4|c2 c2 A2 F2|G4 G2:|| "Skip to My Lou" B2 BB G2 G2|B2 B2 d4|A2 AA F2 F2|A2 A2 c4| B2 BB G2 G2|B2 B2 d4|A2 Bc B2 A2|G4 G4:| "Chorus" D2|G2 G2 GA Bc|d4 B4|c2 c2 A4|B2 B2 G2 D2| G2 G2 GA Bc|d4 B4|c2 c2 A2 F2|G4 G2:|| "Merrily We Roll Along" B3 A G2 A2|B2 B2 B4|A2 A2 A4|B2 d2 d4| B3 A G2 A2|B2 B2 B4|A2 A2 B2 A2|G8:| "Chorus" D2|G2 G2 GA Bc|d4 B4|c2 c2 A4|B2 B2 G2 D2| G2 G2 GA Bc|d4 B4|c2 c2 A2 F2|G4 G2:|| "The Grand Old Duke of York" D2|G2 G2 G2 G2|G6 G2|A2 A2 A2 A2|A6 A2| B2 B2 B2 BB|c2 cc c2 cc|B2 G2 A2 F2|G...

A tune a customer played when he picked his box up in my workshop, other than that I know nothing see update below the ABC. X:487 T:Wednesday Night Polka C:Dave Ingledew (arr L Bailey) M:4/4 K:G L:1/8 |:GA Bc d2 d2|e2 e2 d2 d2|c2 B2 A2 G2|B4 A4| GA Bc d2 d2|e2 e2 d2 d2|c2 A2 F2 A2|1G2 d2 d2 d2:|2 G4 G4|| |:E4 E4|c2 c2 B4|A2 G2 F2 G2|B4 A4| E4 E4|c2 c2 B4|A2 G2 F2 A2|1G4 G4:|2G2 d2 d2 d2|| Update: The composer of this tune Dave Ingledew has been in tough with the folowing info: I wrote it in 1979 when requested  to record a new signature tune for the BBC Radio Solent folk program. I  composed it on a Wednesday night, hence the title. He also added that As you will see ( from his attached pdf ) your source got the tune the wrong way round, t he A music is the B music and it has morphed quite a bit from my  original intention. I have attached Dave's original version below.

Unsurprisingly a Scottish pipe tune. X:486 T:Bonnie Dundee M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G Bc|ded dBd|gfe d2 c|BdG BdB|ABA ABc| ded dBd|gfe d2 c|BdG AdF|GAG G:| z2|:GGG GcB|ADD D3|AAA ABc|cBA B2G| BAB cBc|dcd edc|BdG AdF|GAG G3:||

Tune for the eponymous song, but appears elsewhere with other names. Played on my new Oakwood melodeon, number 2 of the newly revived production. X:485 T:Some Say the Devil's Dead M:4/4 K:G D2 DE GABA|GEED GE E2|D2 DE GABc|dedB A2 G2:| B2 BA Bc d2|e2 ed ef g2|B2 BA BcdB|GABG A2 G2:

A pipe tune written by Anon to commemorate the siege which took place during the 1857 Indian Mutiny. X:484 T:Siege of Delhi M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G B3 B B2 d2|d2 e>B d4|B3 B B2 d2|e>g d>B A2 G2| B3 B B2 d2|d2 e>B d4|d2 g>e d>e d>B|A2 G2 G4:|| B2 d>B d>B d2|c2 e>c e>c e2|B2 d>B d>B d2|e>g d>B A2 G2| B2 d>B d>B d2|c2 e>c e>c e2|d2 g>e d>e d>B|A2 G2 G4:|| B3 B B2 d2|c3 c c2 e2|B3 B B2 d2|e>g d>B A2 G2| B3 B B2 d2|c3 c c2 e2|d2 g>e d>e d>B|A2 G2 G4:|| g>f g>e d>e d>B|G2 G>A B4|B3 B B2 d2|e>g d>B A2 G2| g>f g>e d>e d>B|G2 G>A B4|d2 g>e d>e d>B|A2 G2 G4:||

Highland pipe tune composed by Uli Roever and Michael Korb of Germany. X:483 T:Highland Cathedral M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G |:G2 G A/B/ AG DG|A2 AB B2 B2|B2 B c/d/ cB AG|A2 AB D4| E2 E F/G/ GD FG|d2 dc B4|A2 A B/c/ BG DG|A2 AG G4|| |:F2 FD A2 A F/A/|B2 BF F2 FE|D2 D/E/F E4|F2 FG/A/ E4| F2 FD A2 AF/A/|B2 BF F2 FE|D2 D/E/F E2>D2|D8|| |:B2 BG d2 d B/d/|e2 eB B2 BA|G2 G/A/ B A4|B2 B c/d/ A4| B2 BG d2 d B/d/|e2 eB B2 BA|G2 G/A/ B A3 G|G8|

An Irish polka. X:482 T:Knockabout Polka M:4/4 K:D L:1/8 D4 D3 E|F2 A2 A2 Bc|d2 F2 FEDE|F2 E2 E4| D4 D3 E|F2 A2 A2 Bc|d2 F2 E2 FE|D4 D4:|| A2 d2 d4|c2 B2 B2 cB|A2 F2 FEDE|F2 E2 E4| A2 d2 d4|c2 B2 B2 cB|A2 F2 E2 FE|D4 D4:||