The Boy On The Mountain Top

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on December 11th 2002 by Brad Maloney.

This tune has been added to 30 tunebooks.

Also known as The Boy On The Hill Top, Boy On The Hilltop, The Boy On The Hilltop , The Boys On The Hilltop.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bad Turns And Horse-Shoe Bends by Harry Bradley
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Faoi Bhlath by Dave Sheridan, Ciaran Somers, Nicolas Quemener
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• On Common Ground by Cillian Vallely And Kevin Crawford
• Past Masters Of Irish Fiddle Music by Various Artists
• Reed Only by Tim Collins/Brian McNamara
• Rossinver Braes by Ben Lennon And Tony O'Connell
• Stormy Weather by Beginish
• The Flying Pig by Slide
• The Piper Calls The Tune by Joe Finn
• The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco
• The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco

X: 1
T: Boy On The Mountain Top, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
A2 Ac B2 AG | EGGF G2 AG | EA ~A2 BGBd |egdB BAGB |
AGAc BGAG | EGGF G2 AB |c2 ec B2 GB | dBGA BAGB ||
A2 Bd egdB | GBd^c defg | agfd egdB | GBdB BA A2 |
~a2 fd egdB | GBd^c defg | afge fdef |g2 ag gedB ||

Boy on the Mountain Top

Here's a single reel I lifted from Harry Bradley's "Bad Turns...." album. I like it because most Adorian tunes have similar structures but this one seems to break away from your average ADorian tune, while still sounding very traditional.

# Posted on December 11th 2002 by Brad Maloney

this is an awesome tune - they play it loads in galway

# Posted on December 15th 2002 by shoddy fiddle player

A fine permutation

Here's a jolly version shown to me by Denis Lanctot.
X:1
T:Boy On the MountainTop
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
|:[A3E3] B cBAG|EG ~G2 G2 [1 AG|EAAB cBcd|(3efg dc BdgB|
[2 AB|~c2 ec ~B2 GB|dBGB {c}BA A2:|:[A2E2] (3Bcd (3efg dB|
GBd^c defg|(3gag ed (3efg dc|BdgB BA A2|(3gag ed (3efg dc|GBd^c defg|(3gfe (3fed edef|gbaf gedB:||

# Posted on December 6th 2006 by drone

The Boy on the Hill Top

Listen to this tune played in a great style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfFzCehLYco It sounds very much like Kevin Henry's flute playing.

# Posted on July 27th 2009 by slainte

Slainte's Yutube link

What's the name of the second tune on that video, slainte?

It rocks!

# Posted on July 29th 2009 by D.J.F.

That's the Bag of Spuds. You can watch Patsy Hanley play the same set: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLcfnY8-gY

# Posted on August 27th 2009 by slainte