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Tonbridge Folk Club (Nellie's)

Traditional music and song at Tonbridge Folk Club. First and third Mondays of each month, 8-11 pm. Musicians, singers and audience welcome. Foresters Arms, 52 Quarry Hill, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2RT.

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Favoured session tune sets

TFC evenings usually begin with a few tunes (based mainly on the Lewes Arms tune book and, more specifically, those adopted by our friends in Travelling Folk). Of course, other tunes may be played, especially during the course of an evening, but we think a standard, shared repertoire is a great asset for encouraging beginners.

Tunes are played in session-friendly keys (i.e. G or D), mainly to accommodate melodeons. Although historically dances would have been confined to a single tune, it's now common practice when playing tunes in sessions to arrange them in sets.

  • The Blaydon Races (G) x 3 / The Keel Row (G) x 3
  • Bonnie Dundee (G) x 3 / Westering Home (G) x 3
  • Brighton Camp (G) x 3 / Curly Headed Ploughboy (G/D) x 3 + 1 A part to finish
  • Cock of the North (G) x 3 / Wi’ a Hundred Pipers (G) x 3
  • Cotillion (G) x 4
  • Dorset Four Hand Reel (G) x 3 / Winster Gallop (G) x 3
  • Egan’s Polka (D) x 3 / John Ryan’s Polka (D) x 3
  • Flowers of Ashgill (G) x 3 / The Man in the Moon (G) x 3
  • Harper’s Frolic (D) x 3 / Bonny Kate (G) x 3
  • Hunt the Squirrel (G) x 3 / Fox and Geese (G) x 3
  • Jimmy Allen (G) x 2 / Rakes of Mallow (G) x 2 / Huntsman’s Chorus (G) x 2 / Jimmy Allen (G) x 1
  • Maggie in the Wood (G) x 3 / Salmon Tails up the Water (G) x 3
  • Marmalade Polka (G) x 3 / Golden Slippers (G) x 3
  • Michael Turner’s Waltz (G) x 4
  • Planxty Irwin (D) x 3 / Fanny Power (G) x 3
  • Princess Royal (G) x 3 / Portsmouth (G) x 3
  • Redwing (G) x 3 / Winster Gallop (G) x 3
  • Scan Tester’s Quadrille (D) x 3 / Clee Hill (D) x 3
  • Sean South (G) x 2 / Kelly the Boy from Killane (G) x 2 / Boys of Wexford (G) x 2 / Sean South (G) x 1
  • St Anne’s Reel (D) x 3 / The Tipsy Parson (D) x 3
  • Sussex Bonny Breast Knot (G) x 2 / Three Around Three (G) x 2 / Double Lead Through (G) x 2
  • Three Around Three (G) x 3 / Flowers of Edinburgh (G) x 3
  • Uncle’s Jig (G/D) x 3 / Oyster Girl (G) x 3
  • Walter Bulwer’s No. 2 (G/D) x 3 / Walter Bulwer’s No. 1 (G/D) x 3

Last updated by 7 April 2011