Pearl Shaughnessy's

barndance

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on March 17th 2005 by *Davy Rogers.

This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.

Also known as Con Cassidy's, Danny O'Donnell's, O'Shaughnessy's, Pearl O' Shaughnessy's, Pearl O'Shaughnessy's Barndances, Pearl O’Shaughnessy’s, Pearl's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

19P by Dennis Botzer And Patrick Cavanagh
A Cheap Present by Birkin Tree
Altan: Live by Altan
An Cailín Rua (The Red Haired Girl) by Kathleen Boyle
At The Racket by At The Racket
Best Of 1987-1993 by Altan
Ceol A'Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
Ceol Aduaidh by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh And Frankie Kennedy
Cork Folk Festival Archive: Celebrating 21 Years by Various Artists
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 12 by Matt Cunningham
Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
Fidil by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh And Aidan O'Donnell
In Full Spate by Paddy Glackin
In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
Jumping Ahead by Harriet Earis
Like Magic by Todd Denman And Bill Dennehy
Lost In The Loop by Liz Carroll
Macalla Na H�ige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
Magnificent Seven by Blazin' Fiddles
Music For Peace by Gary Hastings And Frankie Gavin
Navvy On The Shore by Danny Meehan
Seanchairde by Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond, Dáithí Sproule
Shatter The Calm by Dan Beimborn
Soulstice by Todd Denman And Aniar
The Far Set by Michael Clarkson And Gerry Jones
The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume One by Various Artists
The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Two by Various Artists
The Killavil Post by Dartry Ceili Band
The Lark's Air by Dan Brouder
The Red Crow by Altan
The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
Toss The Fiddles by Various Artists
Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Con Cassidy
Virginia by Birkin Tree
Who? by Darren Maloney
Wonderwaltz by De Danann

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Pearl Shaughnessy's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Dmaj
|: d2 d2 dB ed | B2 B2 BA GB | d2 c2 cA FA | e2 d2 dB GB |
d2 d2 dB ed | B2 B2 BA GB | d2 c2 cA FA |1 GD B,D G2 Bc :|2 GD B,D G2 dc ||
|: B2 G2 GB dB | c2 A2 A2 cB | A2 F2 F2 DF | GF GB e2 dc |
B2 G2 GB dB | c2 A2 A2 cB | AG FE DE FD |1 G2 B2 G2 dc :|2 G2 B2 G2 Bc ||
|: dB ed B2 g2 | fe ge c2 eg | (3fgf ed (3fgf ed | (3BcB AG B2 Bc |
dB ed B2 g2 | fe ge c2 eg | (3fgf ed ^cd ef | g2 b2 g2 Bc :|
d2 b2 b2 c'b | a2 e2 e2 ag | (3fgf ed (3fgf ed | (3BcB AG B2 Bc |
d2 b2 b2 c'b | a2 e2 e2 ag | (3fgf ed ^cd ef | g2 b2 g2 Bc | g2 b2 g4 ||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Alternative title for Pearl Shaughnessy's Barndance

When I first learnt this tune (from my late friend accordion player Simon Knight, Wells, Somerset) he had the title "Con Cassidy's Barndance" for it. I have since heard it on a Paul Shaughnessy and Paul McGratten album (album name ?), and I seem to remember reading that Paul Shaughnessy got it from his mother (Pearl?). As it has four parts I generally play it on its own as it is a long tune with a few repeats.

# Posted on March 17th 2005 by *Davy Rogers

Is this really in D

Are you sure it is in D and not in G?

# Posted on March 17th 2005 by Ranks

also on the smokey chimney. definitely in G.

# Posted on March 18th 2005 by Dont

K: Gmaj

# Posted on May 23rd 2005 by ceolachan

"Pearl O'Shaughnessy's Barndance" ~ F & another take in G

# Posted on July 18th 2005 by ceolachan

Who wrote it?

This past Saturday night, 24 March 2007, I asked Pearl if she wrote it and she said "Heaven no! It's something I learned years ago at a session somewhere. I can't even remember when. I played it for Macalla and they learned it and had no name for it so they put my name to it."

# Posted on March 26th 2007 by David Levine

Familiar ~ but as two seperate schottisches / barndances

I should have made it clearer in my previous comments that I am familiar with these '2' tunes, though I haven't yet managed to dig up names for them. I knew them as two distinct tunes, which could be played in a set, a few times through one, then a few times through the other. They have been part of American old-time music, probably more so where there was a strong Scandinavian influence, and were played as schottisches, or barndances, accompanying the classic couple dances such tunes were party to.

Thanks for the additional confirmation cocusflute, but it has never been in doubt with me that the tunes predate Pearl O'Shaughnessy, and are probably from the last half of the 1800's... I would not be surprised if there were dots for them both somewhere in the Library of Congress collections...as well as in libraries this side of the Atlantic, maybe The Cecil Sharp House. Good people who might know of the top of their heads are the ol' 'International Concertina Society' folks in London...

# Posted on March 26th 2007 by ceolachan

There are other places to find dance collections of note ~ Paris in France and München / Munich in Germany...

# Posted on March 26th 2007 by ceolachan

This was also recorded by the early ceili bands, and I have it on an old recording, without a name, simply the name of the dance "Siamsa Beirta", and played the full 4 parts, just this tune... I'll transcribe it later and add it here...

# Posted on February 9th 2008 by ceolachan

# Posted on October 14th 2009 by Jürgen

Making adjustments and adding the swing > ~

# Posted on November 15th 2009 by ceolachan

"Pearl Shaughnessy's Barndance Medley" ~ The Dartry Céilí Band

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_281_4_dartry_ceili_band/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXJx9Xj2e58

# Posted on November 15th 2009 by ceolachan

Wow! and what qualifies a tune to be a barndance?

Thanks for all the help, especially ceolachan.
Now at the risk of hijacking my own thread and incurring everyone's wrath, what exactly is a "Barndance". Clearly its not the English Barndance. So what qualifies a tune to be a Barndance. From my recollection of Darty's playing it was a hornpipe rhythm. Well that can't be the reason can it. Can it?

# Posted on November 15th 2009 by onscuba

That's part of it. Do a search in 'Discussions' using 'Barndance'. Much has been discussed in the past, and there are also links to much of this in my 'Details', but you'll have to scroll down... ;-)

# Posted on November 15th 2009 by ceolachan

I'd realized too late the pick up in the cut-and-paste on the above redo on the transcripts here. The following was supposed to be in the previous, not before X: 1 of the given ABC transcripts ~ :-/

"Dartry Céilí Band at the All-Ireland competition"

# Posted on November 15th 2009 by ceolachan

Pearl O'Shaughnessy's Barndance

# Posted on December 11th 2011 by slainte