- PRATIE HEADS, MAPPAMUNDI, AND FRIENDS -
Most of the wedding music samples were recorded in my living room. The Pratie Heads samples are below. Mappamundi cut-by-cut samples are on this page: wedding mp3s by Mappamundi and friends.
Both groups have "real" cds for sale at Skylark Productions website,
and can also be heard at Reverb Nation.
If you have questions, email us.
| PROCESSIONALS AND PRELUDE | |
|---|---|
| Sea Duck's Waltz | A Swedish tune originally for the hardanger fiddle. |
| March of the King of Laois | (Also Brian Boru's march.) One of our most popular processionals. |
| Purcell's Voluntary | We often learn requests for brides - this was one of them. |
| The Boys of Wexford (March) | An Irish tune, but it sounds classical. |
| Shrewsberry Lasses | Very cheerful Playford country dance, excellent recessional. |
| Dick's Country Dance | Elegant 18th century dance. |
| Well Hall | Very poignant English Country Dance. |
| LIVELY TUNES (recessionals or dancing) | |
| Chelmsford House | Eighteenth century dance. |
| Cuffey's Reel | For recessional and dancing. |
| Draggers' Reels | From Canadian, Ontario Valley. |
| Carolan's Cup | Good Irish processional, by the famous harper O'Carolan. |
| Cat in the Cradle | Concertina and guitar, good for prelude, processional, background. |
| The Rubberman Reel | We usually play this after Martin Hayes' slow reel. |
| Mulhaire's Reel medley | For recessional, dancing. |
| Shenandoah Falls | Good old-time American contradance reels. |
| Dubuque | North Carolina music, for contradances. |
| Kitchen Girl medley | Old-time reels, for contradances. |
| Cuffey's Reel | New England contradance tunes. |
| WALTZES, SLOW TUNES, PRELUDE, ATMOSPHERE, BACKGROUND MUSIC | |
| Return from Fingall | Traditional Scottish tune played as guitar solo. |
| Mrs. Jamieson's Waltz | A romantic Scottish waltz suitable for prelude, dancing, background music. |
| Martin Hayes' slow hornpipe | Bouzouki and fiddle. |
| Milosc ci Wszystko Wbaczy | A gorgeous Polish waltz. |
| Wedding Waltz from Orsa | Great for prelude, processional, dancing, background music. |
| Draper's Maggot | Despite disgusting name, a beautiful 18th-century English Playford Country Dance. |
| A Russian Mazurka | It gives people chills... |
| Bagira's Walk | Bob Vasile wrote this tune about his dear departed cat. |
| SONGS (email us for copies of the lyrics) | |
| Blue Moon | One of my very favorite American popular standards for weddings. |
| Toda Una Vida | Smoky, passionate Mexican love song. |
| Papir Iz Dokh Vays | Yiddish love long. |
| Westlin' Winds | Scottish love long. |
| My Faithful Johnny | Scottish love song written by Robert Burns |
| Corn Rigs are Bonny | Another Robert Burns love song. |
| Strings in the Earth and Air | Irish love poetry by William Butler Yeats. |
| The Lord of Drum | Scottish love song. |
| I Live Not Where I Love | A good one for lovers who have been parted and are now reunited. |
| Mary and her Gallant Soldier | Irish love song, so sweet and optimistic. |
Here's a video recorded on April 28, 2009: "My Faithful Johnny." See more at our Pratie Head YouTube channel.