The Boy On The Mountain Top

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on December 11th 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.

Also known as The Boy On The Hill Top, Boy On The Hilltop, The Boy On The Hilltop , The Boys On The Hilltop.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bad Turns And Horse-Shoe Bends by Harry Bradley
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• Past Masters Of Irish Fiddle Music by Various Artists
• Reed Only by Tim Collins/Brian McNamara
• Rossinver Braes by Ben Lennon And Tony O'Connell
• Stormy Weather by Beginish
• The Flying Pig by Slide
• The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco
• The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco

X: 1
T: Boy On The Mountain Top, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
A2 Ac B2 AG | EGGF G2 AG | EA ~A2 BGBd |egdB BAGB |
AGAc BGAG | EGGF G2 AB |c2 ec B2 GB | dBGA BAGB ||
A2 Bd egdB | GBd^c defg | agfd egdB | GBdB BA A2 |
~a2 fd egdB | GBd^c defg | afge fdef |g2 ag gedB ||

Boy on the Mountain Top

Here's a single reel I lifted from Harry Bradley's "Bad Turns...." album. I like it because most Adorian tunes have similar structures but this one seems to break away from your average ADorian tune, while still sounding very traditional.

# Posted on December 11th 2002 by Mad Baloney

this is an awesome tune - they play it loads in galway

# Posted on December 15th 2002 by bb

A fine permutation

Here's a jolly version shown to me by Denis Lanctot.
X:1
T:Boy On the MountainTop
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
|:[A3E3] B cBAG|EG ~G2 G2 [1 AG|EAAB cBcd|(3efg dc BdgB|
[2 AB|~c2 ec ~B2 GB|dBGB {c}BA A2:|:[A2E2] (3Bcd (3efg dB|
GBd^c defg|(3gag ed (3efg dc|BdgB BA A2|(3gag ed (3efg dc|GBd^c defg|(3gfe (3fed edef|gbaf gedB:||

# Posted on December 6th 2006 by drone