The Merry Boys Of Greenland

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on September 4th 2007 by domnull.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Da Merrie Boys Of Greenland, Da Mirrie Boys O Greenland, Da Mirrie Boys O' Greenland, Da Mirrie Boys Of Greenland, Merry Boys A' Greenland, Merry Boys Of Greenland, The Mirrie Boys Of Greenland.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 50 Fiddle Solos by Aly Bain
• Far From Home by Boys Of The Lough
• Highland Fiddle by Angus Grant
• Racket In The Rectory by Liz Doherty And Fiddlesticks
• Shetland Springs Fae Da Bonnie Isle by Gibbie Hutchison
• The Ceilidh Album by Dave Swarbrick
• The Orkney Sessions From The Ayre Hotel by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Merry Boys Of Greenland, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
ABde fdf2|e2ce Aece|ABde fdfa|gecA d2d2:|
fgfe fga2|efed efge|fgfe fgaf|gecA d2d2:|

Merry Boys of Greenland

Got this off Swarb's 'Ceilidh Album' - it's great to play at a fair lick with other Shetland reels like Spoot o Skerry and Willafjord

# Posted on September 4th 2007 by domnull

Nice

I like this tune... reminds me of an old USA tune...

# Posted on September 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

Here it is

reminded me of this

Such A Getting Upstairs
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7680

Those Shetland tunes really remind me of early American fiddle music.

# Posted on September 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander