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Annotation:Barley Grain (2)
X:1 T:Barley Grain [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G BAB G2D | GAG GAB | BAB GFG | A2B c2A | BAB G2D | GFG GAB | ded dcB | A2B c2A || B2d ded | ded ded | B2d ded | e2f g3 | B2d ded | ded def | gfe dcB | A2B c2A ||
BARLEY GRAIN [2]. AKA and see "Barley Meal (The) (2)," "Button that Suits the Cloth (The)," "Ceol an Mhála," "Deiread an Lae," "Elsie Marley," "End of the Day (The)," "Rolling Wave (2)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major (Howe): F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is an Irish one. The supposed date of Boston music publisher Elias Howe's volume precedes that of the earliest Irish source, Joyce (1873), but Howe's publication dates are approximate. Given that the tunes are identical and the explicit source information given by Joyce and Petrie, the tune has an Irish provenance which Howe is copying.