"Wind That Shakes the Barley"

(An Ghaoth A Bhogann (An Eorna), An Ghaoth/Gaot a Chroitheann(a)/Corruideann an Eorna, An Gaot A Biodgeas An T-Orna, Duncan Davidson, I Sat (with)in the Valley Green, The Kerry Lasses, (Little) Pack Of Tailors, Rolling Down the Hill, Wind That Shook The Barley.)


Reel, Dmaj, ABAB (AABBAB).

FF Type Tune Type Var ABC file FF ABC file FF .ly file
NewMusic tune ABC  pdf ABC  pdf pdf MIDI
Orig History VarABCs FF_ABC FF_Lilypond FF_Snippet

Playing or Personal Notes:

This tune also has .pdfs of the var-file printed with tab for Guitar and Tin-Whistle.

History

The title refers to a song, written by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1830-1883), and the tune itself. The song, according to the Fiddler's Companion, commemorated the uprising of 1798 led by the Society of United Irishmen and was originally published c.1880 in "Ballads of Irish Chivalry."

Copyright © 2007 Wayne Mercer.

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