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James Ward - Part 4
Part 4 of the manuscripts were handed down from Jimmy Ward to Willie Hook, to Jim Moore finally to myself in 2000.
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Reel - The Tinker's Reel (HD ref JW327)
Reel - Lord Roden's Reel (HD ref JW317)
2
Strathspey - Fanny Farquharson (HD ref JW333)
Jig - The Boys of the Lough or titled locally The Lisnagade Jig (HD ref JW295)
Hornpipe - Queen's Hornpipe (HD ref JW289)
3
Quadrille Tune 2/4 - The Lass o Gowrie (HD ref WS126)
Jig - Jackson's Trip (HD ref JS82)
Reel - The Bush in Blossom (HD ref JW322)
4
Reel - Untitled Reel locally titled (Jimmy Ward's Reel HD ref JW329)
March - The Boyne Water (HD ref JW309)
Hornpipe - Bony over the Alps (HD ref JW287)
5
Polka - The Weary Soldier (HD ref JW304)
Reel - Roll Her down the Hill often titled Roll Her down the Mountain (HD ref JW320)
Jig - The Heart of My Kitty (HD ref JW294)
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Jig - The Miners of Wicklow (HD ref JW296)
Polka - The Drumlough Polka (HD ref JW303)
Mazurka - Untitled Polka Mazurka (HD ref RG376)
7
Jig - The Royal Arch Mason (HD ref JW298)
Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Untitled (HD ref JW315) a jig version of O'Carolan's Fanny Power
Jig - Jackson's dear Whisky (HD ref JW292)
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Varsovienna Tune - Untitled Varsovienna Tune
Schottische - The Danish Polka (HD ref WS130)
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Schottische - Old Chum Schottische (HD ref JW331)
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|Polka - Untitled (Jimmy Ward's No 6 HD ref JW306)
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Jig - Jackson's Morning Brush (HD ref JW292)
Jig - Lannigan's Ball (HD ref RQ203)
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Jig - The Queenstown Jig (HD ref JW297)
Jig - Untitled Jig elsewhere titled by Jimmy Ward as Dan's wee Pot (HD ref JW291)
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Waltz - Woodland Whispers (HD ref JW341)
Waltz - The Starry Night (HD ref JW340)
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Waltz - Untitled (HD ref ST357) locally known as Jimmy Ward's Waltz
Reel - Queen's Wedding (HD ref ST354)
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Jig - Pibrock of Donald Dhu (HD ref JW293)
Quadrille Tune 6/8 - A Hundred Pipers (HD ref WS117)
Jig - Blue Bonnets o'er the Border (HD ref WMcC94)
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Hornpipe - Jack's the Lad (HD ref JE179)
Jig - Johnny McGill (HD ref JW293)
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Strathspey - Untitled Strathspey generally known as Miss Ramsey (HD ref JW335)
Strathspey - The Lad that wears the Plaidie (HD ref JD131)
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Figure Dance - Untitled generally known as The Princess Royal (HD ref WMcC93)
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Jig - Jack's Alive (HD ref JW292)
Fling - Captain Kelly's Fling (HD ref JW285)
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Strathspey - The Braes aboon Bonaw (HD ref JW334)
Jig - Rattle the Cash
Jig - The Self Jig known locally in East Down as The Lilies of France and generally as The Girls of Banbridge (HD ref JW285)
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Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Lancers 1st figure (Jimmy Ward's No 8 HD ref JW314)
Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Lancers 2nd figure generally known as I wish I were where Gaddy Rins (HD ref JW307)
[Ward and many of his fiddlers added a 3rd part to the tune - a part of The Rakes of Mallow in either the key of G or D]
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Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Lancers 3rd figure (jig version of O'Carolan's Fanny Power (HD ref JW315)
Quadrille Tune 4/4 - Lancers 5th figure locally known as Jimmy McClurg's (HD ref JW396)
Polka - Untitled Polka (HD ref JW306)
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Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Oh Lassie are thou sleeping yet generally known as The Muckin O' Geordie's Byre
Jig - The Rocky Road to Dublin (HD ref JW298)
Mazurka- Untitled Polka Mazurka (HD ref JW301)
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Polka - Untitled Polka (Jimmy Ward's No 4 HD ref JW305)
[Jimmy Ward played this polka in two variations; (1) by playing parts 1, 2 & 4 as a three part tune, or (2) by playing it as below as a four part tune. (Parts 1 & 3 are the same)]
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Jig - Before I was Married
Mazurka - Untitled Polka Mazurka (HD ref BG185)
Quadrille Tune 2/4 - La Russe (HD ref WS121)
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Waltz - The Fairyland Waltz (HD ref JW338)
Waltz - Nicholson's Waltz (HD ref JW337)
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Untitled Tune
Waltz - Mousetrap Waltz (HD ref JW340)
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Polka - Untitled Polka (Jimmy Ward No 6 HD ref JW306)
Polka - The Sultan Polka (HD ref JW304)
Polka - Jenny Lynd (HD ref JW302)
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Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Bonnie Dundee (HD ref WS118)
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Waltz - Untitled Waltz
Schottische - The Mounte Rank Schottische
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