Barley Grain (1)

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 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Francis O'Neill
 Book/Manuscript title    Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 100, p. 18
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1903
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BARLEY GRAIN [1]. AKA and see "The Frost and Snow Began to Blow." Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. A version of the English "John Barleycorn." O'Neill learned the song as a boy in Bantry, west Cork. It begins:

There were three farmers from the North;
As they were passing by
They swore an oath-a mighty oath-
The barley grain would die
Chorus: With my right faladidy idy O, etc.

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 100, p. 18.

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