Young Ned of the Hill

Mercury Nexus · Post by **Mercury Nexus** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:25 pm

I can't figure it... anyone help? At least what key?

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:06 am

Hi, and welcome to the forum!

One of the first tunes I learned by ear, a long time ago. It's quite easy to pick it up from the pogues recording.

You can also use the free Best Practise application to slow it down.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp

Here is the notation from thesession.org

X: 1
T: Young Nedd Of The Hill
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Amin
EG | A>B cd | BG EG | A>B AG | ED EG |
A>B cd | Bc dc/d/ | ea ag | e3 d |
ea ag | eA A>B | c>d c/B/A | BG EG |
A>B cd | BG EG | Ae d/B/G | A2 ||

Just paste the abc score above here:
http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html

/MarcusR

Ballyshannon · Post by **Ballyshannon** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:30 am

http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tun ... DOFTHEHILL

Dameon · Post by **Dameon** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:14 pm

Might want to be more specific. There's the modern song Young Ned of the Hill (the one the Pogues covered), and an old air by the same name.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:17 pm

Hmm ... These are both quite different from the melody I'm most familiar with, an air in 3/4 time. For example, here is a setting from Chris Langan:

http://www.cranfordpub.com/langan/Ned_Hills.htm

Ballyshannon · Post by **Ballyshannon** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:39 pm

MTGuru wrote:Hmm ... These are both quite different from the melody I'm most familiar with, an air in 3/4 time. For example, here is a setting from Chris Langan:

http://www.cranfordpub.com/langan/Ned_Hills.htm

Interesting. When playing through, this sounded an awful lot like Lambs on the Green Hill so looked it up. Low and behold:

http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tun ... DOFTHEHILL

Mercury Nexus · Post by **Mercury Nexus** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:56 pm

You guys are ALL my heroes!!!

I am so thankful to you, and to be welcomed into this community.

BTW, Marcus R, I ride a GT.

Ballyshannon · Post by **Ballyshannon** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:46 am

Mercury Nexus wrote:You guys are ALL my heroes!!!

I am so thankful to you, and to be welcomed into this community.

BTW, Marcus R, I ride a GT.

From myself...and I'm sure I can speak for the others in this thread...You're most welcome.

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:11 pm

Mercury Nexus wrote: BTW, Marcus R, I ride a GT.

If it is a GT road bike like this one, I'm very envious.

In my dreams I ride a Colnago CX-1, and it really flies.

Some day..., or a full set of pipes

/MarcusR

boomerang · Post by **boomerang** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:05 am

I really dont know if this post is appropriate , wanted or otherwise.
This tune was a pleasure to hear and play, but seemed lacking, or at least unfinished, perhaps for the lack of a B part.
So in a moment of nothing better to do i humbly submit something while not by any means amazing, to my ear it seems to fit ok.
The unveiling of a part B to the tune :Young Nedd of the Hill
For your curiosity, comment, indifference or enjoyment
Regards
David
X: 1
T: Young Nedd of the Hill
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: Polka
F:http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4865 2008-10-14 08:24:02 UT
C: Part A Traditional Part B, David A. Dunbar
O: N.S.W Australia
Z: David Dunbar 14/10/2008
K:Em
EG | A>B cd | BG EG | A>B AG | ED EG |
A>B cd | Bc dc/d/ | ea ag | e3 d |
ea ag | eA A>B | c>d c/B/A | BG EG |
A>B cd | BG EG | Ae d/B/G | A2 :||
Bd | ea a>b | ag ef | g>a ge | dB GB |
c>d cA | BG EG | A>c BG | A2 Bd|
ea a>g | ag eB | c>d c/B/A | BG EG |
cA BG | Ae dB| B/A/G EB| A2 :||