Barney Brallaghan

X:1 T:Barney Brallaghan M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 17 K:D F2A ABA ABA | F2A ABc def | F2A ABA ABA | Bcd (ef)d cBA | F2A ABA ABA | F2A ABc def | F2A ABA ABA | Bcd (ef)d cBA || cde (ef)d cBA :: f2z a2zd2z | g2f e2d cBA | f2ze2zd2z | B2B A2G FED :|| X:2 T:Barney Brallaghan M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig K:D F2A ABA ABA|F2A ABA Bcd|F2A ABA ABA|B2e e2d cBA:|  X:003 T:Barney Brallaghan. WES.003 M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Q:3/8=120 B:T.Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc. for the Violin, n.d.(C.1923) Z:R.Greig 2010 K:D F2A ABA ABA|F2A ABA (.d2.f)|F2A ABA ABA|B2Be2d (cB).A||! [f2A2D2]af2a(fe).d|[f2A2D2]af2a (gf).e|[f2A2D2]af2a (fe).d|e2e efd cBA||! f2za2zd2z|g2fe2d (cB).A|[f2A2D2]z[e2A2]z[d2F2]z|[B2D2G,2]BA2G (FE).D|]
 * f2a f2a (gf)e | f2a f2a (gf)e | f2a f2a (g2)e | f2a f2a (gf)e |
 * f2a f2a fed|f2a f2a gfe|f2a f2a fed|g2f e2d cBA:|
 * f3a3d3|g2f e2d cBA|f2f efe d2A|Bcd A2G FED:||



BARNEY BRALLAGHAN (Bernard Ua Brolcain). AKA and see "Blewitt's Jig," "Master Tailor's Lilt (The)," "Miss Blewit's Jig," "Mrs. Barney Brallaghan," "'Twas on a windy night." Irish, English, American; Hop or Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Raven): ABBCC (White): AABBC (Roche, O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABBCC (Cole, Kerr, Tubridy): AABBCC' (O'Neill/Krassen). The tune was set to the words "Barney B(r)allaghan's Courtship" by Hudson, c. 1850. An early printing occurs in Patrick O'Flannagan's Hibernia Collection, published by Elias Howe in Boston in 1860. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 57. Emmerson (Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String), 1971; No. 69, p. 155. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 98. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 229, p. 26. O'Flannagan (The Hibernia Collection), 1860; p. 8. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 83. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1145, p. 216. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 429, p. 84. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 131. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. II, p. 26, No. 259. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 42. Westrop (120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc. for the Violin), c. 1923; No. 3. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 17, p. 3. Recorded sources: Cottey Light Industries CLI-903, Dexter et al - "Over the Water" (1993). __NORICHEDITOR__