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Theme code Index	1121 5L7L7L1
Also known as	Boy on the Hilltop (The), Buachaillí ar Bharr an Chnoic (Na), Hilltop (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	ABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Brendan Breathnach
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ceol na Fidhle vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 84, p. 42
Year of publication/Date of MS	1985
Artist	Biography:Paddy Killoran & Paddy Sweeney
Title of recording	Paddy Killoran's Back in Town
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 33003
Year recorded	1977 (reissue of the 1931 original)
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BOY(S) ON THE HILLTOP, THE (Na Buachaillí ar Bharr an Chnoic). AKA - "Boy on the Hilltop." AKA and see "Hilltop (The)." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was first recorded by Paddy Killoran and Paddy Sweeney in 1931.

Sources for notated versions: fiddler Paddy Killoran (Ireland) [Breathnach]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 84, p. 42. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 25, p. 43.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 3015, Tommy Peoples & Paul Brady - "Welcome Here Kind Stranger." Piping Pig Productions PPPCD001, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran - "Seán Reid's Favourite" (1996. Learned from piper Seán P. Mac Ciarnáin of Carna, around 1976). Shanachie 33003, Paddy Killoran - "Paddy Killoran's Back in Town" (1977).

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T:Boy(s) on the Hilltop, The
R:Reel
Z:Adrian Scahill
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
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+'''BOY(S) ON THE HILLTOP, THE''' (Na Buachaillí ar Bharr an Chnoic). AKA - "[[Boy on the Hilltop]]." AKA and see "[[Hilltop (The)]]." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was first recorded by Paddy Killoran and Paddy Sweeney in 1931.
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