The panic's over ... the tunes are found.

Well, almost!

"She Said She Couldn't Dance" is within Alf Warnock's excellent (eclectic - even esoteric in parts) abc collection, where it's listed as "Running The Goat #3").

"Shootin' The Bull" by Geoff Panting which forms the third polka in the set played by Paddy Keenan is also contained in Alf's collection, where it is listed as "Running The Goat #4".

"Herb Reid's" wasn't listed. I have set it out by ear as I would play it on the mandolin/bouzouki (I haven't been able to catch all of Paddy Keenan's nuances). The rub is that I don't carry "traditional" abc on my own website (http://www.geocities.com/paythereckoning) - I use it to publish my own original tunes. So it doesn't seem appropriate to post it there. Therefore I have forwarded the abc to Alf Warnock (http://www.magma.ca/~warnock/abc/). and hopefully he'll include the tune alongside its siblings (aaaaah!).

Your safest bet for the moment - if you play the mandolin, bouzouki, tenor banjo (or, presumably, fiddle) - would be to visit the mandolincafe (http://www.mandolincafe.com) where I have posted a tablature version of this tune, plus the others mentioned above plus two more "Running The Goat" polkas. (Go to tab archive and look in the "New - Last 30 days" section.

Alternatively (phew) I could e-mail the abc to you if you would like. Visit my site (listed above) and click on any of the "mailto"s with which the site is littered.

(And if you DO visit, don't forget to let me know how you find the tunes and any of the other material - reviews, vignettes, etc).

Good luck - thanks for trying - and I'll be back.

... Aidan