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Tune Annotations:	'''TRIP WE TOOK OVER THE MOUNTAIN(S) [1], THE.''' Irish, Waltz or Air (3/4 or 6/8 time, "with life and spirit"). G Major (Joyce, Mitchell, Sullivan): G Major/Mixolydian (Ó Canainn). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Joyce, Mitchell, Sullivan): AA’BBC (Ó Canainn). "I have a whole song to this air on a ballad-sheet, beginning:-- <blockquote> ''One night as the moon luminated the sky,''<br> ''When I first took a notion to marry.'' .... (Joyce).<br> </blockquote> Joyce references a mid-19th century broadside ballad called "The true-lover's trip o'er the mountain" [Roud Number: 9632]. <br> </div> </font></p> <div class="noprint"> == Additional notes == <p><font face="sans-serif" size="2"> <font color=red>''Sources for notated versions''</font>: - "Sent to me (in 1884) by Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick-on-Suir, a good musician and a great enthusiast for Irish music and songs" (Joyce); piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; Seamus Ennis [Sullivan].
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:	Rev. Luke Donnellan ('''Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, vol. II, No. 2''', “Oriel Songs and Dances"), 1909; No. 100. Joyce ('''Old Irish Folk Music and Songs'''), 1909; No. 269, p. 128. Mitchell ('''Dance Music of Willie Clancy'''), 1993; No. 128, pp. 102-103. Ó Canainn ('''Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland'''), 1995; No. 41, p. 38. O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; p. 143. Sullivan ('''Session Tunes, vol. 3'''), n.d.; No. 33, p. 13.
Recorded sources:	Claddagh 4CC 39, “The Pipering of Willie Clancy Vol. 2” (1983).
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