Barrel Rafferty

X:1 T: Barrel Rafferty's S: M. Rafferty Q: 325 R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: Ador D | E2 A AGE | A2 B c2 E | EDE GFG | A2 A GED | E2 A AGE | A2 B c2 d | ege dBG | A3 A2 :| d | e2 a aga | b2 a g2 e | ede g2 g | a2 e ged | e2 a aga | b2 a g2 e | age dBG | A3 A2 :||



BARREL RAFFERTY'S (JIG). Irish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title comes from the nickname of the flute-playing father of East Galway/New York flute player Mike Rafferty, whose lung capacity would fill a barrel. Sources for notated versions: whistle player Tom Gaffey (east County Galway) [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 82, p. 44 (appears as untitled single jig). Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 321, p. 172. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 170, p. 53. Recorded sources: Kells Music 9509, Mike & Mary Rafferty - "The Dangerous Reel" (1996).

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