Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on March 8th 2007 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Also known as The Boys Of Trillick.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Ben Hill
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
(3DEF|GFGA BGBc|dgge dB (3GAB|cedc BGAB|cBAG FDEF|
GFGA BGBc|dgge dB (3GAB|cedc BAGF|A2G2 G2:|
dc|BG (3Bcd gfed|cBcd c2cB|A^GAd fedc|BABc B2D2|
GFGA BGBc|dgge dB (3GAB|cedc BAGF|A2G2 G2:|
Ben Hill (hornpipe)
This is an East Galway tune learned from the playing of Iniscealtra Ceili Band: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/rams/7august.ram (starts around 51:30; Found at Ceili House Archive 2004: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/1015163.html)
According to Andrew Kuntz's Fiddler's Companion, it was discovered as a nameless tune by Ballinakill fiddler Aggie White, and she named it after a hill near her house. http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/BELL_BH.htm#BEN_HILL_[2]
Fr. Kelly composed a reel of the same name: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6899
# Posted on March 8th 2007 by slainte
Silly question, but is it named after a person or a hill?
# Posted on March 11th 2007 by granama
That question was even sillier than I thought - I've just seen the answer in your comment, Slainte.
# Posted on March 11th 2007 by granama
When I say Irish hornpipes are sh1t, I mean tunes like this.
# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Dow