Bon Vivant Song List
(I’ve listed some favorite artists that you can reference to hear the tunes on Itunes)
Fiddle Tunes
Irish
slow aires:
Sheebeg Shemoor
Crested Hens (Solas)
Planxty George Brabazon
Planxty Irwin
Jock O’Hazeldean
Reels:
Merry Blacksmith/St. Annes Britches
Trip to Durrow/Wind that Shakes the Barley
Jigs:
Kiss me Darling/Haste to the Wedding/Joy of my life
Bag of turf/templehouse
Tripping up the Stairs/My Darling Asleep
Hornpipes:
The Boys of Bluehill/Fisher’s Hornpipe
American Tunes (Slow waltzes)
Give me your Hand (Jay Ungar and Molly Mason)
Ashokan Farewell (Jay Ungar and Molly Mason)
Midnight on the water (Jay Ungar and Molly Mason)
Heart of the Heartland (Peter Ostroushko)
I Do (Dan Newton)
World Music
French:
Autumn Leaves
Bernadette (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Waltz of the Hedgehogs (Café Accordion Orchestra)
La Vie En Rose
La Mer (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Vrais Valse Musette (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Sous les toits de Paris (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Valse Chinoise (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Jardin D’hiver (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Indifference (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Under Paris Skies
Latin:
La Partida (Kevin Burke and the House Band)
Histoires D’Amour (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Besame Mucho
What a Difference a Day Makes (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Ren Tin Tin (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Italian:
Return to Sorrento
O Solo Mio
Santa Lucia
That’s Amore (Dean Martin)
Arrivaderci Roma (Dean Martin)
Additional
Song from “Never on a Sunday”-Greek
Dark Eyes – Russian
Hava Nagila – Isreali
Freilach - Klezmer
Classical:
Canon in D
Jesus Joy of Man’s Desiring
Air on a G String
Ave Maria
Bach’s Arioso
Clair de Lune (Debussy)
Gnossienne (Satie)
Swing:
Sweet Sue (Café Accordion Orchestra)
My Blue Heaven
Walking My Baby Back Home
Dancing on the Moon (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Wedding Bells are breaking up that old gang of mine
Honeysuckle Rose (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Dearie (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Persian Rug
Slow/Movie songs:
Moon River (Henry Mancini)
When My Ship Comes In
(not any that you can download on I-Tunes! A beautiful song from the Depression about hopebest version I know is by Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick)
My Buddy (Café Accordion Orchestra)
Over the Rainbow
Charade (Café Accordion Orchestra)
A Time for Us (Theme from Romeo and Juliet)
Edelweiss
Lara’s Theme (From Dr. Zhivago)
When you Wish Upon a Star
Pure Imagination (From Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
Beatles:
I Will
In My Life
When I’m Sixty Four
Norwegian Wood
Across the Universe
Imagine
And I love her
Something
Here There and Everywhere
Other Popular Artists:
Jack Johnson
Better Together
Angel
Marc Cohen
True Companion
Ben Harper
Steal My Kisses
Forever
Smiths
Please Let Me Get What I Want
And more....