The Rigged Ship

jig

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on June 9th 2005 by LowProfile.

This tune has been added to 25 tunebooks.

Also known as Hills Of Glen Orchy, Hills Of Glenorchy, The Hills Of Glenorchy, The Jolly Corkonian, Over The Hills, Wild Hills O'Wannie.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Cape Breton Piper by Barry Shears
• Atlantic Fiddles by Various Artists
• Birlin' Fiddles by J. Wrigley, A. Henderson, J. Legge, And S. Wright
• Crosswinds by Capercaillie
• Harvest Home by Filska
• Hi (TM) How Are You Today? by Ashley MacIsaac
• Milestone At The Garden by Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era
• Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
• The Heart Of Cape Breton by Various Artists
• The Northumbrian Small Pipes by Various Artists
• The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
• Under The Diamond by Liz And Yvonne Kane
• Up In The Air by Jonny Hardie And Gavin Marwick With Davy Cattanach

X: 1
T: Rigged Ship, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
A | B2 E EFE | BAB d2 B | A2 F DED | FEF A2 A |
B2 E EFE | BAB d2 B | A2 F DEF | E3 E2 :|
|: B | e2 B e2 B | efg f2 e | d2 A d2 A | def e2 B |
e2 B e2 B | efg f2 e | d2 B A2 F | DEF E2 :|

The Rigged Ship

I learnt this from a Scotswoman in a pub so I thought it was Scottish - but according to the Fiddlers Companion it's an English jig.

I have been trying to play The Rigged Ship / Haste to the Wedding / Smash the Windows on mandolin - but this is a set of such remorseless jolliness that I can never bring myself to play it to the bitter end.

# Posted on June 9th 2005 by LowProfile

Scottish, isn't it?

This is Hills of Glenorchy: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/842

# Posted on June 11th 2005 by slainte

Well spotted

I learnt it as The Rigged Ship. Later I found it in Mike Raven's "1,000 English Country Dance Tunes" (p 126). This book is full of Scottish and Irish tunes and I see that the only reference given in The Fiddler's Companion is Mike Raven again.

I conclude we have a duplicate tune here with an alternative title and it should be treated as such.

# Posted on June 16th 2005 by LowProfile

There're some Irish jigs related to The Hills of Glenorchy.

Cornelius Curtin's Big Balloon: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/821
Pat Burke's (The Boys of Tanderagee): http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1392

# Posted on June 17th 2005 by slainte