Annotation:Barley Grain (1)
X:1 T:Barley Grain [1] M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 100 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin (GA) | B4 B2 | (e4 e2) | (B4 A2) | (G4A2) | B4B2 | d4A2 | (B6 | B4) (GA) | B4B2 | (e4d2) | (B4A2) | (G4F2) | E2F2E2 | B2A2 | (G6 | G4) || GF | E4 E2 | E2F2G2 | (F4E2) | E4E2 | E2F2E2 | B6 | (A4F2) | E4 E2 | E2F2G2 | F4E2 | (D4c2) | (B4G2) | (A4F2) | (G6 | G4) ||
BARLEY GRAIN [1]. AKA and see "Frost and Snow began to Blow (The)." Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Barley Grain [1]" is 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.
