Annotation:Little Stack of Barley (1)

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LITTLE STACK OF BARLEY [1], THE ("An Staicín Beag Orna" or "An Staicín Eorna"). AKA and see "Evening Was Waning," "Little Mary Cassidy," "Patrick Condon's Vision," "Stack of Barley," "Stacks of Barley." Irish, Hornpipe. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain may be in G Major. The title supposedly refers to that part of the barley harvest that was kept aside for the making of potheen. The famous County Sligo émigré fiddler Wikipedia:Michael_Coleman_(Irish_fiddler) (1891-1945) recorded this tune in New York in a medley with "Stack of Wheat (The)." The title appears in a list of Maine fiddler Mellie Dunham's (1856-1931) repertoire. The elderly Dunham was Henry Ford's champion fiddler in the mid-1920's.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the mid-19th cent. music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper and cleric James Goodman [1] [Shields].

Printed sources : - Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 76. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 328, p. 162. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1627, p. 302. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 858, p. 148. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2), 1912; No. 201, p. 7. Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1999; No. 140, pp. 58-59.

Recorded sources : - Folktrax FTX-154, Michael Coleman - "Stack of Barley & Wheat" (1980). Spring Records SCD1037, Néillidh Mulligan - "The Leitrim Thrush." Victor 18193 (78 RPM), John J. Kimmel (1916. Medley with "Blackberry blossoms" and "Green Fields of America").

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Hear John J. Kimmel's recording at the Victor discography [3] (1st tune in medley).

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