Tune: The Ale is Dear

Composed by:

(traditional)

Recommended for (2):

The Ale is Dear (Medley-32, Iain Boyd)
The Hole In The Wa' (Reel-32, John Bowie Dickson)

Recordings (21): Show tune in context

Lord MacDonald's Reel (Max Houliston and his Scottish Band) tune 1
Nottingham Lace (Frank Reid and his Band) tune 1
Dram o' Dalwhinnie (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 2
Foursome and Half Reel of Tulloch (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band) tune 2
Toddlin' Tim (Frank Reid) tune 2
Cauld Kail in Aberdeen (Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen) tune 3
Fight About the Fireside (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
General Stuart's Reel (Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
The Highland Lass (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
The Highlandman Kissed his Mother (Tullochgorum) tune 3
Lady Sophia Lindsay (Lothian Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
Lord Macdonald's Reel (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
Reel of the 51st Division (Lissa Schneckenburger & Tom Pixton) tune 3
The Reel of the Royal Scots (Terpsichore) tune 3
Sleepy Maggie (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
Foursome Reel (Ed Brydie and his Band) tune 4
Medley (Sound Company) tune 4
Mrs MacLeod (John Taylor & Andrew Imbrie) tune 4
The Eightsome Reel (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 6
The Foursome Reel (The Colin Dewar Quartet) tune 6
The Eightsome Reel (Bill Clement) tune 9

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