Songs that I like to play on accordion

I think lots of these are public domain; if you discover otherwise, please just kindly report to me.
Have more songs you want to share? Email me at eric@espressomap.com. Thanks.
(Pink stuff is recently-added)

Eastern bloc (Romania, Poland, Russia, Balkan)

• Lemko-Ukrainian Songbook (800k PDF). About 100 Ukrainian folk songs with lyrics.
  Print double-sided in landscape mode, then have a document shop cut it in half and spiral bind it.
• Franco Syriani (810k PDF)
• Gankino Choro (780k PDF)
• Honga (1m PDF)
• Hora Din Clejani (900k PDF)
• Hora Mare (620k PDF)
• Jovano Jovanke (320k PDF)
• Już Nigdy (60k PDF)
• Krakowiak (1.5m PDF)
• Lyavata (680k PDF)
• Makamlijsko Horo (700k PDF)
• March Russe (560k PDF)
• Rucenitsa (650k PDF)
• Russian Polka (40k)
• Russian-Ukrainian Waltz Medley (2.9m PDF)
• Sandansko (1.2m PDF, from Underscore Orkestra)
• Sandansko2 (1.2m PDF, from Brent)
• Sedi Donka (700k Gankino Choro PDF)
• Serba La Booga (1.2m PDF)
• Si Tu Savais (1.2m PDF, from Underskore Orkestra)
• Skrzypce Tango (110k PDF)
• Strandzansko Pravo Horo (860k PDF)
• Syrba (860k PDF)
• Tpohahka (450k PDF)
• Walczyk Z Czartorii (40k PDF)
• Yablotchko (Apples) (830k PDF)
• Polkas:
  • Bawarska #3 (40k PDF)
  • Dziadek (120k PDF)
  • Dziadek #2 (40k PDF)
  • Kazimierza Bylicy (20k PDF)
  • Krakowska (30k PDF)
  • Lukowianka (30k PDF)
  • Taniec chlopski (30k PDF)

Klezmer

• Bulgar Frailich (880k PDF)
• Dark Eyes (840k PDF)
• Der Heyser Bulgar (2m PDF)
• Die Zilber Nachhause (870k PDF)
• Frailich (Jewish Dance) (850k PDF)
• Frailich #1 (Wedding Dance) (720k PDF)
• Good Night Waltz (20k PDF)
• Hava Nagila (1.1mb PDF)
• Hungarian Czardas (two) (1.9m PDF)
• Kalisky Bulgar (2mb PDF; 2 pages, each a separate version. I like the 1st better, but it's missing the last few measures, so use 2nd version to fill in ending)
• Ma Yofus (1.1mb PDF)
• Mikor Az Est Meselni Kezd (1m PDF)
• Rumanian (Jewish Horra) (930k PDF)
• Rumainian Bulgarish (1.1m PDF)

Songs from Luigi

Luigi Rangan, Italian papa of the Portland accordion scene. These were all scanned in July 2007, from his Tango Tonic band songbook. Saved in Adobe PDF format (filesizes in parentheses). With his gracious permission.

A La Luz del Candil Flores (1m) Adios Muchachos (1.2m) Al Golpear de los Recuerdos (1.3m) Barrio Reo (1.3m) Blue Tango (5m) Canto Por No Llorar (1.2m) Duarte Tango (1.8m) El Carrerito (1.6m) Estrellita (1.2m) Fumando Espero (1.5m) Golondrina (2m) Green Eyes (4m) Irresistible (1.6m)

La Milonga Mejor (1.2m) La Paloma (1.3m) Loca (1.5m) Magic Waltz (2.5m) Mama Yo Quiero Un Novio (1.4m) Milonga Criollita (1.3m) Milonga Sentimental (1m) Mocosita (2.8m) My Love (1.4m) Ninth of July (1.3m) Orchids in the Moonlight (1m) Prospero (1.2m) Queja Pampera (1.3m)

Seminando Waltz (2m) Tango Delle Capinere (1.3m) Tango in D (1.5m) Tango Unkown (1m) The Skaters (1.6m) Tin Tin (1m) Toreros (1.8m) Un Vals Para Mi Escuela (1.2m) Untitled (3.7m) Yo Te Amo (2m) Zapatitos de Raso (1.1m) Zorro Gris (2m)

Songs I've transcribed myself

• Bled (Amestoy Trio, 80k PDF)
• I Am A Vampire (Kimya Dawson, 30k PDF)
• La Noyee, (2 accordion parts, from Amelie, Yann Tiersen, 70k PDF)
• La petit valse de derrière les fagots (Amestoy Trio, 140k PDF)

Other things (waltzes, sambas, tangos)

• Accordeon Samba (1.2m PDF)
• Bridal Chorus (230k PDF)
• Flambee Montalbanaise Waltz (1.5mb PDF)
• Les ponts de Paris (60k PDF)
• Libertango (30k PDF)
• Life in the Finland Woods (1.1mb PDF)
• Log Drivers Waltz (270k PDF)
• Monday Waltz (330k PDF)
• Pelican Reel (800k PDF)
• Quebec Jigs (1.1mb PDF)
• Roxanna Waltz (230k PDF)
• Swallowtail Jig (800k PDF)

American folk / Old tyme

• Thousands of songs at Library of Congress' Music for the Nation