G'day Herge,

Here in Australia we play a reel tune we refer to as Waves of Tory (and I'm sure I have seen it refered to in Irish somewhere as something like "Torrai Tornai"). It is also called Grand Old Dame Brittania because the Irish sang a (less than complimentary) song of that name to this tune.

Apparently it is also known in England as Leather Away the Wattle - O. I can't give any source other than the version we play comes from a Sydney concertina player, Jamie Carlin, of a northern Irish family background.

We also have a named reel tune for Siege of Ennis and a popular set combines that with Nancy, Rattling Bog and Kerry Polka. Local practice comes out of inherited tuners from a lot of Irish musicians over the years.

Regards,

Bob Bolton