Tune: The Navvie

Also known as »The Navvie on the Line«, »Evan's Hornpipe«

Composed by:

(traditional)

Recommended for (7):

The Abbotsford Lassies (Reel-32, Charles Inglis)
Catch the Wind (Reel-32, Romaine Butterfield)
The Creel (Reel-32, Derek Haynes)
The Happy Hornpipe (Reel-32, Edwin Werner)
The Navvie (Reel-40, John W Mitchell)
Salute to Summer (Reel-32, Marie Malcolm)
A Trip to Newfoundland (Reel-32, Mulligan, Martin & Shawyer, Bruce)

Recordings (13): Show tune in context

Catch the Wind (Lothian Scottish Dance Band) tune 1
Salute to Summer (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent) tune 1
The Bob of Fettercairn (The Scotsmen) tune 2
The Button Boy (McDuff's Ceilidh Band) tune 2
The Water Kelpie (Andrew Rankine and his Band) tune 2
Bon Accord (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band) tune 3
The College Hornpipe (David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
Minard Castle (Charlie Jemmett and His Band) tune 3
The Tri-Mariner (David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
West's Hornpipe (Craig McCallum's Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
The College Hornpipe (Lothian Scottish Dance Band) tune 4
Mid Lothian (Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 4
The Whistling Wind (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 4

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