The Mountains of Kerry
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Mountains of Kerry", in Gaelic "Sleibte {Na} Ciarraige", also known<br> in the US as "Douglas's Favorite Hornpipe", "Doug's Favorite",<br> The Mountain Hornpipe" or "Woody's Hornpipe" is an Irish hornpipe in<br> cut time and G Major. The parts are played AABB.<br> County Kerry has the highest mountains in Ireland.<br> Thirteen peaks are classified by the Scottish Mountaineering Club as Furths<br> i.e., mountains over 3,000 feet in the British Isles outside Scotland that<br> are regarded as separate mountains. Ten of these are located in<br> Macgillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry. The highest mountain is<br> Carrauntoohil, in Gaelic Corrán Tuathail, meaning "Tuathal's sickle")<br> which is 3,407 feet 6 inches high.<br> This Irish tune is probably the ancestral root of the American hornpipe<br> "The Mountain Hornpipe".<br> The tune was printed in Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903) and<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907).<br>
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