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The Bush On The Hill jig

Also known as The Humours Of Milltown, The Humours Of Miltown, The Lonesome, The Low Down, The Lowdown, McGlinchy’s, West Clare.

There are 35 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with Gallagher’s Frolics (a few times), Dave Collins’ (a few times), Kitty’s Rambles (a few times) and Richard Brennan’s (a few times).

The Bush On The Hill appears in 4 other tune collections.

The Bush On The Hill has been added to 7 tune sets.

The Bush On The Hill has been added to 130 tunebooks.

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Five settings

1
X: 1
T: The Bush On The Hill
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:~A,3 CEA | AEA cea | fed cdB | cAF FEF |
~A,3 CEA | AEA cea | fed cdB | cAG A2z :|
|: Ace aga | faf ecA | dfd cec | BAB cAF |
Ace aga | faf ecA | dfd cec | BAG A2z :||
2
X: 2
T: The Bush On The Hill
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:~G,3 B,DG|GDG Bdg|edc BcA|BGE EDE|
~G,3 B,DG|GDG Bdg|edc BcA|BGF G2z:|
|:GBd gfg|ege dBG|cec BdB|AGA BGE|
GBd gfg|ege dBG|cec BdB|AGF G2z:||
3
X: 3
T: The Bush On The Hill
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|: A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed ceB | cAF F3 |
A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed ceB |[1 cAA A3 :|[2 cAA A2 E ||
|: Ace a3 | f3 ecA | dfd cec | B3 cA[AE] |
Ace a3 | f3 ecA | dfd cec |[1 BAA A2 E :|[2 BAA A3 |]
|: A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed cdB | cAF F3 |
A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed cdB | cAA A3 :| ~
4
X: 4
T: The Bush On The Hill
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
G,3 B,G,B,|GFG Bdg|edc BcA|BGE EDE|
!G,3 B,G,B,|GFG Bdg|edc BcA|BGF G3:|
!|:GBd g3|ece dBG|cBc BdB|ABA AFD|
!GBd g3|ece dBG|cBc BdB|AGF G3:|
5
X: 5
T: The Bush On The Hill
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
||:G,3 B,A,B,|GFG Bdg|edc BdA|BGE EDB,|
|G,3 B,A,B,|GFG Bdg|edc BdA|BGF G3:||
||:GBd g3|ege dBG|cec BdB|AGA BGE|
|GBd g3|ece dBG|cBA BdB|AGF G3:||

Seven comments

The Bush on the Hill

This tune is also commonly played in the key of G. It’s a nice tune in that it uses the whole range. Rolls can be put in on any phrase like aga or FEF bits. Also instead of running down in thirds on the dfd cec bit, you could alternately play ~d3 ~c3 or ded cdc. Instead of rolling the first low A you could do a AGA or ABA as well. Despite looking like a fiddle only tune it can easily be played on flute by playing it all in the first octave. Here’s the tune in G as well, it’s a 50/50 chance as to what key this tune is played in. I’ve heard it in both keys just as often as the other.
T:Bush on the Hill, the
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
|:~G,3 B,DG|GDG Bdg|edc BcA|BGE EDE|
~G,3 B,DG|GDG Bdg|edc BcA|BGF G2z:|
|:GBd gfg|ege dBG|cec BdB|AGA BGE|
GBd gfg|ege dBG|cec BdB|AGF G2z:||
‘nuff comments?

Nice one, Brad. You could keep going with the comments for all of me, but yeah, this is great! 🙂

Zina

I recently learned this tune off of a Green Linnett CD…25 Years of Irish Music. I can’t recall who’s version it is, but he’s a mando player, and I love the arrangement.

"The Bush On The Hill" / "The Lonesome Jig" ~ a duplication rescued

ey signature: A Major
Submitted on October 2nd 2007 by gian marco.
https://thesession.org/tunes/7813

X: 3
T: Lonesome, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Major
|: A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed ceB | cAF F3 |
A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed ceB |[1 cAA A3 :|[2 cAA A2 E ||
|: Ace a3 | f3 ecA | dfd cec | B3 cA[AE] |
Ace a3 | f3 ecA | dfd cec |[1 BAA A2 E :|[2 BAA A3 |]

Source: "The Natural Bridge" by Ben Lennon And Friends
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta

# Posted on October 2nd 2007 by gian marco

Nice tune! Seems to me I’ve heard the 3rd and 7th bars of the A part as | fed cdB | but I couldn’t tell you where I heard it that way. ~

K: A Major
|: A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed cdB | cAF F3 |
A,3 A,CE | EAA cea | fed cdB | cAA A3 :| ~

# Posted on October 2nd 2007 by cheshire puddy tat

The Bush On The Hill (jig)

This tune can be found in Bulmer and Sharply’s Music of Ireland (2:43) as "McGlinchy’s" from the playing of Jimmy McHugh. According to Randy Miller it is also known as "The Low Down"

Owenmore ceili band version

The version I submitted comes from "Owenmore ceili band" by Owenmore ceili band, track 2, 1st tune, maybe wrongly titled as "Owenmore jig". I thank Kenny about these news.