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Annotation:Stacks of Barley
X: 54 T:Stacks of Barley R:Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/16 B:Don Messer - Way Down East (1948, No. 41) K:G g>f|efed BcdB|A2AG AcBA|G2GA BABd|e2A2 A2gf| efed BcdB|A2AG AcBA|G2GA BdAc|B2G2 G2:| |:dc|BGBd g2fg|agfg edBd|g2fg ed^cd|e2A2 A2fg| a2(3fgf ed^cd|e2A2 AcBA|GFGA BdAc|B2G2 G2:|
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"."
