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Vale Greg O’Leary

Vale the Great human being; Friend and Musician, Greg O’Leary, who brought so much Australian folk tunes to so many people.

Saying farewell to Greg, sharing stories, memories, laughter and tears at

The Newport Bowls Club Victoria. 8th May 2026 11am.

Alan Musgrove – An Australian Fiddlers Repertory

william-morris-letter-t he Book is available for download by going to the Books page.

Displayed are Tunes from the Book with a Sound file played by Alan Musgrove so you get an idea of how it goes.

  • A Beautiful Golden Picture (A.M.)
  • A Starry Night for A Ramble
  • A Thousand Pipers (A.M.)
  • Across The Sea To Erin (A.M.)
  • Alf Radunz’s Varsovienna (A.M.)
  • An Old Fashioned Home Down An Old Country Lane (A.M.)
  • An Old Favourite (Paddy Whack) (A.M.)
  • Annie Shaw’s Tune (A.M.)
  • Argyle Is My Name (A.M.)
  • Barney Buy Me A Milking Cow (A.M.)
  • Baxter’s Jig (A.M.)
  • Bert Jamieson’s Mazurka (A.M.)
  • Bert Powter’s 1st Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Bill Case’s Heel And Toe Polka (A.M.)
  • Bill Case’s Heel And Toe Polka (A.M.)
  • Bill Cooper’s Waltz (A.M.)
  • Bill Large’s 96 Bar Waltz (A.M.)
  • Bill Large’s Second Waltz (A.M.)
  • Bill McCoy’s Schottische
  • Bill McCoy’s Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Bill McGlashan’s Polka (A.M.)
  • Billy Of Tea (A.M.)
  • Blue Bonnet Waltz
  • Blue Bonnets Over The Border (A.M.)
  • Bob In The Wash House (A.M.)
  • Bonnie Scotland (A.M.)
  • Booligal Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Boomerang Hornpipe (A.M.)
  • Bourke’s Dream (A.M)
  • Bowral Jig (A.M.)
  • Boxers Creek Reel (A.M.)
  • Can A Monkey Climb A Tree (A.M.)
  • Cecil Teagh’s Polka (A.M.)
  • Cecil Teagh’s Polka (A.M.)
  • Charlie Kyle’s 1st Schottische
  • Charlie Kyle’s No. 18 Jig (A.M.)
  • Charlie Kyle’s Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Charlie’s New England Schottische
  • Chris Bossey’s Waltz
  • Colin Charlton’s 1st Set, 2nd Figure (A.M.)
  • Colin Charlton’s Reel (A.M.)
  • Come And Meet Me In The Shadow Of The Pines (A.M.)
  • Dad’s Jig (A.M.)
  • Daisy Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Devil In The Kitchen
  • Dick Cribb 2 (A.M.)
  • Don McBain’s Jig
  • Doris Merrill’s Schottische
  • Early In The Morning (A.M.)
  • Ebb Wren’s Schottische
  • Edgar Lacey’s 2nd Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Edgar Lacey’s First Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Ehren On The Rhine – Nariel Version
  • Ehren On The Rhine (A.M.)
  • Ehren On The Rhine (J Hilder version)
  • Eileen McCoy’s Jig (Version 2) (A.M.)
  • Eileen McCoy’s Spanish Waltz (A.M.)
  • Exions Waltz (A.M.)
  • Exions Waltz 2 (A.M.)
  • Fairy Creek Waltz
  • Fiddly Jig (A.M.)
  • Fifty Golden Years (A.M.)
  • Fisher’s Hornpipe (A.M.)
  • Flowers of Edinburgh (A.M.)
  • Frank Collins 2nd Polka (A.M.)
  • Frank Collins 3rd Polka (A.M.)
  • Frank Collins’ Jig (A.M.)
  • Frank Collins’ Waltz (A.M.)
  • Frank Forde’s 1st Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Frank Forde’s 1st Varsovienna (A.M.)
  • Frank Forde’s 2nd Jig (A.M.)
  • Frank Forde’s 2nd Varsovienna (A.M.)
  • Frank Forde’s 3rd Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Frank Forde’s Mazurka (A.M.)
  • Frank Forde’s Schottische
  • Franks Collins 2nd Polka (A.M.)
  • Fred Holland’s Mudgee Schottische (A.M.)
  • G’Day To You McCarthy
  • George Davis’ Mudgee Schottische (A.M.)
  • Gervasoni Waltz No. 1 (A.M)
  • Gervasoni Waltz No. 3 (A.M.)
  • Girls Of Ivy
  • God Bless You and Bugger Me (A.M.)
  • God Bless You And Bugger Me (A.M.)
  • Goodbye Katy
  • Goodbye Pat and Mick (A.M.)
  • Grand Chain For The Lancers (A.M.)
  • Green Grow The Rushes-O (A.M.)
  • Happy As A Big Sunflower (A.M.)
  • Hare And Heather (A.M.)
  • Harry Axford’s Schottische
  • Harry Cotter’s Schottische
  • Harry McQueen’s 3rd Fig Prince Imperials
  • Harvest Moon Schottische
  • He Played His Ukelele As The Ship Went Down (A.M.)
  • Heading Home to Melbourne
  • Home Town Waltz (A.M.)
  • Hughie Martin’s Schottische (A.M.)
  • Hunter’s River
  • I’ve Loved Her All My Life (A.M.)
  • Introduction to Parisians Quadrille (A.M.)
  • Jack And Lil (A.M.)
  • Jack Heagney’s 2nd Schottische
  • Jack’s Waltz (A.M.)
  • Jackson’s Jig (A.M.)
  • Jeff Conroy’s 1st Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Jeff Conroy’s 2nd Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Jeff Conroy’s Lancers Tune (A.M.)
  • Jeff Conroy’s Polka (A.M.)
  • Jeff Conroy’s Schottische
  • Jim Ham’s Schottische
  • Jim Hibberson’s Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Jim Large’s Mudgee Schottische
  • Jingle Bells – Grand Chain
  • Joe Cashmere’s 1st Waltz Cotillion (A.M.)
  • Joe Cashmere’s Pipe Strathspey
  • Joe Cashmere’s Varsovienna (A.M.)
  • Joe The Railway Porter (A.M.)
  • Joe Yates Schottische No. 4
  • Joe Yates’ 1st Hornpipe
  • Joe Yates’ 3 Part Polka (A.M.)
  • Joe Yates’ Schottische No. 2
  • Joe Yates’s 1st Varsovienna (A.M.)
  • John Barleycorn (A.M.)
  • John McKinnon’s 1st Waltz
  • John McKinnon’s 2nd Waltz
  • John McKinnon’s Mazurka (A.M.)
  • Johnny Brown Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Kicking The Trousers Off (A.M.)
  • Kicking The Trousers Off (A.M.)
  • King Of The Cannibal Islands (A.M.)
  • La Russe (A.M.)
  • Lady of the Lake (A.M.)
  • Louden’s Bonnie Woods and Braes
  • MacGregor’s March (A.M.)
  • Maggie The Cows Are In The Corn / Old Jeff (A.M.)
  • Manchester Hornpipe (A.M.)
  • Marching Through Georgia (A.M.)
  • McGinty Lives Over The Way (A.M.)
  • McGlashan’s 1st Fig. Royal Irish (A.M.)
  • McGlashan’s 3rd Fig. 1st Set (A.M.)
  • Me And My True Love (A.M.)
  • Mockingbird Hill (A.M.)
  • Molly Malone (A.M.)
  • Monymusk
  • Moylan Brothers Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Mrs Bourke’s Set Tune (A.M.)
  • My Old Irish Mother
  • The Marquis Of Huntly
  • The Mountain Belle Schottische
  • New Mexico Waltz
  • Nightbirds
  • Nora Creina (A.M.)
  • Och Knee Ochen Sue (A.M.)
  • Old Dan Tucker (A.M.)
  • Olivette Quadrille Fig 1 (A.M.)
  • On Board Waltz (A.M.)
  • Only A Leaf (A.M.)
  • Orley Benson’s 3rd Figure of the 1st Set (A.M.)
  • Oyster Girls (A.M.)
  • Paddy Godden’s Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Passing Shadows (A.M.)
  • Patterson’s 1st Figure Of The 1st Set (A.M.)
  • Peggy O’Neill Jig (A.M.)
  • Phyllis McCoy’s Schottische
  • Picking Berries (A.M.)
  • Polly Milk The Cow (A.M.)
  • Ralph Marwood’s Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Ride A Cock Horse (A.M.)
  • Rita Baker’s Polka (A.M.)
  • Rock All The Babies To Sleep (A.M.)
  • S.R. Henry’s Barn Dance
  • Sad The Cuckoo Is Calling (A.M.)
  • Sally Sloane’s Mazurka (A.M.)
  • Sally Sloane’s Mazurka (A.M.)
  • Schaeffer’s 1st Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Schaeffer’s Waltz
  • See Me Dance The Polka (A.M.)
  • Set Tune No 18 (A.M.)
  • Sid Briggs’ Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Silver Bell (A.M.)
  • Skillet Pot
  • Smith’s Hornpipe (A.M.)
  • Sofala Jig (A.M.)
  • Springtime Brings On The Shearing (A.M.)
  • Stan Treacy’s 1st Polka (A.M.)
  • Stan Treacy’s Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Staten Island
  • Step It Out Mary (A.M.)
  • Sweeping The Snow From The Door (A.M.)
  • Sweet Marie (A.M.)
  • Take Your Boots Off And Go To Bed John (A.M.)
  • Ted Ward’s Jig (A.M.)
  • The Ashby Galop (A.M.)
  • The Ashby Galop (A.M.)
  • The Billy Boiled Over (A.M.)
  • The Black Haired Lass
  • The Black Mask (A.M.)
  • The Black Rogue (A.M.)
  • The Boyne Hunt (A.M.)
  • The Braes Of Marr
  • The Cascades (A.M.)
  • The Conjewai Polka (A.M.)
  • The Connaught Man’s Rambles (A.M.)
  • The Constitution (A.M.)
  • The Destiny Waltz
  • The Donkey Ate My Old Straw Hat
  • The Fair Land of Poland
  • The First of May (A.M.)
  • The Girl I Left Behind Me (A.M.)
  • The Girl I Left Behind Me (A.M.)
  • The Girl I Left Behind Me (A.M.)
  • The Gonzales Schottische
  • The Goondawindi Waltz
  • The Ham Family Varsovienna (A.M.)
  • The Hanover Hornpipe
  • The Honeymoon Jig (A.M.)
  • The Irish Hornpipe
  • The Jackarse Eat It On The Way (A.M.)
  • The Jolly Blacksmith (A.M.)
  • The Jolly Raftsman (A.M.)
  • The Kinnegad Slashers (A.M.)
  • The Lost Jig (A.M.)
  • The Maxina
  • The Mill Belongs To Sandy (A.M.)
  • The Mill Belongs To Sandy (A.M.)
  • The Minstrel Boy (A.M.)
  • The Moss Rose Waltz
  • The Muckin’ O’ Geordie’s Byre (A.M.)
  • The Native (A.M.)
  • The New Rigged Ship (Jig) (A.M.)
  • The Old Arrow Inn (A.M.)
  • The Old Schoolmaster (A.M.)
  • The Old Woman From France (A.M.)
  • The Olga Waltz (A.M.)
  • The Queer Fella’s Schottische
  • The Shotgun (A.M.)
  • The Sydney Flash (A.M.)
  • The Third of January (A.M.)
  • The Trip To The Cottage (A.M)
  • The Wangaratta Waltz
  • The Waratah Schottische
  • The Wedding Of Lochan McGraw (A.M.)
  • The Westlyn Waltz
  • The White Cockatoo (A.M.)
  • Tom Becket’s Set Tune (A.M.)
  • Tom Blackman’s Waltz
  • Tom Walsh’s Barn Dance
  • Tom Walsh’s Spanish Waltz
  • Turondale Jig (A.M.)
  • Twinkle Little Star (A.M.)
  • Two Little Girls in Blue
  • Uncle Adam Ebert’s (A.M.)
  • Uncle Dave’s Irish Waltz
  • Uncle Dave’s Jig (A.M.)
  • Uncle Dave’s Polka (A.M.)
  • Uncle Dave’s Schottische
  • Uncle Ned’s Waltz
  • Unnamed Jig. No. 5 (A.M.)
  • Unnamed Set Tune No. 2 (A.M.)
  • Unnamed Set Tune No. 4 (A.M.)
  • Unnamed Set Tune No.1 (A.M.)
  • Wally Febey’s Mazurka (A.M.)
  • Waltz From Doris Merrill (A.M.)
  • When I Went To Germany (A.M.)
  • Within A Mile
  • Won’t You Come Out To The Ball (A.M.)
  • Woodland Whispers
  • Young Letitia Carey (A.M.)

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    Melbourne Colonial Dancers Band Book 5 Dance List

    william-morris-letter-t he Book is available for   download by going to the Books page.

    Here is displayed all the Dances from the Book.  A Dance is made up of one or more tunes.  Selecting them will display the Sheet Music for the complete Dance along with information about how it is played.

  • Alberts Quadrille
  • Alison Rose
  • Antrim Reel
  • Arkansas Traveller
  • Australian Ladies
  • Baker’s Twist
  • Bakers Wife
  • Beaumaris Bay
  • Blackwattle Reel
  • Bonnie Breast Knot
  • Boston Two Step
  • Bridge of Athlone
  • Brown Jug Polka
  • Bucksaw Reel
  • Cachoucha Cotillion
  • Caledonians Quadrille
  • Carnival Quadrille
  • Caulfield Arches
  • Chain Double Quadrille
  • Charmaine
  • Cheshire Rounds
  • Chogm
  • Circassian Circle Pt 1
  • Circassian Circle Pt 2
  • Circle Waltz
  • Cloverleaf Quadrille
  • Colonials Quadrille
  • Corn Riggs
  • Cowboy Waltz
  • Crooket Horned Ewie
  • Cumberland Square Eight
  • Danish Double Quadrille
  • Dashing White Sergeant
  • De’il Among the Tailors
  • Derry Down Derry
  • Devil’s Dream
  • Dip and Dive Quadrille
  • Dorothea Waltz
  • Drops of Brandy
  • Eightsome Reel
  • Evening Three Step
  • Fairy Reel
  • Farewell to the Shore
  • First Set (Quadrille)
  • Flying Pieman
  • Foula Reel
  • Gallop Quadrille
  • Gates of Derry
  • Gay Gordons
  • Glasgow Highlanders
  • Gumnuts Quadrille
  • Gypsy Tap
  • Highland Schottische
  • Ian Powrie’s Farewell to Auchterarder
  • Ideal Schottische
  • Indian Princess
  • J.B.Milne
  • Jessie’s Hornpipe
  • Kings Waltz
  • La Gallopaede
  • La Russe Quadrille
  • Ladies Fancy
  • Lancers Quadrille
  • Lea Rig
  • Levi Jacksons Rag
  • Love Em and Leave Em
  • Lucian’s Waltz
  • Luckenbooth Brooch
  • Lyrinka
  • MacDonald of the Isles
  • Machine without Horses
  • Manchester Gallop
  • Margaret Parker’s
  • Margaret’s Waltz
  • Marie’s Wedding
  • Maxina
  • Meeting of the Waters
  • Merilyn
  • Morpeth Rant
  • National Quadrille
  • Neidpath Castle
  • Newfloor’s Revenge
  • Nottingham Swing
  • Offa’s Dyke
  • Old Bush Barn Quadrille
  • Oxo Reel
  • Parisian Quadrille
  • Parma Waltz
  • Petronella
  • Polka Country Dance
  • Polka Mazurka
  • Polka Quadrille
  • Posties Jig
  • Pride of Erin
  • Prince Rupert’s Fancy
  • Princess Polka
  • Queen of Sheba
  • Queen’s Jig
  • Rakes of Mallow
  • Red House of Cardiff
  • Reel of the 51st Division
  • Robertson Rant
  • Royal Irish Quadrille
  • Ruby Quadrille
  • Schottisches
  • Scottish Waltz
  • Siege of Ennis
  • Soldier’s Joy
  • Speedy Quadrille
  • St Bernard’s Waltz
  • St John River
  • Steamboat
  • Strathspey
  • Strip the Willow
  • Sugar Candie
  • Summer Assembly
  • Swedish Masquerade
  • Sweets of May
  • Swing Waltz
  • Sybil’s Roundabout
  • Tangoette
  • Thady you Gander
  • The Barn Dance
  • The Tempest
  • Trip to Bavaria
  • Triplet
  • Troika
  • Valeta Waltz
  • Varsoviana
  • Victory Waltz
  • Virginia Reel (Eng)
  • Virginia Reel (US)
  • Walls of Limerick
  • Walpole Cottage
  • Waltz Cotillion
  • Waltz Country Dance
  • Waltz Mazurka
  • Waterfall Waltz
  • Waves of Tory
  • Weavers Jig
  • Well Hall
  • Welsh March
  • West’s Hornpipe
  • White Cockade
  • White Heather Jig
  • Willie with his Tartan Trews
  • Willow Tree
  • Woodshole Jig

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