Ferny Hill

reel

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on December 26th 2001 by glauber.

This tune has been added to 46 tunebooks.

Also known as Little Molly.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Fingal by Fingal
• The Long Black Veil by The Chieftains
• The Wide World Over by The Chieftains

X: 1
T: Ferny Hill
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
B3 B BAFE | D2EF DEFA | BEED ~B3 c | dBeg fedc |
~B3 B BAFE | D2EF DEFA | BEED BABc | dBeg fedc :|
dfff e2 fe | d2fd edBA | dfaf e2fe | dBAF FE E2 |
dfff e2fe |d2fd edcd | BBBB BAFA | dBAF FE E2 |
dfff e2fe | d2 fd edBA |dfaf e2fe | dBAF FE E2 |
~a3 f e2fe | d2fd edcd | BBBB BAFA | dBAF FE E2 |
|: FAAA A2BA | FAAd BcdA | FAAA A2BA | GEFD EEEG |
FAAA A2BA | FAAd BcdA | FAAA A2BA | GEFD EEEA :|
|: Beed e2ef | gbaf gfeg | fddc d2Ad | fAaA bAaf |
fged (3Bcd ef | gbaf gfeg | fddc dBAF | GBAF GEEE :|
|: ~G2GF GABc | dcde dBAF | G2BG FGA=c | BGAF GEED |
~G2GF GABc | dcde dBAF | G2BG FGA=c | BGAF GEED :|

Ferny Hill

This is a nice 5-part reel. The book in the Long Black Veil CD give say it's by Matt Molloy and Sean Keane.

Please note that the signature should be C| (2/2), not 4/4. The notes would still look the same. This is played "not too fast" in the CD, say the 1/4 note at about 140 bpm.

# Posted on December 26th 2001 by glauber

Ooops, try 1/4 note at 180 bpm.

# Posted on December 26th 2001 by glauber

Ferny Hill

Hi glauber,

thanks for the notation of that nice tune.
I wouldn't say it is a 5part reel, because the Chieftains play it like that
with the 5 parts named as A,B,C,D,E

AABB AABB AABB
CDDE CDDE CDDE

so I would sya it's kinda two reels, played 3 times each.
The second one has a non traditional pattern.
The 180bpm are true for the start, but the tune ends up much faster.

Urs

# Posted on December 8th 2002 by swisspiper

urs, you're right, it is two different reels: Ferny Hill and Little Molly. The Chieftains have both of them listed on their Wide World Over compilation. Was there a goof up in the Long Black Veil?

# Posted on July 6th 2004 by jdave

It's a really nice tune and it's much fun to play on the violin!
There are plenty of options to place a top or cut and it never gets boring^^

# Posted on September 12th 2008 by Scarlett