Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on June 30th 2007 by nicholas.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
Also known as Da Underhoull.
X: 1
T: Underhill, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
ge|:dBBA GABG|A2 BG ABde|dBBA GABG|1 AGAB G2 ge:|2 AGAB G2 g2||
|:faea fede|faea faea|faea fedB|1 AGAB G2 g2:|2 AGAB G2|
The Underhill - Shetland reel
I've a feeling this is really called "Da Underhoull", in Shetland dialect. It is labelled The Underhill, however, on one of the High Level Ranters' records of the 1960s, which is how I first heard it.
I don't know what the name "Underhill" or "Underhoull" refers to, or if it's a reference to a particular Shetland place.
# Posted on June 30th 2007 by nicholas
The Underhill
In all the Sherland recordings of it I have, and in Tom Anderson's book 'Da Mirrie Dancers', it is called simply "Underhill" or "Da Underhill". Anderson mentions that it is "a tune from the West side".
# Posted on July 1st 2007 by nigelg