Annotation:Holy Land (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
HOLY LAND, THE. AKA and see "Kilfenora." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Originally recorded by fiddler Paddy Killoran in New York in 1939, who paired it with "Enchanted Lady (The)." Kevin Burke recorded the same set on the Bothy Band's 1977 album. See also the related "Ha'porth of Tea (A)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4, No. 13. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 75. Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 19, p. 11.
Recorded sources: Decca 12201 (78 RPM), Paddy Killoran. Hemisphere 7243 8 31216 25, The Bothy Band - "Celtic Graces" (1994). Mulligan, The Bothy Band - "Out of the Wind into the Sun" (1977).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Hear Paddy Killoran's recording at the Internet Archive [3]