Barrowburn

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 28th 2002 by Brad Maloney.

This tune has been added to 171 tunebooks.

Also known as Barrel Burn, Barrow Burn, The Barrow Burn, The Barrowburn.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Aly Bain And Young Champions by Aly Bain And Young Champions
• Blowing Through The Reeds by Steve Shaw And Martin Cole
• Each Little Thing by Sharon Shannon
• Far From Home by Boys Of The Lough
• Fire And Grace by Alistair Fraser With Natalie Haas
• First Album by Aly Bain
• Greenfire by Greenfire
• Irish Music In Surround Sound by Various Artists
• Live: Rough Around The Edges by Syncopaths
• New Numbers by 422
• Our Favourites by Lewis And Harris Accordion And Fiddle Club
• Ruby's Reel by Inverness Fiddlers
• Shoreside by Gordon Gunn Band
• Spellbound by Sharon Shannon
• Spirit Of The Isles: A Concert For Beltane by Various Artists
• The Best Of Aly And Phil by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• The Galway Girl by Sharon Shannon
• The Kathryn Tickell Band by Kathryn Tickell Band
• The Legendary Down Home Recordings by Various Artists
• The Nervous Man by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• The Pearl by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• The Sharon Shannon Collection 1990 - 2005 Disc 1 by Sharon Shannon

X: 1
T: Barrowburn
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
FE|~D2DE FAAd | ~B2BA BddB | ~A2AB d2de | fedB AFEF |
~D2DE FAAd | ~B2BA Bdde | f2af e2fe | dBAB d2:||
cd|~e2ef ecBA | ~f2fg fdBA | ~g2ga gecA | a2ag f2ef |
g2ga gecA | a2ag f2ef | g2ag f2ed | dBAB d2:||

Up, Up & Away

The B part of this tune is great, it just keeps going up. The A part is not too bad either. The liner notes from Mícheál Ó Ralghallaigh's "The Nervous Man" say that this tune was written by Addie Harper a Scottish Fiddler/Banjo player & was also recorded by Aly Bain. This tune has become pretty popular around my way as of late & why not it's a good tune.

# Posted on May 28th 2002 by Brad Maloney

Barrowburn Reel

I have been looking for this reel for six months! Thank you for having it on your site.

# Posted on December 12th 2002 by fearuin

Barrowburn Reel

This is a great tune from late Addie from Caithness. It's a pretty well known tune all over Scotland I think.

# Posted on May 13th 2003 by eilidhthefiddler

Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh has the A-part slightly different on his CD:

|:D2ED FA~A2|ABBA BcdB|AFAB d3e|fedB AFEA|
D2ED FA~A2|ABBA Bcde|fagf egfe|1 dBAB dBAF:|2 dBAB d2cd||
|:e2ef ecBA|f2fg fdBA|g2ga gecA|a2ag f2ef|
g2ga gecA|a2ag f2ef|g2ag f2ed|1 dBAB d2cd:|2 dBAB dBAF||

# Posted on October 1st 2004 by Dow

Another recording

this is on the kathryn tickell band album, but there is no link to it. she plays it with just the crotchets in the first bar and stops in between them and it is really effective

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by snowyowl

I just keep liking this tune more and more. It's one of my favorites to play on the fiddle. It gets played after "The Wind the Shakes the Barley" at the local session.

# Posted on August 28th 2008 by Whiddler