The Bush On The Hill

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on January 7th 2003 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 53 tunebooks.

Also known as The Lonesome.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 25 Years Of Celtic Music (Disc 1) by Various Artists
• An Calmfhear: The Trooper by Johnny O'Leary
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Bridgetown by Johnny B. Connolly
• Do You Know Eddy Kelly? by Elandir
• Feel The Bow by Aidan Burke
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• In Your Ear by Seamus Egan
• Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
• John Williams by John Williams
• Learning Irish Fiddle by Paul McNevin
• Live In Concert by Brid Harper And Dermot Byrne
• Long Distance by Nancy Conescu And Friends
• Myriad by Gerry O'Connor
• Myriad by Gerry O'Connor
• Oi�che Go Maidean by Brendan Begley
• On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
• Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• Strings Attached by Mick Moloney
• The Apple In Winter by Brian Conway And Tony DeMarco
• The Dangerous Reel by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Godfather by Brian Rooney
• The Missing Gift by Anna Massie
• The Natural Bridge by Ben Lennon And Friends
• The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• Up At The Crack Of Noon by Ciúnas
• Within A Mile Of Kilty by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Bush On The Hill, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
|:~A,3 CEA | AEA cea | fed cdB | cAF FEF |
~A,3 CEA | AEA cea | fed cdB | cAG A2z :|
|: Ace aga | faf ecA | dfd cec | BAB cAF |
Ace aga | faf ecA | dfd cec | BAG A2z :||

The Bush on the Hill

This tune is also commonly played in the key of G. It's a nice tune in that it uses the whole range. Rolls can be put in on any phrase like aga or FEF bits. Also instead of running down in thirds on the dfd cec bit, you could alternately play ~d3 ~c3 or ded cdc. Instead of rolling the first low A you could do a AGA or ABA as well. Despite looking like a fiddle only tune it can easily be played on flute by playing it all in the first octave. Here's the tune in G as well, it's a 50/50 chance as to what key this tune is played in. I've heard it in both keys just as often as the other.
T:Bush on the Hill, the
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
|:~G,3 B,DG|GDG Bdg|edc BcA|BGE EDE|
~G,3 B,DG|GDG Bdg|edc BcA|BGF G2z:|
|:GBd gfg|ege dBG|cec BdB|AGA BGE|
GBd gfg|ege dBG|cec BdB|AGF G2z:||
'nuff comments?

# Posted on January 7th 2003 by Mad Baloney

Nice one, Brad. You could keep going with the comments for all of me, but yeah, this is great!

Zina

# Posted on January 7th 2003 by Zina Lee

I recently learned this tune off of a Green Linnett CD...25 Years of Irish Music. I can't recall who's version it is, but he's a mando player, and I love the arrangement.

# Posted on January 8th 2003 by irishfiddler32

The Bush on the Hill

The track you're thinking of is, I believe, by Mick Moloney. He included this tune on his fantastic 'Strings Attached' album, along with
"Richard Brennan's" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2632/comments

# Posted on August 30th 2007 by nigelg

"The Bush On The Hill" / "The Lonesome Jig" ~ a duplication rescued

ey signature: A Major
Submitted on October 2nd 2007 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7813

X: 3
T: Lonesome, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Major
|: A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed ceB | cAF F3 |
A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed ceB |[1 cAA A3 :|[2 cAA A2 E ||
|: Ace a3 | f3 ecA | dfd cec | B3 cA[AE] |
Ace a3 | f3 ecA | dfd cec |[1 BAA A2 E :|[2 BAA A3 |]

Source: "The Natural Bridge" by Ben Lennon And Friends
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta

# Posted on October 2nd 2007 by gian marco

Nice tune! Seems to me I've heard the 3rd and 7th bars of the A part as | fed cdB | but I couldn't tell you where I heard it that way. ~

K: A Major
|: A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed cdB | cAF F3 |
A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed cdB | cAA A3 :| ~

# Posted on October 2nd 2007 by cheshire puddy tat

# Posted on October 3rd 2007 by ceolachan