Annotation:Stack of Oats (1) (The)
X: 1 T:Stack of Oats (barn dance), The F:file ID mvbt2/056stack D:"Passing Time" (Jim & Mary Coogan 2002) Z:bill@capeirish.com Q:150 L:1/8 M:4/4 R:hornpipe [barn dance] K:G DG|B2 BA B2 G2|D6 GA|B2 AB c2 A2|E8| AGFG A2 D2|GFGA B2 e2|dBcA E2 F2|G6 :| Bc|d2 d2 g2 g2|dedB G2 Bc|d2 B2 g2 d2|f6 AB| cBAB c2 d2|f2 f2 f4|e2 ef ed^ce|d6 Bc| d2 d2 g2 g2|dedB G2 Bc|d2 B2 g2 d2|b8| abaf d2 a2|gagd B2 e2|dBcA E2 F2|G8|] %%textoption align %%begintext N:"We learned this from the playing of our cousin Tommy Caulfield." (< JC) %%endtext
STACK OF OATS [1], THE (An Staicín Coirce). AKA and see “Crossroads Ceili.” Irish, Barn Dance (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Stack of Oats [1]" was first recorded by the Philadephia-based Irish-American group Erin's Pride Orchestra in 1948, led by fiddlers Tommy Caulfield and Ed Reavy. The band also included a piccolo, fife, brass, and saxophone, along with piano, guitar and banjo accompanying the melody instruments in a 'modern' style. Reg Hall (1995) characterizes an Irish barndance as “a rural variant of the ballroom schottische…popular in the hey-day of country-house dancing in Ireland…transplanted successfully in the dance halls and clubs of Irish-America.” The form was popular in the 1930's.
The tune was printed in Ed Reavy's book Music of Corktown under the title “Crossroads Ceili.”
