Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on February 7th 2006 by Stewart.
This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.
Also known as Uir Chnoic Cein Mhic Cainte (air).
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Ur-Chnoc Chein Mhic Cainte
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmin
F2|B3c B2|A4FD|E C3D2|B,4B,C|D3E F2|A3B c2|B4A2|
F4F2|B3c B2|A4FD|E C3D2|B,4B,C|D3E FD|E C3A,2|B,6|B,4FE||
D2F2B2|B3B Bc|d3c B2|B A3F2|B3c d2|c A3c2|B4A2|
B4F2|B2A2F2|E4G2|G2F2E2|D4B,C|D3E FD|E C3A,2|B,6|B,4|]
Ur-Chnoc Chein Mhic Cainte - slow air, Bflat
Transcribed from Gerry O'Connor's CD "Journeyman." It is really in the key of Bflat, but Gm was the only way to get two flats in key signature.
A poem/song by Peadar O Doirnin, 18th century. aka "The Fair Hill of Killin" - Killin Hill is 2 miles N of Dundalk, Co. Louth.
see discussion:
http://thesession.org/discussions/display/3092/comments#comment61027
# Posted on February 7th 2006 by Stewart
Key
I think that we should have all the keys, with the wright name, even when both B flat and G minor have two flats in the key, we know it's not the same.
# Posted on February 10th 2006 by MBAC
Title translation
Does any one know the literal translation of the title? Is it "The Fair Hill of Killin?" And if so why isn't Killin in the Title?
This tune is in the Session tunes by G. Cotter and the Whistle and Sing book by E.Jordan. Both published by Ossian. The Cotter version is very similar to what we have here and the Jordan version not so much. The Jordan version does have words in Gaelic or Irish. I have played this one for while and after much sanding and varnishing have become rather fond of it.
# Posted on February 15th 2006 by red_tiger
Úrchnoc Chéin Mhic Cáinte - Lyrics & translation
Here are the Gaelic lyrics along with the English translation as sung by Aoife Ni Fearraigh
http://www.geocities.com/celticlyricscorner/fhearraigh/aoife.htm#urchnoc
It's beautifully sung by Aoife on her latest self-titled CD. http://www.aoife.ie/
I should probably defer to someone who knows more, but I think the translation of the title is 'The Fair Hill of Cian Mac Cainte." The Hill of Killen is where the legendary cave or fort of Mac Cainte is located.
# Posted on February 16th 2006 by Stewart
Adding to the discussion
I learned this tune from the Tradtional Tin Whistle Tutor book by G. Cotter. A few of my friends and I have put harmony to it as well and it has been a showpiece for our ceilidh sets for years. I never heard that it had lyrics--most of the people I know who play it are doing well not to butcher the Irish name to say nothing of the lyrics themselves--and am pleased to learn that it does. I'll be sharing them around--once I find a phonetic transliteration.
# Posted on December 10th 2006 by odhran01