The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51259   Message #781320
Posted By: Pied Piper
11-Sep-02 - 11:59 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Over the Hills and Far Away / O'er the...
Subject: RE: O'er the Hills
It's a lovely tune. I play it on the Highland Pipes with a Drone re-tuned to Eb. Like a lot of tunes from Scotland and the North of England it ends on the second of the scale not the tonic, which contributes to its plaintive feeling. All the best PP.