Annotation:Tripping on the Mountain
X: 1 T: Tripping on the Mountain S: Treoir M: 2/4 L: 1/8 Q: 250 Z: Transcribed by Bill Black R: polka K: D f/e/ | dA FA | d>c d/e/f/e/ | dA FA | BE Ef/e/ |dA FA | dg f>e | d/B/A/F/ A/B/d/e/ | fd d :| f/g/ | af eg | fd d/e/f/g/ | af g/f/g/a/ | be ef/>g/ |af ge | fd ff/e/ | d/B/A/F/ A/B/d/e/ | fd d :|
TRIPPING ON THE MOUNTAIN (Ag damhsa ar an sliabh). AKA and see: “Buffalo Nickel (1),” "McKenna's," “My Love is/She's But a Lassie Yet (1),” “Richmond Blues,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Too Young to Marry (1).” Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The popular melody is widespread under myriad of titles and variants in a number of traditional music genres. As "Tripping on the Mountain" it was famously recorded in 1928 by the duet of flute player John McKenna and fiddler James Morrison in New York for Columbia Records. However, the melody was earlier recorded in 1922 by uilleann piper Tom Ennis and fiddler John Gerrity as the first tune in a medley simply entitled "Irish Polkas."
