Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2077 (Wind that Shakes the Barley)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | D Major |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JB 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Wind that Shakes the Barley, The / Wind that Shakes the Barley / An Ghaoth a Bhogann an Eorna / An Gaoth A Chroitheanna An Eorna / An Ghaoth a Chroitheann an Eorna / An Ghaoth a Bhogann / I Sat within the Valley Green / I Sat In The Valley Green / The Kerry Lasses / Rolling Down the Hill (also in G) (also as songs The Donavons; If I Were A Young Maid)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1#1 | [ECr] Elizabeth Crotty. Concertina Music from West Clare. Elizabeth Crotty (concertina). |
| ~1973 | 1#2 | [JB 1] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano). |
| ~1974 | 5#2 | [SE 3] Séamus Ennis. The Wandering Minstrel. Seamus Ennis (pipes). |
| ~1974 | 18#2 | [JD 5] John Doherty. The Floating Bow. John Doherty (fiddle). |
| ~1974 | 12#2 | [GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. |
| ~1976 | 7#2 | [ItS] various. In the Smoke. |
| ~1978 | 11#1 | [Ch 8] The Chieftains. 8. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán). |
| ~1979 | 14#3 | [MB 1] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin. Traditional Irish Music on the Tin Whistle. Mary Bergin (whistle). |
| ~1988 | 6#3 | [NH 1] Noel Hill. The Irish Concertina. Noel Hill (concertina). |
| 1990 | 8#1 | [MLIIA] various. The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. |
| ~1991 | 1#1 | [GOC 1] Gerry O'Connor. Time to Time. Gerry O'Connor (banjo, guitar, fiddle). |
| ~1997 | 11#2 | [GL1] various. The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. |
| 2001 | 4#1 | [GrHs] Grey Larsen and Paddy League. The Green House. Grey Larsen (flute, whistle, concertina, harmonium, field organ, piano), Paddy League (bodhrán, guitar). |
| ~2007 | 5#6 | [KB ABR] Kevin Burke and Cal Scott. Across the Black River. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Cal Scott (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, mountain dulcimer). |
| ~2007 | 1.9#1 | [CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #1518 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #23 in [Sc] Scottish Fiddle Tunes. |
| As tune #737 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #199 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #68 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| On page 155 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 12 of [Ba] Betty M. Barlow. Fiddle Tunes for the Violinist. |
| On page 293 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 32 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. |
| On page 18 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. |
| As tune #24 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 71 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 118 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #352 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #159 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903