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STACKS OF BARLEY. AKA and see "Little Stack of Barley (1)." Canadian, Hornpipe (whole time). Canada; Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Irish in origin, where it is played as a hornpipe. In the Canadian Maritimes (P.E.I., New Brunswick) it is also played as a reel. The tune has also been collected in the 20th century under local titles on the Island of Newfoundland, as recorded by Christina Smith^[1]. "One version had no title, while another is called "The Devil in the Garden" ("Did you ever see the devil in the garden digging praties"), and the third is named "Coming down from Jerry's with a Bucketful of Berries." Yet another rhyme for this tune was given to me in Happy Valley, Labrador, by Aden Clark: "Did you ever see the devil with his wooden spade and shovel, did you ever see the devil with his ears sticking up"."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Louise Arsenault (P.E.I.) [Perlman].

Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 69. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 41. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 61, p. 36. Perlman (Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 63. '

Recorded sources : - Banff Rodeo RBS-1276, Johnny Mooring - "North American Fiddle Champion" (1967). Point Records P-263, Paul Ménard – "Paul Menard Plays Don Messer". Rounder Records 7007, Graham Townsend - "Classics of Irish, Scottish and French-Canadian Fiddling" (1978).

See also listing at :
See the entry for the tune at Bowing Down Home (P.E.I.) [1]

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↑ Christina Smith, "Crooked as the Road to Branch: Asymmetry in Newfoundland Dance Music" [2]

[1] Christina Smith, "Crooked as the Road to Branch: Asymmetry in Newfoundland Dance Music" [2]

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