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The Mourne Mountains

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 16th 2002 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 59 tunebooks.

Also known as Mourne Mountains, Tom Ward's Downfall, Tom Ward’s Downfall.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Mourne Mountains, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
BGGA GEDG|~E3G AEGE|DEGA B2Bd|ed~d2(3Bcd gd|
BG~G2{A}GEDG|~E3G AEGE|DEGA B2Bd|egdc BG~G2:|
|:dgga gedg|eaag adga|bg~g2 ageg|gedc BGBd|
~g3a gedg|eaag a2ga|bg~g2 ageg|1gedc BG~G2:|2gedc BGdc||

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The Mourne Mountains sheetmusic
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The Mourne Mountains

Transcription: Gian Marco Pietrasanta

# Posted on August 16th 2002 by gian marco

Tom Ward's Downfall

This tune was posted in The Session a few months ago under its more common name of Tom Ward's Downfall. As I recall it, it was a slightly different setting, so this posting may not be in vain.

# Posted on August 16th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

The Mourne Mountains 9th bar

There is a slip in the 9th bar of the sheetmusic:
The last note is not a low D, it's a high D.

# Posted on August 16th 2002 by gian marco

Banks of the liffey

sounds for me like banks of the liffey

# Posted on August 17th 2002 by Kurt Franke

Sorry

sorry, i mean atlantik bridge...and not banks of

kurt

# Posted on August 17th 2002 by Kurt Franke

The Mourne Mountains wrong note

The wong low D is in the 12th bar ( the 4th of the B part), not in the 9th, as i wrote before.

# Posted on August 21st 2002 by gian marco

"Tom Ward's Downfall" ~ another take on it

Key signature: G Major (not C Major)
Submitted on February 25th 2002 by Josh Kane.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/565

~ whatever you do to the F/f's it resloves on G...

# Posted on February 25th 2006 by ceolachan

Similar...

to the reel after atlantic bridge on Spillane's track. does anyone else agree?

# Posted on January 18th 2010 by Scrappy the Godo

It is the same tune Scrappy, though it's not listed on the album sleeve.

# Posted on January 18th 2010 by bogman

Tom Ward's Downfall

Here it is by Claire & Aine Fitzpatrick, Derek Morrissey and Richie Foley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4mTgcFoUA8

# Posted on November 5th 2010 by bogman

Yes, Scrappy: Davy Spillane plays it more or less like this (The c sharps in the triplets are a quirk of the pipes; but I think they sound better than nats).

K:G
BGGG GEDG|EDEG AEGE|DEGA BG(3B^cd|eAdc Bg2d|
(3BAGAF GEDG|EDEG AEGE|DEGA BG(3B^cd|1 eAdc BGGA:|2eAdc BGBd
|:g2gf gedB|eaag a2ga|bbbg agab|gedc BG(3B^cd|
g2gf gedB|eaag a2ga|bggg agab|1 gedc BGBd:|2 gedc BGGA||

# Posted on February 22nd 2011 by gam

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