Red Tom Of The Hills reel

By Ed Reavy

There are 10 recordings of this tune.

Red Tom Of The Hills appears in 2 other tune collections.

Red Tom Of The Hills has been added to 6 tune sets.

Red Tom Of The Hills has been added to 41 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Red Tom Of The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gdor
D~G3 DEFD|GABc defa|gfdc B/c/d BG|A/B/c AF DEFD|
G2 dG cGAF|GABc defa|gfdc ~B3d|1 cAFA G3 F:|2 cAFA G2 Bd||
g2 =bg dgbg|g/g/g =bg dGBd|f2 af cfaf|f/f/f af dcBc|
d~g3 =b~g3|dG=Bd gdBd|f2 a^f ~g3a|1 fdcA G2 Bd:|2 fdcA G3 F||
# Added .
2
X: 2
T: Red Tom Of The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gdor
D~G3 DEFD|GABc defa|gfdc B/c/d BG|A/B/c AF DEFD|
G2 dG cAFA|GABc defa|gfdc ~B3d|1 cAFA G3 F:|2 cA^FA G2 Bd||
g2 =bg dgbg|g/a/g =bg dBGA|[A2f2] af cfaf|f/g/f af dc=Bc|
d~g3 =b~g3|=BABd g^fde|f3a g^fga|1 fdcA G2 Bd:|2 fdcA G3 F||
# Added .
3
X: 3
T: Red Tom Of The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
GF|DGGF DE=FD|GABc defa|gfdc (3Bcd BG|(3ABc AF DE=FD|
GDBD cAFD|GABc defa|gfdc (3Bcd BG|(3ABc AF G3||

Six comments

Red Tom of the Hills

This is an Ed Reavy tune, transcribed here from a session tape of Paddy Carty on flute. They go into this from the Broken Pledge.

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Yvonne Kane’s version

Here’s how Yvonne Kane plays it on the cd Under the Diamond. I like the touch of going to F sharp on the second ending of the A part to set up the G major as you go into the B part.

X: 1
T: Red Tom Of The Hills
C: Ed Reavy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: Liz and Yvonne Kane, Under the Diamond
K: Gdor
D~G3 DEFD|GABc defa|gfdc B/c/d BG|A/B/c AF DEFD|
G2 dG cAFA|GABc defa|gfdc ~B3d|1 cAFA G3 F:|2 cA^FA G2 Bd||
g2 =bg dgbg|g/a/g =bg dBGA|[A2f2] af cfaf|f/g/f af dc=Bc|
d~g3 =b~g3|=BABd g^fde|f3a g^fga|1 fdcA G2 Bd:|2 fdcA G3 F||

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Gan Ainm

I have been familiar with this tune for many years but have never been able to find out what the name of it is, so I would be delighted if some kind person could recognise it and let me know not just the name of it but fill in the rest of the tune for me. Many thanks Fred H

Re: Red Tom Of The Hills

Also recorded by Kerry box player Danny O’Mahoney.