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its_hard_to_be_a_nissemand

J.S. Bach's Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Solo Violin - Allegro (1)

J.S. Bach's Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Solo Violin - Allegro (2)

J.S. Bach's Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Solo Violin - Grave

Jaded Fury

Jämtlandsvalsen (SvL Jämtland 225)

John McAlpin

Johnny Cope

Jolla #792

Jolla #795

Kilavel Jig

Kincaldrum

King Of The Fairies / Rí na Sideog

King Robert the Bruce

Kolomeike (Kolomyika)

Kosotchok

La Manfredina / La Rotta

La Paloma

Lady Ann Stewart's Strathspey

Lady Catherine Stewart | Haughs o' Cromdale

Lamento di Tristan / La Rotta

Lanigan's Ball

Lawson's Hornpipe

Lilikin's Rag

Loch Leven Castle

Lost Wages

Mallow

March of the Sidhe

Marquis of Huntley's Strathspey

Marquis of Huntly

Mary Walker

Master Crowley's

Mercurial Tendencies

Middle West Meddledy

Milltown Maid Reel

Minstrelsy

Moll Roe / M'aire Rua

Moll Roe in the Morning / Mall Rua

Money Musk

Monte Igueldo

Morning on the River

Morrison's Jig

Mother's Day

My Brother Tom

My Former Wife

Mystical Journey

New Orleans Waltz

Niel Gow's Lament For His Second Wife

Nine Rings for the Mortal Men Doomed to Die

No Pity Waltz

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Musical Genre: Traditional / MIT Primary Core

Region: SOL Solar System

Type: Celtic Dance

Modality: C

Beat Division: 4/4

Book Source: None

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