Tune: The Fairy Dance

Also known as »Largo's Fairy Dance«, »Old Molly Hare«

Composed by:

Nathaniel Gow (1766&endash;1831)

Recommended for (9):

Ellwyn's Fairy Glen (Reel-32, John M Duthie)
The Fairy Dance (Reel-32, (unknown))
The Hard Drive (Reel-32, Chris Ronald)
The Lady of Lothlorien (Reel-40, Peggy Hamilton)
The North Star (Medley-192, John W Mitchell)
The Southbay Curve (Reel-32, Erik Edmunds)
Take The Boat To Inversnaid (Reel-32, Marie Boehmer)
Thistle Down Reel (Reel-32, Beryl McGhee)
Welcome To Summer's End (Reel-100, Brenda Janssen)

Recordings (33): Show tune in context

80 bar reel (Bobby Murray) tune 1
The Fairy Dance (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 1
The Fairy Dance (John Ellis and his Highland Country Band) tune 1
Irish Reels (Robin Brock and his Band) tune 1
The Deil amang the Tailors (John Taylor & Andrew Imbrie) tune 2
The Eightsome Reel (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 2
The Eightsome Reel (The Muriel Johnstone Trio) tune 2
Eightsome Reel/Sixteensome Reel (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 2
Ellwyn's Fairy Glen (Rob Gordon and his Band) tune 2
Half Eightsome Reel (Dancing Strings of Scotland) tune 2
The Mason's Apron (Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen) tune 2
Mrs MacLeod's Reel (Bobby MacLeod and his Band) tune 2
Reel 4x32 (Ian Slater) tune 2
The Sixteensome Reel (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 2
The Triumph (Bill Clement) tune 2
The Deil amang the Tailors (McDuff's Ceilidh Band) tune 3
March, Strathspey and Reel (Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
Mrs Litten's Reel (Barbara Manning & Ken Martlew) tune 3
Reel Medley (Cape Breton Symphony) tune 3
Shiftin' Bobbins (Drummond Cook and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
Circassian Circle (Rob Gordon and his Band) tune 4
The Eightsome Reel (Auld Reekie) tune 4
The Kincaid Medley (Schiehallion SCD Band) tune 4
The De'il Amang the Tailors (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent) tune 5
The Eightsome Reel (P/M James R Robertson) tune 5
The Eightsome Reel (David South and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 5
The Eightsome Reel (Jimmy Shand and his Band) tune 6
Maxwell's Rant (Fred Moyes) tune 6
The Eightsome Reel (Ian Holmes and his Band) tune 7
The Eightsome Reel (Ian Holmes and his Band) tune 7
The Soldier's Joy (Sandy Legget & the Carseloch Band) tune 7
Traditional Fiddle Set (Susi Petrov et. al.) tune 7
The Eightsome Reel (Bill Clement) tune 8

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