The Merry Boys Of Greenland

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on September 4th 2007 by domnull.

This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.

Also known as Da Merrie Boys Of Greenland, Da Mirrie Boys O' Greenland, Da Mirrie Boys Of Greenland, Merry Boys A' Greenland, Merry Boys Of Greenland.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Far From Home by Boys Of The Lough
• Highland Fiddle by Angus Grant
• Shetland Springs Fae Da Bonnie Isle by Gibbie Hutchison
• The Ceilidh Album by Dave Swarbrick
• The Orkney Sessions From The Ayre Hotel by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Merry Boys Of Greenland, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
ABde fdf2|e2ce Aece|ABde fdfa|gecA d2d2:|
fgfe fga2|efed efge|fgfe fgaf|gecA d2d2:|

Merry Boys of Greenland

Got this off Swarb's 'Ceilidh Album' - it's great to play at a fair lick with other Shetland reels like Spoot o Skerry and Willafjord

# Posted on September 4th 2007 by domnull

Nice

I like this tune... reminds me of an old USA tune...

# Posted on September 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

Here it is

reminded me of this

Such A Getting Upstairs
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7680

Those Shetland tunes really remind me of early American fiddle music.

# Posted on September 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander