"The Kid on the Mountain" (in Gaelic "An Mionnán Air/Ar an Sliab"), also known as "The Bottle of Wine" is an Irish slip jig (9/8) in E minor. The parts are played ABCD (Breathnach): AABBCC (Williamson): AABBCCDD (Moylan): ABBCCDDEE (Brody): AABBCCDDEE (Kennedy, Mallinson, Martin & Hughes, Tubridy): AABBCC'DDEE (O'Neill/Krassen): AABBCCDDEEFF (O'Neill/1915, 1001 & 1850). “The Bottle of Wine,” an alternate title, is the name of a song to the tune Breathnach collected from P. O’Loughlin (Largy), Miltown Malbay, County Clare.
This version is from Williamson. The A and B parts are short (4 measures) and the C part is the standard 8 measures.
It was printed in O'Neill Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903/1979), O'Neill Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907/1986), Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), O'Neill's O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915/1987), Jordan's Whistle and Sing (1975), O'Neill (Krassen, ed), 1976, Breathnach's CRE II (1976), Williamson's English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes (1976), Brody's Fiddler’s Fakebook (1983), Martin & Hughes' Ho-ro-ghedllaedh (1990), Moylan's Johnny O’Leary (1994), Mallinson's 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes (1995), Kennedy's Fiddler’s Tune Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes (1999) and Tubridy's Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1 (1999).
It was recorded by Kevin Burke on Sweeney's Dream, Paddy Cronin on Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin (1977), Barde on Images (1978), The Bothy Band on Ald Hag You Have Killed Me (1981) and Afterhours, Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady on The High Part of the Road, Planxty on The Well Below the Valley, Duck Baker on Irish Reels, Jigs, Airs and Hornpipes (1990), Frank Ferrel on Fiddle Tunes, Michael Coleman on Journeywork (1997).