Alan responded to Chrissy's call, "The vast majority of modern contra dances don't have particular tunes associated with them, although certainly some of the tunes which get used for contra have lyrics." Along with the commonly played Southern tunes with lyrics that Jeff mentioned, I'll add a couple of trad Irish: Little Beggarman Mairi's Wedding Once in awhile, if the band agrees, I'll sing along with such tunes for a little bit after the dancers are launched. I did it at the No Snow Ball last year; a couple surprise rounds of I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. :-p It went over well. And a few years ago at Folklife, the band did medleys of Beatles songs that had the whole hall singing along - heap big fun. I'm glad you started this thread, Chrissy, because it'd be fun to have more contra singing. Tina