The Heights Of Muingbhathá

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on January 1st 2005 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.

Also known as The Heights Of Muingbhatha, The Heights Of Muingvuara, The Trip To London.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Flowers Of The Burren by Barefield Ceili Band
• Kerry's Delight by Tom Fleming
• Live In Concert by Brid Harper And Dermot Byrne
• Maybe Tonight by Four Men And A Dog
• Tony O'Connell And Andy Morrow by Tony O'Connell And Andy Morrow

X: 1
T: Heights Of Muingbhathá, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
DEFD GFDC|B,G,B,C DEFD|~G3B dBGB|A=FDE FDCF|
DEFD GFDC|B,G,B,C DEFD|~G3B AGFA|1 DGGF ~G3F:|2 DGGF G2Bd||
|:gBdg GBdg|bgag edef|gBBA B2BA|GBdB A2Bd|
gBdg GBdg|bgag edef|gd~d2 ^cdBG|1 FGAF G2Bd:|2 FGAF ~G3F||

The Trip To London

This tune appears twice on my Brid Harper recording, once backed by guitar and once with piano. It may be someone different because it's a slightly different setting altho' the style is similar, but the recording quality isn't very good so it's difficult to tell. The actual setting played by Harper/Byrne has more accidentals in and is as follows:

X: 1
T: Trip To London, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
DEFD GFDC|B,G,B,C DE=FD|~G3B dBcA|GFDE =FDCF|
DE=FD G^FDC|B,G,B,C DE=FD|GFGB AGFA|1 DGGF G3F:|2 DGGF G2Bd||
|:gBdg GBdg|bgag e^def|gBBA (3Bcd BA|GBdB A2Bd|
gBdg GBdg|bgag e^def|gd~d2 ^cdBG|1 FGAF G2Bd:|2 FGAF G3F||

In the other version on the recording the 1st time through goes as follows:

X: 1
T: Trip To London, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
DEFD GFDC|B,G,B,C DEFD|~G3B dBGB|A=FDE FDCF|
DEFD GFDC|B,G,B,C DEFD|~G3B AGFA|1 DGGF ~G3F:|2 DGGF G2Bd||
|:gBdB GBdg|bgag egfa|gBBA (3BcB AB|GBdB ABcd|
gB~B2 GBdg|bgag egfa|gd~d2 ^cdBG|1 FGAF GABd:|2 FGAF G3F||

Then it's varied a lot the next time thru - an especially nice one being a roll on the low B, 2nd bar:

DEFD GFDC|~B,3C DEFD...

# Posted on January 1st 2005 by Dow

So the whole point was that my setting's a combination of the two.

# Posted on January 1st 2005 by Dow

Tony O'Connell & Andy Morrow

In the liner notes of their album, it says that this is a composition of Kerry box player Tom Fleming entitled "The Heights Of Muingbhathá" - Muingbhathá apparently being a townland in north Kerry in the region of Knocknagosel.

# Posted on January 20th 2006 by Dow

Muingvuara

"cos" posted Tom Fleming's recording which I used to have but seem to have lost. The title on the sleeve was spelt "The Heights of Muingvuara" - I've added that as an alternative title, and the link to the recording now works. A good tune.

# Posted on January 24th 2006 by Kenny