Annotation:Galtee Mountains (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
GALTEE MOUNTAINS [1]. AKA - "Galty Rangers (The)." AKA and see "Humours of Galtymore." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Miller & Perron): AAB (Roche). The Galtee Mountains are in County Tipperary. County Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin (b. 1925, long a resident of Boston, MA) recorded the tune under this title, although "The Galty Rangers" appears to be the more common name.
Source for notated version: Paddy Cronin [Miller & Perron].
Printed sources: Miller & Perron (Traditional Irish Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 46. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 72. Roche (Collection of Irish Traditional Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 84, p. 26 (appears as "The Galty Rangers").
Recorded sources: Copely Records 9-114 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (195?).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]