For this tune of the week I have chosen an English Polka called "Salmon Tails Up The Water". It's a really simple tune to learn, but a lot of fun to play - in my opinion. The tune comes from Northeast England, and is often played on the Northumbrian small-pipes or the melodeon. Website "The Session" has more information about it https://thesession.org/tunes/2903
"Salmon Tails" works perfectly as a clawhammer banjo tune, and plays out nicely in gDGBD tuning in its most common session key of G.
Although this tune is often played in jam sessions around my area, I actually first learned it from a great recording by Hunter Robertson, on his album "Hunter Robertson Sings Songs for the Masses". He plays it in an interesting medley with a couple of old-time tunes and a Greek tune.
I've attached a video of myself playing in a medley with another Northumbrian polka. I've also attached a TAB which I wrote for teaching the tune to my students, and a medium-speed audio file which could be used to play along with.
There are a lot of versions out there, on YouTube etc. Here is a nice version played on the melodeon, which is quite a lot slower and more accented than the way I usually play it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwT8BEevHYY
Enjoy!