Reels and Hornpipes

Titles for reels are listed alphabetically in this section of the Sheet Music Catalogue and are linked to audio samples and previews, and to where a PDF file can be purchased for download.

The reel is a folk dance type, as well as the accompanying dance tune type, and is indigenous to Scotland. The earliest reference was in a witchcraft trial of 1590, where the accused was reported to have "daunced this reill or short dance". However, the form may go back to the Middle Ages. The name is probably of Old Norse origins, cognate with Suio-Gothic rulla, meaning ‘to whirl'. This became Anglo-Saxon hreol and Gaelic ruidhle or ruidhleadh, which is the origin of the word now.

As a genre, the reel can be subdivided into different types or styles; single reels, double reels, pipe reels, and hornpipes.  

In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey and the waltz.
 

A Highland Lad My Love Was Born   (Ref. 492)

Airlie Bobbies   (ref. 783)

Aitken Drum   (ref. 280)      

Angus Campbell   (Ref. 676)

Angus MacLeod   (Ref. 630)

Arkansas Traveller   (Ref. 097)

Babes In The Wood   (Ref. 312) 

Boil Them Cabbage Down   (Ref. 796)          

Brodag ain McOmish   (Ref. 744)

Buffalo Gals   (Ref. 802)

Cabar Feidh   (Ref. 686)  

Caddam Wood   (Ref. 614)

Cairn's Reel   (Ref. 005)

Camptown Races   (Ref. 803)

Chaneil mo leannan ann seo   (Ref. 281)    

Chicken Reel   (Ref. 063)

Circassian Circle   (Ref. 307) 

Clean Pease Strae   (Ref. 583)

Corn Rigs   (Ref. 419) 

Cripple Creek  (Ref. 100)

Cutting Bracken   (Ref. 407)

Cutty Sark   (Ref. 708)

Dancing The Baby   (Ref. 757)     

Davy Knick Knack   (Ref. 311)      

Deil Among The Tailors   (Ref. 315)  

Deveron Reel   (Ref. 057)   

Donald MacLeod   (Ref. 772)     

Dornoch Links   (Ref. 314)     

Draw The Sword Scotland   (Ref. 742)      

Duncan Gray   (Ref. 368) 

Duntroon   (Ref. 056)

East Neuk Of Fife   (Ref. 460)   

Far From Home   (Ref. 052)  

Flagstone Of Memories   (Ref. 048)

Gavin MacMillan   (Ref. 677)

George The Fourth   (Ref. 688)  

Gin I Were Where The Gadie Rins  (Ref. 412)

Glenburnie Rant   (Ref. 585) 

Glenlivet   (Ref. 706)

Greenwoodside  (Ref. 313)

Heilan' Donald   (Ref. 285) 

Hey For The Heilan' Body   (Ref. 318)

Hey Ho, My Bonnie Lass   (Ref. 361)    

Ho Ro, My Nut-Brown Maiden (Hò rò, mo nighean donn bhòideach)   (Ref. 763)

Is iomadh rud a chunnaic mi  (Many Things Have I Seen)   (Ref. 033)

Jacky Tar Hornpipe   (Ref. 759)

Jamie Hardie   (Ref. 701) 

Jenny Dang The Weaver   (Ref. 660)

Jock Wilson's Ball   (Ref. 317)

Johnny Cope   (Ref. 309) 

Jools' Hornpipe   (Ref. 270)

Jumping Geordie   (Ref. 578)

Kate Dalrymple   (Ref. 362)

Kemnay House   (Ref. 615)   

Kingdom Coming   (Ref. 804) 

Kiss Me Quick My Mither's Coming   (Ref. 363) 

La Russe   (Ref. 727)

Loch Leven Castle   (Ref. 008)

Loch Torridon   (Ref. 284)     

Lochearn   (Ref. 604) 

Lord Dalhousie   (Ref. 657)

Lord MacDonald   (Ref. 672)

Lord Randolph's Bride   (Ref. 364)

Meg Merrilees   (Ref. 724)    

Miss Johnstone   (Ref. 598)

Miss Murray Of Lintrose   (Ref. 282) 

Mount Stewart House   (Ref. 365)       

Mrs. MacLeod Of Raasay   (Ref. 322)

Mrs MacPherson Of Inveran   (Ref. 776)  

My Love She's But A Lassie Yet   (Ref. 366) 

Niel Gow's Farewell To Whisky   (Ref. 367) 

Oh, Susanna   (Ref. 800)     

Perth Hunt   (Ref. 600) 

Petronella   (Ref. 718) 

Pollywolly Doodle   (Ref. 801) 

Pretty Peggy   (Ref. 652)

Rachel Rae   (Ref. 576) 

Rantin' Rovin' Robin   (Ref. 540)     

Sailor's Hornpipe   (Ref. 752) 

Sandy Duff   (Ref. 607)   

Snouts And Ears   (Ref. 758)  

Speed the Plough   (Ref. 737)

Spootiskerry   (Ref. 086)

Staten Island   (Ref. 627)

Stornoway Castle   (Ref. 465)

Sweet Molly   (Ref. 588)

Tail Toddle   (Ref. 321)   

Teribus   (Ref. 762)

The Ale Is Dear   (Ref. 320)

The Alewife And Her Barrel   (Ref. 288)

The Barnyards Of Delgaty   (Ref. 618) 

The Boatie Rows   (Ref. 511)  

The Bottom Of The Punch Bowl   (Ref. 631) 

The Breakdown   (Ref. 286)

The Bride's  (Ref. 061)

The Brolum   (Ref. 810)

The Coachman's Whip   (049)

The Cockle Gatherers   (Ref. 369) 

The Dashing White Sergeant   (Ref. 279)

The Deil Among The Tailors   (Ref. 042) 

The Down Express   (Ref. 370)

The Drummer   (Ref. 323)

The Duke Of Perth   (Ref. 705)    

The Fairy Dance   (Ref. 316)    

The Flowers Of Edinburgh   (Ref. 360)

The High Level Hornpipe   (Ref. 014)

The High Road To Linton   (Ref. 319)

The Hopeful Lover   (Ref. 785)

The Jolly Begger   (Ref. 795)

The Kilt Is My Delight   (Ref. 606)

The Ladies' Hornpipe   (Ref. 397)

The Lass O' Peatie's Mill   (Ref. 308)

The Lass O' Gowrie  (Ref. 464)

The Lea Rig   (Ref. 571)   

The Little Cascade   (Ref. 616)

The Maid Behind The Bar   (ref. 051)

The Mason's Apron   (Ref. 626)

The Merry Boys Of Greenland   (Ref. 371) 

The Moving Cloud   (Ref. 685) 

The New High Level   (Ref. 015)

The Perth Assembly   (Ref. 738) 

The Piper's Cave   (Ref. 283) 

The Piper's Glass   (Ref. 372) 

The Rakes Of Mallow   (Ref. 396)

The Reconciliation   (Ref. 422)

The Reel Of Tullochgorum   (Ref. 368)

The Soldier's Joy   (Ref. 452)  

The Southern Soldier   (Ref. 794)

The Spey In Spate   (Ref. 058)

The Spinnin' Wheel   (Ref. 690)

The Ton   (Ref. 010)

The White Cockade   (Ref. 353) 

The Wind That Shakes The Barley   (Ref. 310)

There Was A Lad Was Born In Kyle   (Ref. 095)

This Is No My Ain Lassie   (Ref. 373) 

Torryburn Lasses   (Ref. 590)  

Turkey In The Straw   (062)

Victoria Reel   (Ref. 697) 

Waves Of Tory   (Ref. 374) 

We're A' Noddin   (Ref. 515) 

What's A' The Steer   (Ref. 544) 

Willie Brewed A Peck O' Maut   (Ref. 550)

Willie Was A Wanton Lad   (Ref. 558)

Yankee Doodle   (Ref. 798)

You're Welcome, Charlie Stewart   (Ref. 646)   

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