Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on January 15th 2007 by nicholas.
This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.
Also known as Darby O'Leary, Juice Of The Barley.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Limerick Rake, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Emin
|:E2|E2 G2 F2|E2 D2 E2|G2 A2 B2|e4 ee|d2 B2 B2|A2 F2 G2|A2 F2 E2|D4 D2|
E2 G2 F2|E2 D2 E2|G2 A2 B2|e4 e2|d2 B2 G2|A2 F2 D2|E2 E4|-E4 B2|
B2 e2 e2|e2 f2 e2|d3 B ^c2|d4 d2|e2 d2 B2|A2 F2 G2|A2 F2 E2|D4 DD|
E2 G2 F2|E2 D2 E2|G3 A B2|e4 ee|d2 B2 G2|A2 F2 D2|E2 E4|-E4 :|
The Limerick Rake
This is the tune of a fairly well-known song. I haven't found it in the database and don't know if it has ever been tweaked up into a jig or any other of the faster dance forms. It's a nice 3/4 tune. I remember an Irish duo called The Mathews Brothers singing it effectively in folk clubs round 1980.
# Posted on January 15th 2007 by nicholas
A 6/8 Version
Seems to me... related to Balqhidder Lasses http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6637
Here's a 6/8 version I heard somewhere....
M:6/8
L:1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
(3EFG |:AcB AGE | Ace a2a| gdd dBc | dBA G2G | AcB AGE | Ace aba| gdc BAG | A3A3 :|
|: eaa aba | gdd def | gdd dBc | dBA G2G| AcB AGE | Ace aba| gdc BAG | A3A3 :|
# Posted on January 16th 2007 by The Merry Highlander
Limerick Rake
The melody is a quite commonly used one in numerous songs, like Darby O'Leary and The Juice of the Barley.
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by WickedSaint
Oh, and it has been recorded in several versions by The Dubliners, as "The Limerick Rake" on "A Drop of the Pure", and as "Darby O'Leary" on one of the Best Of-collections.
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by WickedSaint