Old As The Hills

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on October 2nd 2008 by protz.

This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Aislinn (A Vision) by The Celtic Jazz Collective
• Back To The Hills by Kathryn Tickell
• Helicon by Helicon
• Marie And Martin Reilly by Marie And Martin Reilly
• Open House by Kevin Burke
• The Groves by Laurel Martin
• When The Party's Over by Brian Finnegan

X: 1
T: Old As The Hills
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
ABA cBA|dcd fga|ABA cBA|dBG Bcd|
ecA Ace|~d3 fga|ece dBG|[1 ABA A2E:|[2 ABA A2B||
cBc ecA|cea ecA|~c3 ecA|BAB dcB|
ABA Ace|~f3 agf|ece dBG|[1 ABA A2B:|[2 ABA A2E||

As I was searching for some very old tunes for my next recording,
I remembered this little soft tune, one of the very first I have learnt.
I got the first version in the O'Neill's, and heard it (many years after) played by Kevin Burke. I liked his version too, and today I guess that mine is close to his.

# Posted on October 2nd 2008 by protz

Here's the abc (without variations) for the Brian Finnegan version on "When the Party's over"

X:2
T: Old as the Hills (Brian finnegan version)
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K:Amaj
A2B cBA|d2e fga|A2B cBA|d=GA B3|
ecA Ace|d2e fga|e2e dBG|ABA A2c:|
c2e ecA|cea ecA|c2e ecA|Bcd dcB|
c2e ecA|cde fga|e2e dBG|ABA A3:|

# Posted on October 4th 2008 by tomwalwyn

How Kevin Burke played this on Ope House:

ABA cBA|d2 e fga|ABA cBA|dBG Bcd|
ecA Ace|d2e fga|ece dBG|[1 ABA A2E:|[2 ABA A2B||
c2e ecA|Aca ecA|c2e ecA|Bcd dcB|
c2e ecA|cde fga|ece dBG|[1 ABA A2B:|[2 ABA A2E||

# Posted on November 19th 2011 by Pádraig

Sounds like...

When I hear this jig, I think of another one whose name I forgot: it goes:
c2c edc | dcd az2 | c2c edc | dcd Bcd |
c2c edc | dcd az2 | cee Bcd | cAA A3 || in the second part...
Can you help identify it? Cheers.

# Posted on April 12th 2012 by birlibirdie