Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on October 27th 2004 by m_gavin.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Also known as Miller O' Hirn, The Miller O' Hirn, Miller Of Heirn, The Miller Of Heirn, The Miller Of Hern, The Miller Of Hirn, The Miller's Highland Fling.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Miller O' Hirn, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Dmaj
D2 d>B A<F E>D | B,2 E>D B<D A,>B, | D2 d>B A<F E>D | [1 B,>D C>E F<D D>C :| [2 B,>D C>E F<D D>B |: A<F F>A B<G G>A | [1 G<E E>d c<A A>B | A<F F>A B<G G>A | (3Bcd (3efg f<d d>B :| [2 G<E E>d c<A A>c | (3dAB (3cde (3fde (3fga | (3bag (3fed (3cBA (3GFE| D2
This is from the Andy McGann/Paddy Reynolds album; I noticed we don't have many tunes from that album done. The second part seems to be lifted from another strathspey, or rather I should say, schottische (what's the differnce, anyways? hehe,) the name of which I can't remember. But I know it's the third tune O'Donnel plays on Milestone at the Garden.
# Posted on October 27th 2004 by m_gavin
Wrong recording
Sorry, scratch that last remark. It's the Brian Conway album of which I'm thinking. He plays a tune very like this -could be a version of it- in D, and he calls it Jimmy Lyons.
# Posted on October 27th 2004 by m_gavin
It's too early for me, hehe
Another mistake. Conway plays it in A, and as a highland.
# Posted on October 27th 2004 by m_gavin
I'm glad I'm not the only one that has running conversations with myself on this site. Thanks for contributing an old friend, and reminding my of my neglect there. I'm going to have to find one of the several versions of this I have knocking around inside my head and about the place here as a 'Highland'. I'll be back with one of those...and alternate names as I come across any... Hopefully the way of Dow will find himself here, and Kenny, who will both, I've no doubt, have something to contribute, and maybe Conan too...
# Posted on October 27th 2004 by ceolachan
I know this as Jimmy Lyons' Strathspey in A off Frankie and Mairead's album http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/171.
# Posted on October 27th 2004 by Dow
Yes, as I said above, it might be another version of Jimmy Lyons. But on the other hand, I've run into tunes that are so similar, I thought they were the same, only to be told, no. This might be one of those cases. Not sure.
# Posted on October 27th 2004 by m_gavin
Herin?
Where did "Herin" come from? I think you mean "Hirn", which is near Banchory, 18 miles from Aberdeen. The mill's been converted into a recording studio, where "The Old Blind Dogs" have made some of their recordings. Don't know who the miller was though. Given its' location, this tune may have something to do with Scott Skinner, but I'm not certain about that.
# Posted on October 28th 2004 by Kenny
Thanks Kenny, the 'Herin' confused me as I've heard this one pronounced as 'Hirn' but had misspelled it 'Hearn'...
# Posted on October 28th 2004 by ceolachan
Album notes
Funny thing. I thought it was heirn, but when i looked again, i saw that the album notes said "herin." Could be a typo. Your suggestion makes sense, I'll assume you're right.
# Posted on October 29th 2004 by m_gavin
Wrong note
oops, typo. That b in the second measure should be a low B (on the G string for fiddles.)
# Posted on October 29th 2004 by m_gavin
John Johnston ~ the very man, "The Miller of Hirn"
"John Johnston, the Miller of Hirn, inspired one of Skinner's best known strathspeys. The Miller was a friend of Skinner's father. Skinner also wrote strathspeys dedicated to the Miller's wife and son."
a newspaper cutting ~ "The People's Journal, Dundee"
14th of April 1923, author unknown...
# Posted on December 10th 2005 by ceolachan
"The Miller O' Hirn"
If you want to see what the bloke looked like:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0834&Creator=10&Creator_Manuscript=11
# Posted on December 10th 2005 by ceolachan
Correction made
It should say "Hirn" now. I think WMP gave me the wrong title when I put the CD on my computer.
# Posted on December 12th 2005 by m_gavin
Good un yuh m_gavin. Now, could you just sweep out the detritus in the 'alternate titles' bit... Damn, I must be associating with too many Ozzies. We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz... Actually, I'm caught up in another of those damned lung bugs and it has me in a state of flu intoxication...cough, cough, cough...and everything's sounding Phrygid to me lately...
# Posted on December 12th 2005 by ceolachan
So, does that mean 'Ozzies' are some species of Munchkin?
# Posted on December 12th 2005 by ceolachan
"The Miller O' Hirn"
K: G Major
|: >F |
(3GGG g>e d2 B*G | E>AA>G E*GD>E |
(3GAG g*e d>BA>G | E>GF>A B*GE> :|
|: >c |
B*GG>d e*cc>B | c*AA>e f*dd>^c |
1 d*GB>d e*cc>d | (3ee/f/g a>f g*GG> :|
2 (3dGB (3dga (3bag (3c'ba | (3gg/f/e (3def g*GG> ||
'*' = the 'less than' sign = 'snap'
# Posted on December 12th 2005 by ceolachan