Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on June 17th 2001 by Jdharv.
This tune has been added to 159 tunebooks.
Also known as Boyne Hunt, Lady Carberry, Molly Maguire, Molly McGuire, Over The Lakes, The Perth Hunt, The Perthshire Hunt, Popcorn, Rolling The Ryegrass, The Sailor's Trip To Liverpool, Thomas A Carta, Tom The Blacksmith.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Boyne Hunt, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
(3ABA FA DAFA | (3ABA FA BE~E2 | (3ABA FA DAFA |ABde fdd2:|
fa{b}af a3f |gfga be ~e2 |fa{b}af afdB | ABde fdd2 |
fa{b}af a3f |gfga be e2|fgfe dedB |ABde fdd2 |
Boyne Setting
This setting of Boyne Hunt came from fiddler Brad Maloney of Providence, RI. According to Brad, the last three measures of this tune's second part should be played with a good deal of swing (almost like a hornpipe) to give it a little lift.
John Harvey
# Posted on June 18th 2001 by Jdharv
Well, if you like "Swing" in your Irish music...
# Posted on April 16th 2003 by pchaffee
The Boyne Hunt
I'd never heard this tune before coming to Leeds, Yorkshire, but it's one of the first tunes all the kids there learn. It's such a simple, lovely reel, so it sometimes pops up in the session. Here is the local version:
K:Gmaj
BAFA DAFA|DAFA BE~E2|BAFA DAFA|ABde fedB|
BAFA DAFA|DAFA BE~E2|BAFA DAFA|ABde fdd2||
faaf afdf|gfga be~e2|faaf afdB|ABde fdd2|
faaf afdf|gfga be~e2|fgfe d2dB|ABde fedB||
It seems originally a Scots tune.
# Posted on June 2nd 2004 by slainte
Sorry, the version above is in D major.
# Posted on June 2nd 2004 by slainte
In Clare we're familiar with the setting above by Slainte. This is a very popular reel in the County and is usually followed by Shannon Breeze (also known as Rolling in the Ryegrass).
# Posted on June 2nd 2004 by Bannerman
is it me or is the setting in o'neills more fun?
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by daiv
The Boyne Hunt
I've been thinking this tune can be a variant of Lucy Campbell's.
# Posted on June 16th 2005 by slainte
Barney McKenna
Barney McKenna played each part 4 times at one of the Dubliners gigs. It was transformed into a longer reel but I prefer it as a short one. Four Men and A Dog Barking Mad tried to do the same thing with "The Mountain Road". This time it worked but probably because Gerry O'Conner really did a good job of it.
# Posted on February 16th 2006 by PaddyCmusic
Drives me mad when playing this tune and nobody but myself knows or plays the third part.
# Posted on May 7th 2008 by Free Reed
3rd part ?
Could you post it, please, then maybe some more of us could pick it up. "Better to light a candle than curse the darkness, grasshopper".
Originally Scottish, I believe, "The Perthshire Hunt", and I think it was in "C".
PaddyC - not sure about your Barney McKenna statement. This was the first reel I ever learned on mandolin. The LP record of the Dubliners playing it had 2 tunes - the first a version of "Sporting Nell", followed by "The Boyne Hunt". I'd be surprised if he played it differently live, but it is possible. Sure that's not what happened? Just curious.
# Posted on May 7th 2008 by Kenny