The Holy Land

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on March 25th 2002 by Brad Maloney.

This tune has been added to 78 tunebooks.

Also known as Holy Gorund, The Holy Ground.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
• Best Of Irish Traditional Music by Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock
• Celtic Graces: A Best Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Down From Bell Harbour by Chris Droney
• Ireland's Finest by The Dubliners
• Live From Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• Memories Of Sligo by Tommy Healy And Johnny Duffy
• Out Of The Wind Into The Sun by The Bothy Band
• Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Best Of by The Bothy Band
• The Natural Bridge by Ben Lennon And Friends
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• The Very Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
• Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (1/2) by Geraldine Cotter
• Tune For Michael by Tom McConville
• Voyager: Ireland's Tin Whistle by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Holy Land, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A|"G"B4"A"A2Bc|"D"dF F2DFA=c|"G"BGGF GABd|"A7"eaag"D"fdd:||
e|"D"f2df dfaf|"Em"gfed"A7"cdeg|"D"f2df dfaf|"A7"gfeg"D"fdde|
"D"f2df dfaf|"Em"gfed"A"cdef|"D"dfaf"G"g2bg|"A" afeg"D"fdd:||

With Easter coming up & all I thought this would be a good tune for the season. I let ABCMUS add chords to this because the beginning relies heavily on the IV-V-I chord progression to give this tune it punch. If you play an instrument that can play multiple notes you'll have fun doing that G-A-D chording. Lot's o' fun this tune is.

# Posted on March 25th 2002 by Brad Maloney

The Holy Land

For years the Bothy Band ended many of their concerts with this tune, strung at the end of a set of six reels. It usually brought down the house.

# Posted on April 1st 2002 by boxplayer

"The Holy Land" ~ single reel

The B-part doesn't repeat, but if you need to do that, well, it's your choice to do so...

|: A |
~B3 d (3AAA Bc | d ~F3 DFA=c | BG (3GGG ABdf | af (3efg fdd :||
e |
(3fff df dfaf | gfed (3Bcd eg | f2 df dfaf | gfeg fdde |
f2 df dfaf | gfed cdec | dfaf g2 ag | (3fgf eg fdd ||

This is also nice played down a few steps:

|: D | ~E3 G D2 EF | GB, (3BBB G,B,DG | ~
| A | (3BBB GB GBdB | cBAG FGAc | ~

# Posted on February 14th 2006 by ceolachan

see cocus's comment http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1522
on Ben Lennon /Clare musicians /BothyBand's set-ing of the tune

# Posted on February 23rd 2009 by birlibirdie