Trip We Took over the Mountain

Tune ID#1974 (Trip We Took over the Mountain)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SE 1 (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Mode ?
Air	G Major

Basic musical information on this tune.

Rhythm ?

Mode ?

Air

G Major

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Trip We Took over the Mountain, The / The Trip over the Mountain / The Trip o'er the Mountain / Will You Come with Me over the Mountain / Over the Mountain / The Dark Woman of the Glen (also as waltz)

Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1951	1.7#1	[AL2] The New Demesne. Field Recordings Made by Alan Lomax in Ireland, 1951. Seamus Ennis (C# pipes).
~1959	14#1	[SE 1] Seamus Ennis. The Bonny Bunch of Roses. Seamus Ennis (pipes, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (C# pipes).
1960	1.7#1	[WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (Bb pipes).
1968	2.18#1	[MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals).
1971	4#1	[DC1] The Drones and the Chanters. Irish Pipering. Séamus Ennis.
1973	11#1	[WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
~1978	6#1	[SE 5] Seamus Ennis. The Fox Chase. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~1998	14#1	[MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle). For this tune: Mike (pipes).
~1999	9#1	[JqMcC] Jacqueline McCarthy. The Hidden Note. Jacqueline McCarthy (concertina). For this tune: with Tommy McCarthy Senior (concertina), Marion McCarthy (pipes), Bernadette McCarthy (fiddle, piano), Tommy McCarthy Junior (fiddle).
2001	7#1	[FDys] Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin. Forgotten Days. Davy Spillane (pipes, whistle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle). For this tune: (fiddle), (low whistle).
2001	3#1	[LFJW] Liam Farrell and Joe Whelan. They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay. Liam Farrell (banjo), Joe Whelan (accordion).
2003	10#1	[Tda 2] Téada. Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, vocals), John Blake (flute, guitar), Paul Finn (accordion, concertina), Seán McElwain (banjo, bouzouki), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Paul Finn (accordion).

Played before	On Albums
Brendan Tonra's	MMR 2
Seamus McManus	LFJW

Played before

On Albums

Brendan Tonra's

MMR 2

Seamus McManus

LFJW

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #128 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
On page 432 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Tune ID#1974 (Trip We Took over the Mountain)

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