Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on April 13th 2007 by nicholas.
This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.
Also known as Da Road Ta Houll, The Road To Houll.
X: 1
T: Da Rodd Ta Houll
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A2|:d2 fd A2 dA|GABG E2 FG|A2 A2 ABcd|f2 e2 e2 A2|
d2 fd A2 dA|GABG E2 FG|A2 A2 ABAG|1 F2 D2 D2 A2:|2 F2 D2 D2 fg||
a2 af d2 dA|BABd A2 F2|G2 B2 ABcd|f2 e2 e2 fg|
a2 af d2 dA|BABd A2 F2|G2 B2 ABAG|F2 D2 D2 fg|
a2 af d2 A2|BABd A2 F2|G2 B2 ABcd|f2 e2 e2 A2|
d2 fd A2 dA|GABG E2 FG|A2 A2 ABAG| F2 D2 D2 z2||
Da Road Ta Houll
A Shetland reel composed by the late Tom Anderson - fiddler, teacher, composer.
# Posted on April 13th 2007 by nicholas
Da Rodd Ta Houll
Houll is a place on the small Shetland island of Whalsay, though I couldn't swear that is the only place of that name in the Shetland Islands.
# Posted on April 14th 2007 by nicholas
Da Road Ta Houll
On Track 5 of http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/257/comments.
In "Haand Me Doon Da Fiddle" Tom Anderson says "Dis tun was written in 1936 whin I came up to Unst to visit a schoolmaister friend o' mine. It happened it dat moarnin wis da prizegiving an I was axed to play at it. I guid fir a walk an da tun cam in me head. Da place I wis walkin ower wis caaed da Houll Road bit I tocht da Road ta Houll soonded better"
# Posted on March 13th 2012 by David50