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X:1 T:Barley Grain [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G BAB G2D | GAG GAB | BAB GFG | A2B c2A | BAB G2D | GFG GAB | ded dcB | A2B c2A || B2d ded | ded ded | B2d ded | e2f g3 | B2d ded | ded def | gfe dcB | A2B c2A ||

BARLEY GRAIN [2]. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major (Howe): F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is an Irish one. The supposed date of Howe's volume precedes that of the earliest Irish source, Joyce (1873), but Howe's publication dates are approximate. Given that the tunes are identical and the explicit source information given by Joyce and Petrie, the tune has an Irish provenance which Howe is copying.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - collected by both George Petrie and P.W. Joyce from the whistling of farmer James Quane or Quain (Coolfree, on the borders of counties Cork and Limerick). Joyce collected the tune in 1854, and Quain told him that it was considered a very old tune, and that it was known to only very few people.

Printed sources : - Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 29. P.W. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873, No. 2, p. 4. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Music), 1905; Nos. 293 & 294, p. 73.

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