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Wintery Tunes

Hey all,

I need to find some tunes that have a Christmas-y or wintery feel in the titlIe, & I know there's loads and loads of tunes out there that fit the bill so I thought I'd ask people to suggest their favourite few (in terms of tune or title - some tunes with funny titles would be cool....) so I can get some really good ones. Or even a set of 3 or 4 tunes with a wintery feel, should anyone get the urge....maybe even an arrangement for a 25 piece band...... :-/

Thanks

Andy

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by Andy V

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Does it have to be in the title?

Piper in the Meadow Straying = Deck the Halls in the b part. It's great! It's a set dance by the way..

Christmas Eve - Reel

Christmas in da morning - Jig I think?

Greensleeves - a jig version! It's in O'Neill's if ya have it.

Ahhhh, all I can think of rigth now! Hope that helped..

Cheers,
Armand

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by armandale

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Check out the Boys of the Lough CD, A Midwinter Night's Dream. That shoud give you loads of ideas.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by cathrynb

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The Jug of Punch (a stretch...think x-mas parties..) (reel)
The Holly Bush (reel)
The Snowy Path- slip jig (I think)
Apples in Winter (jig)

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by meemtp

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"The Winter Queen," composed by session.org antihero, whoosis.
http://thesession.org/tunes/display/4979

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by ʎɹoʇısuɐɹʇ

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Eighth of January
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1306

Frost and Snow
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2079

The Sheep under the Snow
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4872

Tame her when the snow comes
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1120

The Frost is All Over
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/448

Frost on the Bow, by my favourite Canadian tunemonger :-)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4128

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by Janek

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Try http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/1411

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by Trevor Jennings

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How about "Eight Candles and a Christmas Tree"
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5940

or
All around the Holly Tree

New Year's Eve

Christmas Comes But Once A Year (a little like Greensleeves in the A section)

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by usedbullfrog

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Easter Snow
First Snow

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by Henk Bos

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There is a gorgeous Irish carol I know, I can't even pretend to remember the gaelic name it came attached to, but the name translates to "That Night in Bethlehem." It is one of the most mournful aires I know, perfect to commemorate the birth of a homeless child in a shed in the back yard.
And the Wexford Carol comes to mind, although the accidentals make it a bit challenging for flutes and whistles--the Voice Squad did a beautiful harmony version a few years back.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by AlBrown

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http://www.thesession.org/tunes/soundfiles/snowplough1_6239.mid
The Snowplough reel is a good choice

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by McMandolin

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The Holly Bush
The Snow On the Hills

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by Hanley

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Slip on the Ice: that's seasonal, but dangerous
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/soundfiles/sliponice1_5622.mid

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by McMandolin

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The Last Pint? ok, maybe not- but yeah, think the end of a christmas party... you know, the last pint.. before u head home. :-)
Everyones' already said all my fav. "wintery" tunes...Christmas Eve...Jug of Punch...8th of January...Greensleeves... hmp

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by BE

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I looove Jug of Punch though, exellent tune!!!

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by BE

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Not Irish though:
Ijswals
Daniell Martineau's "Valse d'Hiver"
Bill Boyd's "Arctic Circle Waltz"
Jonathen Jensen's "Winter Dreams"
George Reynold's "Ice on the Water"
Bob Pasquarello's "Midwinter Blossom"
Graham Townshend's "Ice on the Road"
Gustav Holst's "in the Bleak Midwinter"
Cold, Frosty Morning
Andrew Rankine's "Hogmanay" (Adieu to the Auld Year)
Wally Traugotts "Snowflake Breakdown"
Reel des Skieurs (aka Steamboat Reel, Quadrille Indien)
Snowshoer's March (des Racquetteurs)
I like them all, enough said for now...

# Posted on October 20th 2006 by vonnieestes