The Greenland Man's Tune

hornpipe

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on July 6th 2005 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 25 tunebooks.

Also known as Da Greenlandman's Tune, Da Greenlandmans Tune, The Greenland Highland, The Greenland Man's Fling, The Greenland Man's Highland Fling, The Greenland Man's Highland, Greenland Mans Tune, The Greenlandman's Tune.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ceilidh House Sessions by Various Artists
• Farewell To Ireland by Patrick Mangan
• Fire On ! by Blazin' Fiddles
• First O' The Darkenin' by Chris Stout
• Midwinter Night's Dream by Boys Of The Lough
• The Piper's Broken Finger by Boys Of The Lough

X: 1
T: Greenland Man's Tune, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Amaj
|:d>B c>A (3BcB E2|F>G A>G F<D D2|
d>B c>A (3BcB E2|G>A B>G A2A2:|
|:B2 B>c d2 d>B|A2 A>F D>E F<A|
B2 B>c d2 d>B|1A>F (3FED E4:|2A>F (3FED E3 c||

The Greenland Man's Tune

From The Boys Of The Lough.It's not really a hornpipe. I think that the mode is D lydian,but that's only a guess. A haunting tune.

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by dafydd

"The Greenland Highland"

R: highland fling
K: E minor

|: E>c |
d>Bc>A (3BcB E>F | D>FA>G F*DD>c |
d>Bc>A (3BcB E2 | G>A B*G E2- :|
|: E>A |
B>^AB>c (3ded (3dcB | A*^GA>F D>EF*A |
1 B2 B>c d2 d>B | A*Fd>F E2- :|
2 d>fc>e B>^AB>c | (3dcB A*F E2 ||

* = "SNAP!"

# Posted on July 17th 2005 by ceolachan

Da Greenlandmans Tune - jig version

With the above spelling - this one seems to be notated as jig. (and some of the short notes should really be "snaps") (See the version on Blazin Fiddles - Fire-ON)

T:da Greenlandmans Tune
M:6/8
K:A
d2B c2A | BcB E3 | F2G A2G | FD2 D3 | \
d2B c2A | BcB E3 | G2A BG2 | A3 A3 :|
|: B2B B2c | d2d d2B | A2A A2F | D2E FA2 | \
B2B B2c | d2d d2B | AF2 FD2 | E3 E2:|

# Posted on June 19th 2007 by spindizzy

Strathspey / highland fling

My suspicion is, carrying from what I'd offered earlier, that with the melody and the 'snap' (F D2 / B G2) its origins are as a strathspey / highland fling...

# Posted on June 19th 2007 by ceolachan

Type of Tune

Actually, it's none of the above. It's never been danced to so its what Shetlanders call a "listening tune." During Shetland's whaling days, the tune was supposedly brought back to Shetland from Greenland where it was learned from one of the Greenland "natives." The words were supposedly in Yakki.

# Posted on September 17th 2008 by MHCrawf