Only For Barney

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 24th 2008 by Robert Ryan.

This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Dearga by Matt And Shannon Heaton
• Here Among Strangers by S�ucra
• Sweeter As The Years Roll By by James Keane
• The Keegan's Tunes (Disc One) by Josephine Keegan
• The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan

X: 1
T: Only For Barney
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
BA |: GBd g3| afd cBA| GFG B (3Bcd| ecA fef|
g (3Bcd gbg| afd c3| dBG (3cBA F|GBA G3:|
g3 GBd| gbg f3| g (3efg afd| (3cBA F Dba|
gdB GBd| ede agf| g (3dcB AGA| BGF GBd:|
edB g (3dcB| edB GAB| A (3cBA Aag| fed cBA|
B3 gdB| GBB FAA| BdB A (3cBA|BGF (3GGG z:|

Only for Barney

Source: Niall Ó Murchú

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_275_1_niall_o_murchu

Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Armagh, who explains that Barney was a pet name for her daughter, whose delight was watching the TV show “The Flintstones.” (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 51.

# Posted on November 24th 2008 by Robert Ryan