The Mountain Top

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on February 1st 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 90 tunebooks.

Also known as Booby, Dillon Brown, The Dunne Hills.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Few Tunes by John Skelton
• Across The Pond by Kevin Griffin, Roger Burridge And Others
• Ah, Surely! by Eddie Cahill
• An Crann Carraige (Concertina Melodies From Tuamgraney, East Clare) by Martin O'Brien
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Ceol Tire by Various Artists
• Cherish The Ladies-Live by Cherish The Ladies
• Collection Of Jigs And Reels by Shaskeen
• Concertina Music From West Clare by Elizabeth Crotty
• Cotton-Eyed Joe by The Chieftains
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 2 by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 6 by Matt Cunningham
• Different State by Paudie O'Connor
• Down The Broom by Trouble In The Kitchen
• Fiddler's Choice by Jerry Holland
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• From Leitrim To London by Brian Rooney
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• If Ida Been Here, Ida Been There by Craobh Rua
• Island Eddy by Island Eddy
• Kitty Lie Over by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• Midsummer's Night by Dervish
• Moving Cloud by Moving Cloud
• Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
• Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
• Northern Banjo by Ken Pearlman
• Party Acadien by Eddy Arsenault Et Famille, Anastasia DesRoches, Louise Arsenault
• Reeltime by Reeltime
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume I by Various Artists
• Sporting Nell by Tommy McCarthy
• Temple House 1 by Temple House Ceili Band
• The Chieftains 2 by The Chieftains
• The Coleman Country Ceili Band by The Coleman Country Ceili Band
• The Dear Little Isle by Inishbofin Ceili Band
• The Fairy Bridges by Josephine Keegan
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The Humours Of Derrybeha by Pat O'Connor
• The Mulcahy Family by The Mulcahy Family
• The Selkies' Song by Debbie Scott
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• They'll Be Good Yet by Kitty Hayes And Peter Laban
• Think Before You Think by Danu
• Tin Whistles by Paddy Moloney And Sean Potts
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Eamon Cotter
• Traditional Irish Music From Doolin Co. Clare by Terry Bingham
• With Complements by Patsy Reid

X: 1
T: Mountain Top, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: B2AG EGDE | G2 (3B^cd {f}edgd | BG{B}AG EGDG |1 (3BcB Ad BGGA :|2 (3BcB Ac BG~G2 ||
Bd (3B^cd edBA | Bdef gfed | BddB d2ge | dBAd BGGA |
Bd (3B^cd edBA | (3B^cd ef ~g2ga | bgaf gfed | (3efg fa gedc ||

I learned this tune off the Danu album "Think Before You Think." This tune, I find, goes well with both "The Traveller" and "Glen Allen." I like to play it at a quicker, more up-beat pace than normal.

# Posted on February 1st 2002 by Josh Kane

First recorded by Michael Coleman

I *think*...

# Posted on July 7th 2003 by pchaffee

Closely related reel in Edor: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/78/comments#comment99861 The two tunes would make a nice set.

# Posted on December 14th 2005 by slainte