Here is the complete list of tunes I have written. Most of them are part of "A Musical Diary", which began on 12th December 1996.
In the "Details" you will find (often) a short description of the tune, a gif file of the music, and a midi file made from this.
The midi files will play directly when you click on the link (if your browser knows about midi). Because Music Time isn't very good at first/second time bars, and "pick-up" bars, these midi files may sound a bit strange, with gaps in them and repeated bits.
Where available, I have also included recordings of the tunes. Be warned, modem users, these files may be very large.
Because there are so many tunes here, I have colour-coded them. The red ones are good, and there is a recording available from the "Details" page. The orange ones might be good, and the black ones probably aren't good!! You might disgree, of course - let me know!!
Please feel free to play these tunes, perform them, use them how you want. Send me your comments, or recordings, and I will add them to the website.
I have registered some of the tunes (marked with an asterisk*) with PRS - if you perform them in public you should make a PRS declaration - via the venue (you don't have to pay anything).
There a quite a few people referred to in these tunes - family, friends, musicians, morris dancers, pub landlords, bands, celebrities...thank you all!!
See the people!!
| Number |
Tune title |
Date composed |
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| 1 |
The Cure of All Grief* |
1980 |
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| 2 |
The Sloe Gone Wrong* |
1980 |
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| 3 |
The Lady in the Boat* |
1981 |
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| 4 |
Mary's Polka No. 1* |
1983 |
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| 5 |
Mary's Polka No. 2* |
1984 |
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| 6 |
Nick's Maggot* |
July 1989 |
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| 7 |
Mary's Tune* |
June 1991 |
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| 8 |
Gordon's Tune* |
October 1991 |
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| 9 |
Adrian's Tune* |
October 1991 |
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| 10 |
Steve's Tune |
October 1991 |
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| 11 |
Malcolm's Tune |
November 1991 |
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| 12 |
Lanlawren |
August 1992 |
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| 13 |
Polperro |
August 1992 |
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| 14 |
Hop House |
August 1992 |
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| 15 |
Grist Mill |
August 1992 |
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| 16 |
Lantic Bay |
August 1992 |
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| 17 |
Up and Down |
1993 |
Details |
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| 18 |
The Knife's Edge |
1993 |
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| 19 |
Clive's Tune |
1993 |
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| 20 |
Stream at the Bottom of the Garden* |
May 1993 |
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| 21 |
Annie's Tune |
June 1993 |
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| 22 |
Skirmish* |
1993 |
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| 23 |
The Rock |
April 1994 |
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| 24 |
It's Only a Teapot |
May 1994 |
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| 25 |
M25 |
27th May 1994 |
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| 26 |
17 Today |
June 1994 |
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| 27 |
80 Today |
July 1994 |
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| 28 |
The Highland Quickstep Plus |
31st October 1994 |
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| 29 |
Nutcracker |
November 1994 |
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| 30 |
Waltz1 |
November 1994 |
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| 31 |
Boltonslaten |
24th June 1995 |
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| 32 |
Square Brackets* |
12th December 1996 |
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| 33 |
Jelly Beans |
6th January 1997 |
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| 34 |
No Prospects |
7th January 1997 |
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| 35 |
Harry Enfield's Waltz* |
7th January 1997 |
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| 36 |
Fifty Pence Piece |
7th January 1997 |
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| 37 |
A Little Bit Cool* |
8th January 1997 |
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| 38 |
Coming Back Again |
8th January 1997 |
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| 39 |
Carrot Cake |
10th January 1997 |
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| 40 |
Burning the Bear* |
12th January 1997 |
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| 41 |
Greedy |
14th January 1997 |
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| 42 |
Isaac's Tune |
14th January 1997 |
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| 43 |
No Way |
14th January 1997 |
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| 44 |
String Quartet* |
15th January 1997 |
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| 45 |
8.03 |
21st January 1997 |
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| 46 |
Standing Alone |
21st January 1997 |
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| 47 |
St George's Fields |
28th January 1997 |
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| 48 |
Chirpy |
28th January 1997 |
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| 49 |
Should Have Done |
10th February 1997 |
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| 50 |
A Bit More To It - 1 |
5th February 1997 |
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| 51 |
A Bit More To It - 2 |
6th February 1997 |
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| 52 |
Run Away |
10th February 1997 |
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| 53 |
I'm Crying (but I don't know why) |
17th February 1997 |
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| 54 |
Lazy Jig* |
9th March 1997 |
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| 55 |
Mother's Day |
9th March 1997 |
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| 56 |
Just Remember |
22nd March 1997 |
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| 57 |
Crossword* |
25th March 1997 |
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| 58 |
East and West |
31st March 1997 |
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| 59 |
Apt Phrase |
30th March 1997 |
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| 60 |
Puzzled |
14th April 1997 |
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| 61 |
Horrible Eyes |
17th April 1997 |
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| 62 |
Lullaby |
17th April 1997 |
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| 63 |
Manchester Waltz |
13th May 1997 |
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| 64 |
Tread Lightly |
22nd May 1997 |
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| 65 |
64 MB |
25th May 1997 |
Details |
| 66 |
Never Again* |
25th May 1997 |
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| 67 |
Long Buckby Wedding March |
25th May 1997 |
Details |
| 68 |
Who is This? |
25th May 1997 |
Details |
| 69 |
Do You Prefer It? |
26th May 1997 |
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| 70 |
Raspberry Pot |
12th July 1997 |
Details |
| 71 |
Rocking |
13th July 1997 |
Details |
| 72 |
Day Off |
18th July 1997 |
Details |
| 73 |
Emily's Tune |
19th July 1997 |
Details |
| 74 |
Lois's Tune |
19th July 1997 |
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| 75 |
Toronto |
19th July 1997 |
Details |
| 76 |
Far Away |
22nd July 1997 |
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| 77 |
St Vicente* |
23rd July 1997 |
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| 78 |
Far Away 2 |
25th July 1997 |
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| 79 |
English Channel |
25th July 1997 |
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| 80 |
Portland Bill |
25th July 1997 |
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| 81 |
Isle of Wight |
25th July 1997 |
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| 82 |
South Coast |
25th July 1997 |
Details |
| 83 |
Beach Wedding |
8th August 1997 |
Details |
| 84 |
Leaving Sidmouth |
9th August 1997 |
Details |
| 85 |
Lisa's Jig |
9th August 1997 |
Details |
| 86 |
Friday Morning Mail |
22nd August 1997 |
Details |
| 87 |
Eyes Closed |
22nd August 1997 |
Details |
| 88 |
I've Said Too Much Already* |
17th September 1997 |
Details |
| 89 |
Whichever Way I Turn |
18th September 1997 |
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| 90 |
The Kiss |
27th September 1997 |
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| 91 |
French Tune |
30th September 1997 |
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| 92 |
Smiling Faces |
9th October 1997 |
Details |
| 93 |
Marsh House |
9th October 1997 |
Details |
| 94 |
Shall I Shan't I? |
10th October 1997 |
Details |
| 95 |
Steady As She Goes* |
11th October 1997 |
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| 96 |
Wierd |
19th October 1997 |
Details |
| 97 |
Song of Hate |
19th October 1997 |
Details |
| 98 |
The Lift |
20th October 1997 |
Details |
| 99 |
Fleece |
20th October 1997 |
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| 100 |
Father Willis* |
16th November 1997 |
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| 101 |
Friday Night |
21st November 1997 |
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| 102 |
Dredging Up the Old Stuff |
21st November 1997 |
Details |
| 103 |
Thank You for my Birthday |
25th November 1997 |
Details |
| 104 |
Chatterboxes |
3rd December 1997 |
Details |
| 105 |
Another Lullaby |
9th December 1997 |
Details |
| 106 |
This Day Left Intentionally Blank |
11th December 1997 |
Details |
| 107 |
Closing Down |
24th December 1997 |
Details |
| 108 |
Don't Bother |
24th December 1997 |
Details |
| 109 |
Don't Tread on the Baby |
25th December 1997 |
Details |
| 110 |
IWHAF |
30th December 1997 |
Details |
| 111 |
Curry House |
18th January 1998 |
Details |
| 112 |
Wallace and Grommet are Dead |
21st February 1998 |
Details |
| 113 |
How Many Words? |
28th February 1998 |
Details |
| 114 |
Xantho-terpsichorean Interlude |
1st March 1998 |
Details |
| 115 |
Talking to Me |
2nd March 1998 |
Details |
| 116 |
Doing the Ironing |
8th March 1998 |
Details |
| 117 |
The Yorkshire Spaniard |
8th March 1998 |
Details |
| 118 |
Riverhead Ned |
21st March 1998 |
Details |
| 119 |
Tap Tap Tap |
22nd March 1998 |
Details |
| 120 |
Trunkles Bledington |
25th Martch 1998 |
Details |
| 121 |
A Year Ago |
26th March 1998 |
Details |
| 122 |
Apples and Nutella |
6th April 1998 |
Details |
| 123 |
1998 AD |
6th April 1998 |
Details |
| 124 |
Millions of Oranges |
13th April 1998 |
Details |
| 125 |
Last Waltz |
26th March 1998 |
Details |
| 126 |
Royal Limb |
19th April 1998 |
Details |
| 127 |
Little Black Stone |
17th May 1998 |
Details |
| 128 |
LNF |
23rd May 1998 |
Details |
| 129 |
Button Up My Big Mouth* |
9th June 1998 |
Details |
| 130 |
Tree in the Window |
4th July 1998 |
Details |
| 131 |
Move That Capo |
4th July 1998 |
Details |
| 132 |
Holiday Song |
31st July 1998 |
Details |
| 133 |
Standing By the Ocean |
3rd August 1998 |
Details |
| 134 |
Radway 98 |
5th August 1998 |
Details |
| 135 |
Poppy |
5th August 1998 |
Details |
| 136 |
No Photographs |
11th August 1998 |
Details |
| 137 |
Boat Song |
16th August 1998 |
Details |
| 138 |
Oliver |
16th August 1998 |
Details |
| 139 |
Oily Sea |
16th August 1998 |
Details |
| 140 |
It's Not So Bad |
25th August 1998 |
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| 141 |
I'll Tell You a Story |
18th September 1998 |
Details |
| 142 |
7.15 On a Saturday Morning |
19th September 1998 |
Details |
| 143 |
Song for Christina |
2nd October 1998 |
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| 144 |
Art's Tune |
15th October 1998 |
Details |
| 145 |
New Focus |
15th October 1998 |
Details |
| 146 |
There's a Hole |
25th October 1998 |
Details |
| 147 |
On My Birthday |
25th November 1998 |
Details |
| 148 |
Watt a Surprise |
27th November 1998 |
Details |
| 149 |
Feast* |
1st February 1999 |
Details |
| 150 |
Keep on Walking |
28th February 1999 |
Details |
| 151 |
Step and Fetch Her Oddington |
13th March 1999 |
Details |
| 152 |
No Problems |
16th March 1999 |
Details |
| 153 |
That Smell |
17th March 1999 |
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| 154 |
Nobody Knows |
20th March 1999 |
Details |
| 155 |
I'm Nervous |
18th April 1999 |
Details |
| 156 |
Coming Home |
3rd May 1999 |
Details |
| 157 |
Well I'll Never Drink |
3rd May 1999 |
Details |
| 158 |
Oh Jo* |
11th May 1999 |
Details |
| 159 |
The Fireplace* |
2nd July 1999 |
Details |
| 160 |
Bee to the Honeypot* |
2nd July 1999 |
Details |
| 161 |
Crinkley Head* |
3rd July 1999 |
Details |
| 162 |
Never Heard of You |
4th July 1999 |
Details |
| 163 |
Welcome to the World* |
8th July 1999 |
Details |
| 164 |
I'm a Mile High |
23rd July 1999 |
Details |
| 165 |
Ana-Maria |
27th July 1999 |
Details |
| 166 |
September |
August 1999 |
Details |
| 167 |
Bump |
5th September |
Details |
| 168 |
Light the Fire, Ron |
16th September |
Details |
| 169 |
Size 8 |
1st October 1999 |
Details |
| 170 |
Untitled 1 |
1st October 1999 |
Details |
| 171 |
There Once Was a Person |
November 1999 |
Details |
| 172 |
Half Way There |
15th October 1999 |
Details |
| 173 |
Morning from Hell |
6th November 1999 |
Details |
| 174 |
Burglar in the Night |
6th November 1999 |
Details |
| 175 |
Birthday Card |
24th November 1999 |
Details |
| 176 |
Happy Jig |
25th November 1999 |
Details |
| 177 |
Red |
25th November 1999 |
Details |
| 178 |
Anna Clough |
21st December 1999 |
Details |
| 179 |
When Wednesday Comes |
4th January 2000 |
Details |
| 180 |
Furry Collar* |
2nd March 2000 |
Details |
| 181 |
Morris Dance III |
2nd March 2000 |
Details |
| 182 |
Lynne's Song* |
21st April 2000 |
Details |
| 183 |
Anna's on a Cloud |
19th May 2000 |
Details |
| 184 |
I Wish I Were Invisible |
9th May 2000 |
Details |
| 185 |
Please Do Not Put Your Rubbish |
30th October 2000 |
Details |
| 186 |
Saturday |
11th March 2000 |
Details |
| 187 |
Back to the 8.03 |
31st May 2000 |
Details |
| 188 |
Reflected in the Window |
31st May 2000 |
Details |
| 189 |
Happy New Year to You |
1st January 2001 |
Details |
| 190 |
Sleep Little Juliet |
2001 |
Details |
| 191 |
Forgotten Reel |
2001 |
Details |
| 192 |
Tiny Hands |
August 2000 |
Details |
| 193 |
You Only Want Me For My Body |
August 2000 |
Details |
| 194 |
Not the Oyster Girl* |
August 2000 |
Details |
| 195 |
Because Her Eyes Won't Close* |
20th April 2001 |
Details |
| 196 |
Tom's Farewell to the Radway* |
August 2000 |
Details |
| 197 |
Holmfirth Jig* |
12th May 2001 |
Details |
| 198 |
Deborah the Zebra |
7th July 2002 |
Details |
| 199 |
Camera in My Head |
28th June 2001 |
Details |
| 200 |
Hansi's Birthday |
19th November 2001 |
Details |
| 201 |
Mrs Rabbit Mrs Rabbit Will You Hop With Me? |
14th March 2002 |
Details |
| 202 |
Calling Song |
18th April 2002 |
Details |
| 203 |
Nidderdale Anthem |
June 2002 |
Details |
| 204 |
Early Warning |
20th October 2002 |
Details |
| 205 |
Take a Hint |
September 2002 |
Details |
| 206 |
Around at the Weekend |
31st October 2002 |
Details |
| 207 |
Two Tall Trees |
2002 |
Details |
| 208 |
Broken Ankle |
23rd July 2003 |
Details |
| 209 |
Watt a Surprise II |
6th July 2003 |
Details |
| 210 |
Thank You for the Walking |
23th July 2003 |
Details |
| 211 |
Krankenhaus Song |
26th July 2003 |
Details |
| 212 |
Varsovianna Flavour* |
October 2003 |
Details |
| 213 |
Isabel Fay (You've Got a Way) |
28th December 2003 |
Details |
| 214 |
Hopalong |
17th September 2003 |
Details |
| 215 |
Angel |
10th January 2005 |
Details |
| 216 |
Offer Again |
22nd February 2005 |
Details |
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