The Trip We Took Over The Mountain

waltz

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 20th 2006 by MTGuru.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as The Trip Over The Mountain, The Trip We Took Over The Mountains, Will You Come With Me Over The Mountain.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Forgotten Days by Davy Spillane And Kevin Glackin
• Give Us A Penny And Let Us Be Gone by Teada
• Over The Edge by Moher
• Rhythms Of The Wold by Rod Stradling
• Sets In The City by Tipsy House
• Skin And Bone by Dave Swarbrick And Martin Carthy
• Sounds From The Atlantic by Innisheer
• The Bonny Bunch Of Roses by Seamus Ennis
• The Drones And The Chanters by Various Artists
• The Hidden Note by Jacqueline McCarthy
• The Pipering Of Willie Clancy. Vol 2 by Willie Clancy
• They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan
• Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff

X: 1
T: Trip We Took Over The Mountain, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
D2 G3A|B2 G2 G2|A2 ^G2 A2|f3 gaf|
g2 d2 de|d2 c2 AF|G3 BAG|F3 AGF|
D2 G3A|B2 G2 GB|A2 ^G2 A2|f3 gaf|
g2 d2 de|d3 cAF|G6|G4|]
g2|g2 d2 g2|g3 bag|f2 d2 e2|=f3 ga^f|
g2 d2 de|d2 c2 AF|G3 BAG|F4 g2|
g2 d2 g2|g3 bag|f2 d2 e2|f3 gaf|
g2 d2 de|d3 cAF|G6|G3 AGF|]

The Trip We Took Over The Mountain

What a beautiful little waltz!

This is the Séamus Ennis setting from the album Bonny Bunch of Roses, track 14, with the title "Will You Come With Me Over The Mountain". Ennis plays the parts ABABBA', where A' is the second half of the A part.

Here is the equally lovely Téada setting, from Give Us A Penny and Let Us Be Gone, track 10, played by Paul Finn on concertina:

T:Trip We Took Over the Mountain, The
R:Waltz/Air
L:1/8
M:3/4
K:G
D2 G2 GA|B2 G2 GB|A2 A^G A2|f3 gab|
g2 d2 de|d3 cAF|G3 BAG|F3 AGF|
D2 G3A|B3G GB|A2 A^G A2|f3 gab|
g2 d2 de|d3 cAF|G3A G2|1 G4-GE:|2 G4 gf|]
g2 d2 g2|g3 bag|f2 d3e|f3 gab|
g2 d2 de|d3 cAF|G3 BAG|F3 gga|
g2 d2 g2|g3 bag|f2 d2 de|f3 gab|
g2 d2 de|d3 cAF|G3A G2|G3 ggf||
g2 d2 g2|g3 bag|f2 d3e|f2 g2 ab|
g3 dde|d3 cAF|G3 BAG|F3 AGF|
D2 G3A|B2 G3B|A3^G A2|f3 gab|
g2 d3e|d3c A2|G3A G2|G6|]

# Posted on December 20th 2006 by MTGuru

The Trip We Took Over The Mountain - Recorded by General Humbert

This tune was recorded with slight differences by General Humbert, an Irish group of the 80s that made at least a couple of good albums (I don't know if they are still extant).
The real General Humbert was a French commander who landed a force in the West of Ireland during the Napoleonic wars. They re-embarked fairly soon. A statue of him stands in, I think, Westport, Co. Mayo.

I think their version went something like this:

T:The Trip Over The Mountain
R:Waltz
L:1/8
M:3/4
K:G
D>D||:D2 G2 A2|B3 A G2|A2 F2 F2|f3 g a>f|g2 d2 d2|d3 c A>F|
G3 A G>F|D4 D>D|D2 G2 A2|B3 A G2|A2 F2 F2|f3 g a>f|g2 d2 d2|
d3 c A>F|G6 | G4 :||

d>d||:d2 g2 g2|g2 a2 g2|f2 d2 e2|_f4 =f2|g2 d2 d2|d3 c A>F|G3 A G>F|
D4 D>D|D2 G2 A2 |B2 A2 G2|A2 F2 A2|f4 g>a|g2 d2 d2|d3 c A>F|G6|
G4 :||

# Posted on December 30th 2006 by nicholas