Three Cats and a Dog

Sample Set List For a more complete list of Songs we do, see

Here is an example of a set list from one of our gigs.

Click on any Underlined Song to listen to it recorded live during one of our gigs. NOTE: Some of these are full 3-4 minutes songs and may be slow to download before they start playing.

This set would take about 45 minutes, we routinely play for 3 to 4 hours – with a couple of short breaks.

Growling Ole Man, Grumbling Ole Woman / Ross’s Reel # 4
- Two hot French-Canadian fiddle tunes.
San Antonio Rose
- From Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, John does the vocals, and Richard adds some swing fiddle
Ashokan Farewell
- The beautiful waltz written by Jay Unger and featured in the PBS series "The Civil War". We use the fiddle and the button accordion.
Gypsy Rover
- We often play in Irish pubs (enough said). A good sing along.
Year of Jubilo / Sandy River Belle / Old Joe
- Three American reels. The last one really swings.
Roseville Fair
- From the writing of of Bill Staines; the great singer/songwriter from NH
Atholl Highlander’s Jig / Coleraine
- A Scottish Jig followed by an Irish Jig.
Real Old Mountain Dew
- Another pub song, this one has one of "those" Irish choruses. John knows all of the syllables.
Frosty Morning / Shoot the Turkey Buzzard
- Two old-time banjo tunes.
Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane
- An old-time sing along, Jim leads it while playing the banjo.
Cliffs of Moorish Macedonia
- We started with a beautiful Irish jig called "The Cliffs of Moher", then we put in a selection of Eastern European rhythms.
Jambalaya
- At last … John gets to sing Hank Williams!
Katy Daley
- This one comes from the Stanley Brothers. We stick in a bit of a fiddle tune. It is hot.

This page was last updated 06/19/07