Contact Johnny and Chris: By telephone +44 (0) 1207 543873 johnnyhandle@hotmail.com
Compositions
Songs and tunes written by Johnny Handle
* items on CDs or LPs
1. 1958* Farewell to the Monty
2. 1958* The Collier Lad
3. 1959* The Stoneman’s Song
4. 1959* My Gaffer’s Bait
5. 1959* Stottin Doon the Waal
6. 1960* The Day we went to the Coast
7. 1960* The Fearless Mariner
8. 1961* Durham Big Meetin Day
9. 1961 Sunderland Oak
10. 1961* Is there owt secure?
11. 1962 The Sink Song
12. 1962* And I was one of them
13. 1962* The Trepanner Song
14. 1962* The Abandoned Mine
15. 1962* Because it doesn’t Pay
16. 1963* The Shearer
17. 1964* Dust
18. 1964* Fill up the pints again
19. 1964* The Old Pubs
20. 1964* Penny for the Guy
21. 1965* The New Spotlight
22. 1965* The Union is my Song
23. 1966* A Collier Brig on the Eastern Shore
24. 1968* Schooldays
25. 1968 That’s the Army
26. 1970* Drinkin at yer leisure
27. 1971* Danny’s
28. 1971* Old Man of the Village
29. 1971* Hard times in ‘71
30. 1971* Let your man out for a pint
31. 1974* How much do we need coal?
32. 1974* Decoratin’
33. 1975* Sunny Winter Sunday
34. 1976* The Clocker
35. 1976* Too Short or too long
36. 1976* A good line of patter
37. 1977* New song of the Coal
38. 1977* The Tynemouth Voluteer Life Brigade
39. 1977* Around at the Corner House
40. 1977* He’s got the on on the Run
41. 1979* Guard yer man weel
42. 1979 Fatty
43. 1979 The Hands
44. 1980* Going to the mine
45. 1980* A tap on the heed
46. 1980* Teesdole
47. 1981* The wingein’ Wife
48. 1981* Matty
49. 1981* The Great Australian Dancer
50. 1982* The Roman Waal Show
50. 1983* The Hang Glider and the Shepherd
51. 1983 It was a long time before
52. 1984* In our Town
53. 1984* The Hexham Mart
54 1984* Hexham Highway
55. 1984* The Odd’n
56. 1984* A Lemington Keel
57. 1985* Down in me own Backyard
58. 1985 I’m a Tree
59. 1985 Wer Gonna make the town into a garden
60. 1985 Window Boxes
61. 1985* Kestrel is the King
62. 1986* On the farm
63. 1986* Geordie Brown
64. 1986* The North Country Maiden
65. 1986* Come to the briny Ocean
66. 1988* The Baker Day
67. 1989 They’re coming back to the water
68. 1990 Jacko
69. 1990 The Easter Boatman
70. 1990* Swaletown
71. 1990* Valentine Dance
72. 1991 Steer yer own boat
73. 1991 The Lift up bridge
74. 1991 Driving Through England
75. 1991 The Tangled Prop
76. 1991 In Board the Mary Anne
77. 1991 Aa’ve fund me roots
78. 1992* The January Lamb
79. 1992 The Butcher’s Valentine
80. 1992 The Tangled prop(Again)
81. 1992 The Stowaway
82. 1992 The Watford Flight
83. 1992* The Pet’s Song
84. 1992 Down at the pub on the cut
85. 1992 Making their way down the cut
86. 1992 I need you
87. 1992* Follow the Country Code
88. 1993 Little Robin
89. 1993 Leather on Willow
90. 1993 Allendale won the cup
91. 1993 Midnight Boating
91. 1993 Aa’m sick of narrowboats
92. 1994 Take a look at that boat
93. 1997* The Ballad of Jack Crawford
94. 1997* The Troll
95. 1998* Mr. Bonkle
96. 1998* Freddy the Clown
97. 1998* Riding in My car
98. 1999* Halty Saturday
99. 1999* Down on the Farm
100. 1999* The Land where the fells meet the sky
101. 1999 Limavady John
102. 1999* The Failed Shepherd
103. 2000 Down at the Coop Stores
104. 2000 In 2000 years
105. 2000 Jimmy Doon the Shaft
106. 2000 Te hear Aad Davey Talk
107. 2000 All around High Spen
108 2000 Annie’s Midnight Stovies
109. 2000 I went off to the Reservoir
110. 2000* Midnight Whitby Harbour
111. 2000 Jack’s Plea
111. 2000 Flower Arrangin’
112. 2000 The Old Shepherd’s Ode to Wordsworth
113. 2000* Cat up a tree
114. 2000* Ode to the Leek
115. 2000 The Ribbon in the Sky
116. 2000* The Long Summer Days
117. 2001* The Butcher’s in my yard now
118. 2002 The Banner Song
119. 2002 The One that got Away
120. 2002* What’ll Aa dee wi’ me feet
121. 2003 When Sunderland Won the Cup
122. 2005 The Seaham Explosion
123. 2005 The Wallsend Explosion
124. 2005 My Little Library
125. 2006 A Fine JCB
126. 2006 The Donegal Tweed Cap
127. 2006 Who will Cry?
128. 2006 The Geordie Leet
129. 2006 The New Navigators
130. 2008 I’ve got a little Cottage in the Country
131. 2009 The Dunkirk Spirit’s here again
132. 2010 Consett Steel
1 Road to Ellington (1962)
2 Botanic Gardens (1963)
3 Cottage, The (1968)
4 Gypsy Rose Rag (1968)
5 Getting away in third (1976)
6 Moonshine Polka (1978)
7 Bonny St.Andrews Bay (1979)
8 Sharp Lowse (1979)
9 Whareham Dragonflies (1983)
10 Beech Tree, The (1983)
11 Fiddler’s Stepladder (1983)
12 Black Haggs,The (1983)
13 Blackberry Bank,The (1984)
14 Water Under the Bridge (1985)
15 Twiddler, The (1985)
16 Difficult Fish, The (1985)
17 Mauretannia March, The (1986)
18 Wide Wind, The (1986)
19 Baby in the Bath, The (1986)
20 Bouncing Johnson (1988)
21 Gin and Tonic (1988)
22 C and D tune (1988)
23 Electric Storm (1988)
24 Miss Anna Pandrich (1988)
25 Malvern Swings (1988)
26 Down the Steps on a Friday Lowse (1988)
27 Boy Johnson (1988)
28 Braunston Locks (1989)
29 Magnifying Glass, The (1989)
30 Flash in the Pan, The (1989)
31 Turning, The (1989)
32 French Connection (1989)
33 New Axe, The (1989)
34 French Steak, The (1989)
35 Heather’s Tune (1989)
36 Cracker, The (1989)
37 Mealy The Moose (1989)
38 Pine Grove, The (1989)
39 Power Theme, The (1989)
40 All Over the Place (1989)
41 Chopping the Elm(1989)
42 Duckwalk (1989)
43 Just Six O’Clock at neet (1990)
44 Foster’s Tune (1990)
45 Sweir Polka (1990)
46 Mandolin Stamp (1990)
47 Jan’s Birthday Jig (1990)
48 Galloping Plumber, The (1990)
49 Fiddler’s Stamp, The (1990)
50 Lister on Mary Anne, The (1990)
51 New Baccy, The (1990)
52 Stopping Train to Hexham (1990)
53 Tricky Charlie (1990)
54 Skagen Waltz, The (1990)
55 Oh! Lass, divven’t grow up Yet (1990)
56 Boatman’s March, The (1990)
57 Bairns gan off te School (1990)
58 Off with his whiskers (1991)
59 Sting in the Tail (1991)
60 Cat and the Hoover (1991)
61 Ne Ripples on the Water (1991)
62 Spooky Mist, The (1991)
63 Waiting for beer at The Navigation Inn (1991)
64 Wind on the Fell, The (1991)
65 Occasional Glass, The (1991)
66 Back Road, The (1991)
67 Cruising round the contours (1991)
68 Halty Saturday Morning (1991)
69 Striding oot on a Sunda morn (1991)
70 New Waltz (1991)
71 Lass is sair troubled, The (1991)
72 Bashful Glance, The (1991)
73 Gadgies Lowp, The (1991)
74 Leaving in Haste (199)1
75 Stanegate, The (1992)
76 Hornpolka (1992)
77 Nettie Dripping, The (1992)
78 Cruising on the Soar (1992)
79 Cardhu, The (1992)
80 Doggerdance (1992)
81 Free Spirits (1992)
82 Doon come the watter (1992)
83 Away before breakfast (1992)
84 Stop, stop at four O’Clock (1992)
85 New Forest Pony, The (1992)
86 Twa Reekit (1992)
87 Wee Rory (1992)
88 Tuesday Air (1992)
89 Waltz Blues (1992)
90 Examination Hornpipes, The (1992)
91 Last Day at School, The (1992)
92 Bank Loan, The (1992)
93 Stances Patter (1992)
94 Rag (1992)
95 March of Time, The (1992)
96 Halty Market Day (1992)
97 Penny for them(1992)
98 There’s comfort in a bottle (1993)
99 Lunchtime drink (1993)
100 Gardener’s crate of Brown Ale, The (1993)
101 Just Like Somethin’ Else (1993)
102 Back to the Stances (1993)
103 Waltzing Seagull, The (1993)
104 Pleasures of the Morning (1993)
105 Eat me Okra (1994)
106 Air (1994)
107 Only The Time (1994)
108 Stop Time Slip (1994)
109 Hookergate School Cooks (1994)
110 Paret’s Evening, The (1994)
111 Divven’t Stop Now! (1994)
112 Applecross Bay (1994)
113 Angela’s Kitchen (1994)
114 A Grand Affair (1994)
115 Defeat, The (1994)
116 Electric Hairdryer, The (1994)
117 Farewell to Carrsgate (1994)
118 Put The Pressure On (1994)
119 Net Ball Queen, The (1995)
120 Nick’s Picks (1995)
121 Wine in the Sun (1995)
122 Frosty Sunshine March (1995)
123 Rattle the Pots (1996)
124 Benny’s Morning Yawn (1996)
125 Polishing the Brass (A drop of Rum) (1996)
126 Sealcall (1996)
127 Double Drill Jig, The (1997)
128 20 Course Meal, The (1997)
129 Boolin’ The Eggs (1997)
130 Replete Drinkers’ March (1997)
131 Whickham Flower Show (1997)
132 Land Where the Fells meet The Sky (1997)
133 How big’s yer Croissants? (1997)
134 Awkward Bairn, The (1997)
135 A Lilt for Christine (1998)
136 Scottish (Bathroom) Pipes (1998)
137 Gold Touch of Evening, The (1998)
138 Air (1998)
139 Pipers’ Brew, The (1998)
140 Dancy Waltz, The (1998)
141 Great Rag of ’98, The (1998)
142 Hornpipe (1998)
143 Double Stopper, The (1999)
144 All Roads to Whitby (1999)
145 View From the Top (1999)
146 Thumble (1999)
147 Maytime March (2000)
148 High Spen Millenium Carnival (2000)
149 Winding Road to Alwinton (2000)
150 Morning Breeze, The (2000)
151 Galliping Heifers (2000)
152 Rolling Fields of Corn (2000)
153 Cheeky Polka, The (2000)
154 December Rose (2000)
155 Mucky Duck, The (2000)
156 Road to Callender, The (2000)
157 Cheque’s in the Post, The (2000)
158 One for Will (2000)
159 Tomtit Jig, The (2001)
160 Boiling Mud (2001)
161 Wear away the Horsetails (2001)
162 Kitchen Hornpipe, The (2001)
163 International Asian Hornpipe, The (2001)
164 Hardworking Girl, The (2001)
165 Mrs. Rachel Hendry (2001)
166 A Good Span (2001)
167 Galloping Lass, The (2001)
168 Killhope Moor (2001)
169 Spring Fever (2001)
170 Wild Wind (2001)
171 Welcome Home Hornpipe (2001)
172 Just a Peek of Sunshine (2001)
173 The Birthday Cuddle (2002)
174 Blues to the Back (2002)
175 Spring Jig (2002)
176 Bruce the Bonesetter (2002)
177 Bonny June Breeze, The (2002)
178 Christmas Eve (2002)
179 Mitten Kitten (2002)
180 Call of the West, The (2002)
181 Posh Shopping (2002)
182 While the Porridge Cools (2002)
183 Sunda’ Afternoon Waltz (2002)
184 Student Matty (2002)
185 Wee Stotter, The (2002)
186 Cottingham Live (2002)
187 Away with the humours of the Night (2002)6
188 Caad winter widn’t gan away (2003)
189 Joe Tait’s Polka (2003)
190 Comliments to Scott Skinner (2003)
191 Here comes the Coal Man (2003)
192 Ides of March (2003)
193 Replete Hornpipe (2003)
194 Bairn Polka (2003)
195 Sweir Beast (2003)
196 March Mystery (2003)
197 Tree Creeper, The (2003)
198 New Bridge, The (2003)
199 Keep oot o’ the Sun (2003)
200 Ten O’Clock Polka (2003)
201 Aad man’s love song tiv his Aad Wife (2003)
202 Just Maybe (2003)
203 May Blossom (2003)
204 Septugenarian Hornpipe (2003)
205 Interrupted Strathspey (2003)
206 Off to Australia (2003)
207 Four Reel Bar, The (2003)
208 Walking the Dog (2003)
209 A Rose in May (2003)
210 Idle Hour Hornpipe, The (2003)
211 Landless Ones, The (2003)
212 Frida’ Neet Sup, The (2003)
213 Irishman in Newcastle, The (2003)
214 Lazy Hornpipe, The (2003)
215 Early Morning March (2003)
216 Up and at it (2003)
217 Hot Rhubarb (2003)
218 Return From Rothbury, The (2003)
219 Crag Lough (2003)
220 Gan Tae the Music (2003)
221 Undergraduate, The (2003)
222 Mandolin Tune (2003)
223 Sunbeams (2003)
224 Snail Mail Hornpipe (2003)
225 Caad Nip of Autumn, The (2003)
226 Old Man’s Jig (2003)
227 Windowcleaner Hornpipe (2003)
228 Waiting for the Computer (2003)
229 Blackbird, The (2003)
230 Homecoming Waltz (2003)
231 Mrs. Fleetfoot (2003)
232 Happy Meeting, The (2003)
233 New Taties (2003)
234 Gateshead Strut (2004)
235 Robbie’s Not Deed (2004)
236 Newcastle Antiquaries (2004)
237 Blame it on the Mandolin (2004)
238 Coals in the Snow (2004)
239 Friday Mandolin (2004)
240 Cheeky One, The (2004)
241 Just a Memory (2004)
242 Bonny Bairns of Netherton (2004)
243 Old man’s march, The (2004)
244 Tom’s Waltz (2004)
245 Kipperfingers (2004)
246 Donegal Cap, The (2004)
247 Creeping up the Stairs (2004)
248 Robin on the Spade (2004)
249 Sentimental Fiddler (2004)
250 Just the way me Grandad did (2004)
251 Last of the Leaves (2004)
252 Fiddler’s Breakfast (2004)
253 Fiddler’s in the Kitchen (2004)
254 Burnt Curry (2004)
255 A Grand Day for Ducks (2005)
256 Gentle Snow (2005)
257 Summer Raindrops (2005)
258 Lazy Afternoon (2005)
259 First Bite (2005)
260 Fallen Leaves (2005)
261 Sunshine on the Dram (2005)
262 What a bonny Ring (Revised 2007) (2005)
263 Humours of Myrtleville (2006)
264 Off on the Free Bus (2006)
265 Do it when the Sun Shines (2006)
266 Summat Else (2006)
267 Flying Fox (2006)
268 Spanish Fly (2007)
269 Furtavera Frogs (2007)
270 Porridge Reel (2007)
271 Miss Charlotte’s Jig (2007)
272 Fine Fettle (2007)
273 Off to Austraila again (2007)
274 Little Computer Dog, The (2007)
275 Breakfast Gans doon Weel (2007)
276 March of Summer (2007)
277 The Christening (2007)
278 Play me a tune on your Mandolin (2007)
279 Santa’s Awake (2007)
280 The Great Australian Map (2008)
281 Seagulls Fling at the Moon (2008)
282 The Waikato Valley (2008)
283 Farewell to Cairns (2008)
284 Grey Squirrel Pie (2008)
285 Scotch Fish (2008)
286 Rolling Dunes (2008)
287 Cheque’s in the Post, The (2008)
288 Dog Alarm (2008)
289 Lazy Saturday Hornpipe (2008)
290 Heather and Sweet Smoke (2008)
291 Pension Week (2008)
292 Autumn Beeches (2008)
293 Jimmy Boyle’s March (2009)
294 The Fruit Pickin’ (2009)
295 Farewell to Whitby (2009)
296 If it’s good beer, we’ll drink it (2009)
297 The bendy roads of Kintyre (2009)
298 Buzzards on Kintyre (2009)
299 The Turning Leaves of Autumn (2009)
300 Waltz March (2009)
301 The Recuperation (2009)
302 Bob Campbell’s Jig (2010)
303 Izzy got the Salmon (2010)
304 Lean Back and listen (2010)
305 The Slippery Hornpipe (2010)
306 Early Gleam (2010)
307 The Jolly Magistrate (2010)
308 November Snow (2010)
309 New Year Waltz (2011)
310 Six Nations in one day (2011)
311 The Ten O’Clock Hornpipe (2011)
312 Play a little tune on your Mandolin (2011)
313 Waiting for the builder (2011)
314 The Curious Polka (2011)
315 The Birds et me Brassicas (2011)
316 The January Clarts (2012)
317 The Spirit of the Morning (2012)
