Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on April 19th 2002 by Caoimghgin.
This tune has been added to 595 tunebooks.
Also known as Beaux Of Oak Hill, The Beaux Of Oak Hill, Beaux Of Oakhill, The Beaux Of Oakhill, The Boys From The Blue Hill, The Boys Of Blue Hill, The Boys Of Blue Oak Hill, Boys Of Bluehill, Boys Of The Blue Hill, The Lad Of Bluehill, The Lads Of North Tyne, Na Buacaillide Ua Cnoc-gorm, Na Buaichallí Gorm.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Boys Of Bluehill, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
||FA|BA FA D2 FA| BA (3Bcd e2 de |fa gf eg fe|df ed B2 dB|
| BA FA D2 FA| BA (3Bcd e2 de |fa gf eg fe|d2 f2 d2 :|
|: fg| af df a2 g2 | ef ga b2 ag |fa gf eg fe |df ed B2 dB|
| BA FA D2 FA| BA (3Bcd e2 de |fa gf eg fe|d2 f2 d2 :|
This one of those tunes done to death by every beginner (no offence to beginners - I've been one for almost a decade) and the default hornpipe for accompanying dancers, so it's easy to forget that it's a good tune. Its simplicity makes it a good basis for variation, yet it is very catchy in its unaltered state. It has also found popularity in the Northeast of England, where it is known as The Lads of North Tyne, and the Scots have a version called The Beaux of Oak Hill.
# Posted on April 19th 2002 by granama
Boys Of Bluehill does have the stigma of a 'beginners tune', which might explain why it was never posted before. However, it is a wonderful tune at any experience level. Thanks for the other tune names.
# Posted on April 20th 2002 by Caoimghgin
Here's a version I play in a fingerstyle guitar arrangement. I left out ornaments and a few syncopations that probably don't work outside this guitar setting. In the cadence that ends both parts there's a chord change (to G) instead of going to the F# note.
For me this version makes all the difference between "hating" and loving this tune. Actually, the important difference for me is just two or three notes in the phrase that shows up in measures 3,4 and 7 (not counting the pickup measure) and again in the B part.
X: 1
T: Boys Of Bluehill, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
||A (3EFA|BA FA DE FA| BA Bd e2 de |fa af eg fe|de fd B2 dc|
| BA FA DA FA| BA Bd e2 de |fa af eg fe|d2 d2 d2 :|
|: fg| af df a2 gf | gf ga b2 ag |fa af eg fe |de fd Bc dc|
| BA FA DE FA| BA Bd e2 de |fa af eg fe|d2 d2 d2 :|
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by Bob himself
Oh, ...
I should mention that I learned this version from Duck Baker.
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by Bob himself
Set
This is good in a set before The Harvest Home
# Posted on August 21st 2005 by irishimp
it made me laugh when some of you said its a beginner tune, because it is, its the first one that i learnt and it is even played for beginner dancers doing the hornpipe
# Posted on September 4th 2006 by Champ_irish_dancer
Set
This is a good tune played after The Road to the Isles
# Posted on December 31st 2006 by dinn2
Gearoid O'hAllmhurain's setting (for fiddle)
Here's my stab at a fiddle version of Gearoid O'hAllmhurain's lovely concertina setting on "Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond". I just love his playing.
X:1
T: The Boys of Bluehill
M:C
K:D
dA|:{c}BAFA A,DFA|{c}BAAa eade|(3{g}fed df ed{g}fe|d2 (3fed Bd{e}dB|
(3ABA {B}Ad AdFA|{c}BAAa eade|(3{g}fed df ed{g}fe|1 d2 (3fed B d FA:|2 d2 (3fed ddef|
|:a3 f adfa|g2 Ba bdgb|aBfd edfe|d2 (3fed Bd{e}dB|
(3ABA {B}Ad AdFA|{c}BAAa eade|(3{g}fed df ed{g}fe|1 d2 (3fed d efg:|2 d2 (3fed d2 z2 |]
Here's a discussion about this very setting:
http://thesession.org/discussions/display/9554/comments#comment202169
# Posted on May 13th 2007 by fidkid