Rolling In The Barrel

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on January 12th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 217 tunebooks.

Also known as Roll In The Barrel, Roll Out The Barrel, Rolling In The Barrell.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 25 Years Of Celtic Music (Disc 2) by Various Artists
• A Musical Trip To Coleman Country by Various Artists
• An Historic Recording Of Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peader O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty
• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Cape To Clare by Various Artists
• Casey In The Cowhouse by Bobby Casey
• Flowers Of The Burren by Barefield Ceili Band
• From The Floor Up by Wild Asparagus
• In Play by Liz Carroll And John Doyle
• Kevin Burke In Concert by Kevin Burke
• My Love Is In America by Various Artists
• Otherworld by Lunasa
• Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The Lake Of Learning by Tim O'Shea And Friends
• The Lonesome Touch by Martin Hayes
• The Salmon's Leap by Randal Bays
• The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
• The Spirit Of West Clare by Bobby Casey
• Threads Of Time by Cherish The Ladies
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara

X: 1
T: Rolling In The Barrel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
|: EE~E2 BE~E2 | B2AF DEFD | EGFE BE~E2 | B2Ac BEED |
EE~E2 BE~E2 | B2AF DEFD | EGFE BE~E2 | B2Ac BE~E2 ||
e2 (3gfe bege | d2df aafd | e2ge bege | dBAc BE~E2 |
e2 (3gfe be (3gfe | d2df a2fd | efge fdeB | (3dcB Ac BE~E2 :|

Speed

I usually like to play this tune a little slower than average session speed (I think it sounds best that way). The again, that's just my opinion.

# Posted on January 12th 2002 by Josh Kane

Simpler Version

|: E2FE BEFE | B2AF DEFD | E2FE BEFE | B2AF FEED |
E2FE BEFE | B2AF DEFD | E2FE BEFE | B2AF FE~E2 ||
e2fe befe | d2df a2fd | e2fe befe | dBAF FE~E2 |
e2fe befe | d2df a2fd | efge fdec | dBAF FE~E2 :|

This is what I play. Easier to play, but it still sounds nice.

# Posted on January 8th 2003 by slainte

Key

Should be E Dorian, right?

# Posted on January 24th 2004 by GaryAMartin

Gary, this is one of those murky tunes. Some people play it with hardly any c's (natural or sharped), some people play it with c sharps, some with c nats, and some (myself included) shifting between the two depending on the phrase at hand. If it were me, I'd post it in E Dorian, with a c nat here and there as an accidental. But I wouldn't argue against posting it as E minor. Of course, the A Dorian given in the original post doesn't make sense to me--the tune clearly resolves to E.

# Posted on January 24th 2004 by Will CPT

Something like lunasa's version

this is a translation of my own from lunasa's version. I agree with will Harmon, it seems to be in E Dorian and shifts beatifully between c sharp and natural and, more, between F sharp and natural.

T:rollin' in the barrel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
A,2|~A,2EA,2E2{F}E|DB,G,A,B,G,A,2|~A,2EA,2 ~E3|D=FEA,{B,}A,G, :||!
A2 {c}BA eA {c}BA| GFGBdcdB|1A2{c}BA eA{c}BA|
GED=FEA,{B,}A,G, :||2AB{c}BAB=cBA|GED=FE2DB,||

% ABC2Win Version 2.1 17/3/2004

# Posted on March 17th 2004 by fer

Chords

Here’s a guitar chord progression I’ve been using on this tune. In standard guitar EADGBE tuning I play the Em up the neck 0-7-9-9-0-0.

Rolling in the Barrel

|: Em / / / / / / / | (D) / / / / / / / | Em / / / / / / / | C / / / Em / / / :|

|: Am / / / / / / / | D / / / / / / / | Em / / / / / / / | Am / / / Em / / / |
| Am / / / / / / / | D / / / / / / / | C / / / Em / / / | Am / / / Em / / / :|

# Posted on June 20th 2006 by fidkid

Slight variation

Here's the one I play. I call it Emin.

X:1
T: Rolling In The Barrel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
|: E2{G}E2 B~E2B | (3BcB AF DEFD | E2{G}E2 B~E2B | (3BcB Ad BGAF |
E2{G}E2 B~E2B | (3BcB AF DEFD | E2{G}E2 B~E2B| (3BcB Ad BGAF ||
e2 (3gfe bege | d^cdf a2fd | e2ge bege | dBAc BE {G}ED |
e2 (3gfe be (3gfe | d^cdf a2fd | efge f~B3 | dBA c BE~E2 |

# Posted on August 16th 2006 by Ger the Rigger