Billy Barlow (1)

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Theme code Index	5551 4447L
Also known as	Uilliamin Barlaig, All Alive (2), Day after the Fair (2) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 840, p. 156
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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X:1
T:Billy Barlow [1]
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 102
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
c/d/|ecA ecA|ecA ABc|dB=G dBG|dB=G GAB|cBc dcd|
efg aza|age edB|cAA A2::c/d/|e3 efd|ecA ABc|d2d d=ge|
dB=G GAB|cBc dcd|efg a2a|age edB|cAA A2:|

BILLY BARLOW [1] (Uilliamin Barlaig). AKA and see "All Alive (2)," "Day after the Fair (2) (The)." Irish, Double Jig. A Mixolydian (O'Neill/Krassen): A Major (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also "Lá i nDiaidh an Aonaigh (An)," "Wheels of the World (2) (The)," "His Home and His Country, "I Know Not Whether to Laugh or Cry," "I Would Not Give My Irish Wife," "You're welcome to Waterford." The first part of O'Neill's "Billy Barlow" is the second strain of the American blackface minstrel tune "Billy Barlow (2)," although the other parts differ.

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 32. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 840, p. 156. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 102, p. 32. Sweet (Fifer's Delight); No. or p. 9.

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