A quick question... the fiddle part at the beginning of Dexy's Midnight Runners 'Come on Eileen'... is that part of a traditional song... might there be a full song that it belongs to... or it's simply the intro to the tune? The Intro to "Come On..." is a reel structure,tho' one could make the case it's hornpipe structure. Haven't run across any tune that it comes from directly,but as there are thousands of them in the "traditional" ITM and STM repertoire it could be from one,or no. Pointers on traditional tunes,Slip? Just google Irish or Scottish Traditional Music-sheet music. If you want pointers on how to play...go to,among others The Sessions,Chiff and Fipple, na Piobairi Uilleann.You'll have to look up fiddle sites yourself. It ain't as easy as Charlie Daniels.American fiddle music generally doesn't even play strathespeys or hornpipes properly,they play 'em like a regular reel.And it's not just reading the notes.You're doomed if you do that in this genre. One of my co-workers was in high school when this song came out.Guess what her name is? Guess what song she hates? A note. The misuse of "Celtic". It is often used nowadays interchangeably with "Gaelic". Shouldn't be. Like saying a "Romance" tune instead of a "French" tune.So it would have been more accurate in what Simon looked up if it had read "Gaelic"-'cause that music isn't Brythonic.Or Galatian. Oh well,it's what we have to put up with from popular culture. I Wish I Was In Carrickfergus.Well,maybe not. Actually going