The Mountains Of Mourne

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on July 30th 2003 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 46 tunebooks.

Also known as The Mountains Of Pomeroy March, The Mountains Of Pomeroy, Mountains Of Pommeroy, The Mountains Of Pommeroy.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Jacket Of Batteries by De Danann
Beginning Irish Fiddle by Martin Mulvihill
Brock McGuire Band by Brock McGuire Band
Cathal Hayden by Cathal Hayden
Celtic Moon: The Magical Sound Of The Celtic Whistle by Phil Brown And Ken Nicol
Could Be Worse by Celtic Brew
Hibernian Rhapsody by De Danann
Ireland's Harvest : A Tribute To The Golden Years Of Music In Irish America by Joe Derrane, Frankie Gavin And Brian McGrath
Knot Loitering by Knot Fibb'n
Live It Up by Reeltime
My Lagan Love by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
The Ancient Voice Of Ireland by Mick O'Brien
The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
The Rolling Wave by Patricia Daly
Traditional Music From The Glens Of Antrim by Leo Brown And PJ Hill

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The Mountains of Mourne - march?

This tune is NOT A REEL.

Source: RL O'Meally (piper) - Belfast, 1934
Transcription: g.m.p.

This tune seems to me a sort or 4/4 or 2/4 march, but it has two 3/4 bars.

# Posted on July 30th 2003 by gian marco

This is the tune of the Mountains of Pomeroy not Mourne.

# Posted on July 30th 2003 by breandan

The Mountains of Pomeroy / Mourne

In the recording in my hands this tune is named "the mountains of Mourne".
Anyway:
T: The Mountains of Pomeroy
M: C
L: 1/8
B: O'Neill's 540
N: "With spirit"
Z: Transcribed by Dave Wooldridge
K: G
d2 \
| d2 B2 (dc)(BA) | G3 A E2 (GE) | D2 (EG) G2 (AB) | c2 z2 z2 Bc |
d2 B2 (dc)(BA) | G2 A2 E2 (GE) | D2 (EG) G3 A | G2 z2 z2 ||
GA \
| B3 A G2 AB | c2 d2 d2 ge | d2 B2 G2 (AB) | c2 z2 z2 Bc |
d2 BB (dc)(BA) | G2 A2 E2 GE | D2 EG G3 A | G2 z2 z2 GA | B2 A2 G2 AB |
c2 d2 Hd2| ge | d3 B AB | Hc2 z2 z2 Bc | d2 B2 (dc)(BA) | G2 A2 E2 GE |
\
D3 E G2 G2 | G2 z2 z2 ||

# Posted on July 30th 2003 by gian marco

Mts of Pomoroy

I know this for 40 years as a march it seems to be badly written here as it should stare with a B introduction and then the D as a mimin and it should be in 4/4 time Peter OC

# Posted on July 31st 2003 by Peter O'Connor

Mountains of Mourne

"Oh Mary this London's a wonderful sight .. etc" as sung by countless ballad groups is the Mountains of Mourne. I agree with comments already made that the tune shown here is more like the Mountains of Pomeroy march.

# Posted on July 31st 2003 by Bannerman

The strange mountains of Pomoroy / Pomeroy / Mourne

Peter, if you give me your email address I send you the mp3 file of this tune played by RL O'Meally on the pipes, so you can check my transcription. He plays the tune two times, and both the times there are two 3/4 bars.( maybe he was drunk when recorded the tune).
I don't know nothing about RL O'Meally. Does someone know something about him? RL what does it mean?

# Posted on July 31st 2003 by gian marco

RL means you can't pronounce his name.

# Posted on August 2nd 2003 by milesnagopaleen

Mountains of Pomeroy

There is also a nice version (waltz) on the CD "The Road less travelled" from Tuatha.

# Posted on February 5th 2005 by craics90

"The Mountains of Pomeroy March"

| GA |
B3 A G2 AB | c2 d2 d2 g>e | d3 B G2 AB | c2 B2 A2 AB/c/ |
d/c/d/e/ d>e dc B>A | G2 (3AGF E2 (3GFE | D3 E G2 A2 | G6 GA |
B>c BA GA/G/ AB | c>B ce d2 ge | d2 c/B/A GA/G/ AB | cd/c/ Bc/B/ A2 A/B/c |
d3 B dc BA | G2 A2 E2 GE | D3 E G2 G2 | G6 ||

# Posted on July 24th 2005 by ceolachan

Mountains of Pomeroy

While traditionally this tune was played as a march, Noel Hill does a fantastic version of it as a slow air on his latest CD - The Irish Concertina released in June 2005.

# Posted on February 17th 2006 by Bannerman