The Little Stack Of Wheat

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 30th 2006 by cferrie.

This tune has been added to 26 tunebooks.

Also known as Bantry Bay, Cuain Beantraige, The Little Stacks Of Wheat, The Stack O' Wheat, The Union.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Date With The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• A Drop Of Pure by Quilty
• A Job Of Journeywork: A Tribute To Larry Redican And His Musical Friends by Lynn Saoirse
• A Tribute To Andy McGann by Joe Burke, Brian Conway And Felix Dolan
• Andy Irvine/Paul Brady by Andy Irvine And Paul Brady
• Baker's Well by Baker's Well
• Bakerswell by Bakerswell
• Ceolmhar by Holly Geraghty And Jonathan Roche
• Cuts From The Turf by Hooley
• Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band by Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 11 by Matt Cunningham
• Dublin Banjos by Sully And John Keenan
• Farewell To Ireland CD 4 (Of A Box Set Of 4) by Lynn Saoirse
• Feadoga Stain by Mary Bergin
• Fieldvole Music by Tony Hall
• Ireland's Harvest : A Tribute To The Golden Years Of Music In Irish America by Joe Derrane, Frankie Gavin And Brian McGrath
• Irish Accordion by Joe Derrane
• Irish Dance Music by Lynn Saoirse
• Irish Heart, Jewish Soul by Carl Nelkin
• It's Not Racket Science by At The Racket
• Jody's Heaven by Jody's Heaven
• Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• Masters Of Irish Music by Martin Byrnes
• Mna Na HEireann by Macalla
• Morning Dew by King's Galliard
• My Love Is In America by David Power
• Reeds And Rosin by Todd Denman And Dale Russ
• Return To Droim by Colm Gannon
• Round The House And Mind The Dresser: Irish Country House Dance Music by Lynn Saoirse
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume I by Lynn Saoirse
• The Enduring Magic by Michael Coleman
• The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Flowing Tide by Chris Droney
• The House by Dennis Botzer
• The Michael Sexton Ceili Band by The Michael Sexton Ceili Band
• The Unseen Dance by Evergreen
• Traditional Irish Music From London by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• Turning The Tune by Charlie Lennon

X: 1
T: Little Stack Of Wheat, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
GA|:BGAG EGDE|G2GF GBAG|EAAB cBAG| EGA2 A2AB|
ceec BddB|ABAG EGDG| BGAG EGDE|1 G2GF G2GA:|2 G2GF GABc||
|:d2ec dBGA|B2e2 e2ef|gfed BGBd|g2(3fga g2ef|
g2gf efed|BGAG EGDG|BGAG EGDE|1 G2GF GABc:|2 G2GF G4||

Little Stack of Wheat

This is the tune played at the end of the song Martinmas Time on the Paul Brady/Andy Irvine album. There is another tune of the same name posted at http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/785 but I know this one simply as The Stack of Wheat.

# Posted on August 30th 2006 by cferrie

Duplicated

Bantry Bay: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1061

# Posted on August 31st 2006 by slainte

Re: Duplicated

Sorry about that, I spotted it afterwards. It's called Little "Stacks" of Wheat on the Bantry Bay posting.

# Posted on August 31st 2006 by cferrie

Correction

The high B in the 5th bar of the A part has been corrected on the ABC notation but still shows up on the sheet music.

# Posted on September 1st 2006 by cferrie

Michael Coleman to blame

Coleman recorded this as the second of three hornpipes on one of his 78 discs. The first tune was "The Stack of Barley" and the third was the real "Stack of Wheat." The record label didn't include all the names, which helped confuse things. The Flanagan Brothers used the title "An Carrowath" for Coleman's "Stack of Wheat," but that's a different tune.

# Posted on September 28th 2006 by blarneystar

Played in set: The Stacks of Barley - Little Stack of Wheat

Brian Rooney accompanied by Brian Mc Brath plays a set of The Stack of Barley together with Little Stack of Wheat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeptXwr4_eo

Rooney adds a little extra in his version..

# Posted on February 1st 2009 by FiddleTramp