Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on June 30th 2001 by martin t.
This tune has been added to 174 tunebooks.
Also known as Green Mountain, The Grey Chair, Joe Monaghan's Favourite, McDermotts, Mullin's, Mullin’s, Phat Man.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Green Mountain, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
dB|:AF~F2 AF[EA,2]F|[DG,2]F~F2 [AF]Bde|fd~d2 edBd|[eA]d[fd]d edBd|
AF[~F2G,2] EF~F2|EDFB [eA]Bde|f[fd]~d2 efdB|A[AF][AE]F {DF}D2cd|
AF~F2 [AE]DFE|[DA,2]F[AE]F [eA]Bde|f[fd]~d2 edBd|Adfd edBd|
AF~F2 [.EA]z~F2|[DA,2]F[AE]F [eA]Bde|fd~d2 efdB|A[AF][AE][AF] [D2G,4] .g/g/g||
fgab afdf|~g2gb afe[fd]|fB~B2 [AD2]Bde|~f2fe dB{d}BB|
Aa{b}aa ^gbaf|defd {f}e2de|fd~d2 efdB|AFEF [D2G,4]~g2
fa~a2 ba(3a^ga|^gaba fdde|fB~B2 {d}B2de|~f2fe dB{d}BB|
Aa{b}aa ^gbaf|defd {f}e2de|fd~d2 efdB|AFEF {DF}D2cd||
The Green Mountain
The transcription of this popular tune already posted here is really awful. It should be a really nice version, but who will try to memorise this messy transcription and to play it accurately?
I have a somewhat unusual setting of the tune, which is mostly based on the playing of the band "Moving Cloud." I don't know who introduced it to them.
K: D
B|AF~F2 EGFE|DF~F2 ABde|f2df efdB|Adfd efdB|
AF~F2 EGFE|DF~F2 ABde|f2df efdB|AFEF D3:|
e|faaf bfaf|defd e2de|fBBA Bcde|fdgf e2de|
faaf bfaf|defd e2de|f2df efdB|AFEF D3:|
As you know, "The Green Mountain" is widely known as a cousin of another popular tune "The Maid behind the Bar," and this particular version of G.M. interestingly shares the same conspicuous phrase with it.
# Posted on December 13th 2004 by slainte
Green Mountain
Here's a fairly "plain jane" setting of the Green Mountain, suitable for flute, whistle, or fiddle. Anyone who's not up for the rolls yet, just hold those notes for the length of three eighth notes and you'll at least get the timing right.
X:1
T:The Green Mountain
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
|:A~F3 AFEF|D~F3 ABde|~f3d efdB|Adfd edBd|
|A~F3 AFEF|D~F3 ABde|~f3d efdB|1 AFEF D2 dB:|2 AFEF D2 de||
|:f~a3 bafe|f2 af efde|f2 df efdB|Adfd edBd|
|f~a3 bafe|f2 af efde|f2 df efdB|1 AFEF 2 de:|2 AFEF D2 dB||
# Posted on December 13th 2004 by Will CPT
Actually the version I posted above is a mixture of Moving Cloud's setting and mine. Here is what I normally play, which is interestingly different from what Will added:
K:D
B|A~F3 AFEF|D~F3 ABde|f2df efdB|Adfd efdB|
A~F3 AFEF|D~F3 ABde|f2df efdB|AFEF D3:|
e|faaf bzaf|defd e2de|f2df efdB|Adfd efde|
faaf bzaf|defd e2de|f2df efdB|AFEF D3:|
I learned the version while I was staying in Leeds, Yorkshire, where Vincent Broderick's composition "The Tinker's Daughter" is quite common among both the ceili band's members and the session players. Now you see the second part of the tune sneak in The Green Mountain.
# Posted on December 14th 2004 by slainte
Green Mountain from Gort session recording
Hiroyuki, your Moving Cloud version is very similar to the one played on the Gort session recording. With the Bm stuff in the B part, it's like a cross between Green Mountain and Maid Behind the Bar. "The Green Maid Behind the Mountain" perhaps?
X: 1
T: Green Mountain Gort session version
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Gort session recording
K: D
dB|A~F3 EGFE|D~F3 ABde|f~d3 efdB|Adfd efdB|
A~F3 EGFE|DEFG ABde|f~d3 efdB|1 AFEF D3 B:|AFEF D3 e||
f~a3 bfaf|defd e2 de|f~B3 ABde|fgfe dBBe|
f~a3 bfaf|defd efde|f~d3 efdB|1 AFEF D3 e:|AFEF D2 dB||
# Posted on September 26th 2005 by Will CPT
Will, check John Carty's classic banjo album. He also recorded what you call "The Green Maid behind the Mountain." Too complicated to transcribe, obviously.
# Posted on September 26th 2005 by slainte
This is one of the tunes I learned recently. Yes, its similiar to the "Maid behind the bar". I prefer playing this tune on rolls.
# Posted on October 22nd 2005 by 52Paddy
Green Mountain by tune db
X:1
T: Green Mountain
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Reel
K: D
% TUNEdb Number 14164
B|AF (3FEF AFEF|DF (3FEF ABde|f2df efdB|Adfd edBd|
AF (3FEF AFEF|DF (3FEF ABde|f2df efdB|AFEF D3 :|
e|fa (3afa bfaf|defd e2 de|f2 df efdB|Adfd edBd|
fa (3afa bfaf|defd e2 de|f2 df efdB|AFEF D3 :|
# Posted on June 3rd 2006 by Acacia
Reworked Piece?
The Tinker's Daughter: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/353
# Posted on June 4th 2006 by slainte
Boston-born box player Colm Gannon recorded a version of the tune which is similar to the ones Will and myself transcribed above. He cites Donegal fiddler Neilidh Boyle as the source.
# Posted on August 30th 2006 by slainte