Banks of Barrow (The)

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 Theme code Index    3b46b 427b
 Also known as    Banks of the Sweet Barrow (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    3/2
 History    IRELAND(Ulster)
 Structure    AABBCCDD
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 338, pg. 85
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1905
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:The Banks of Barrow M:3/2 L:1/8 K:Dm D>E|FEFG A3=b c2 c>_B|A2 A>G E3D C3D|Ec=Bc A3G E2G>E|{E}D2D2 D6:| |:A2|d^cde f3d e2a2|ge^ce d3=c A2z|d^cde f3d e2a2|aged d3 e d3e| fgfe d3c A3B|cdcA G3E C3D|EDE/F/G A3G C2 G>E|D2D2 D4a2 D>E| FEFG A3=B (3cde|A2A2 G3E A,3E|EDE/F/G A3G E2 G>E|D2D2 D4z2:| |:(3A=B^c|d^cde f3d e3a|agfe {e}e3c A3z|d^cde f3d e3a|g>gfe d4 d3e| fgfe d3B G2z2A|dedc ABAG EDCD|EDE/F/G ABAG E2 GE|D2D2 D6 z2:|| </abc>


















BANKS OF (THE SWEET) BARROW, THE. Irish, Air (3/2 time). Ireland, Derry. D Minor/Dorian: E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB: AABBCCDD.

Sources for notated versions: "From the late T. Davis" and "Set in the County of Derry, 1834" [Stanford/Petrie].

Printed source: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 337 & 338, pg. 85.

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