Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on September 17th 2002 by Paul-Kin.
This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.
Also known as New Irish Barn Dance, The New Irish Barn Dance, The New Irish.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: New Irish
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Dmaj
|:dc|d2 dB A2 AF|GFGA B2 BG|~A3B cdeg|fefe dfec|
dedB A2 AF|GFGA B2 BG|(3AGA cB ABGE|(3DED FE D2:|
|:(3Bcd|e2 e2 e3d|(3cBA Ac e4|(3BcB Bc e2 e2|(3cBA Ac e2(3Bcd|
e2 e2 e3d|(3cBA Ac e3d|e2 ef edcB| A2 c2 A2:|
|:dc|d2 dB A2 AF|GFGA B2 BG|~A3B cdeg|fefe dfec|
dedB A2 AF|GFGA B2 BG|(3AGA cB ABGE|(3DED FE D2:|
|:(3DEF|G6 e2|d6 B2|=cB=cB =c2 A2|BABA B2D2|
G6 e2|=c6 e2|(3ded fe d=cBA|G2 B2 G2|
(3DEF|G6 e2|d6 B2|=cB=cB =c2 A2|BABA B2D2|
G6 e2|=c6 e2|(3ded fe d=cBA|G2 B2 G2:|
|:dc|d2 dB A2 AF|GFGA B2 BG|~A3B cdeg|fefe dfec|
dedB A2 AF|GFGA B2 BG|(3AGA cB ABGE|(3DED FE D2:|
|:(3Bcd|e2 e2 e3d|(3cBA Ac e4|(3BcB Bc e2 e2|(3cBA Ac e2(3Bcd|
e2 e2 e3d|(3cBA Ac e3d|e2 ef edcB| A2 c2 A2:|
|:dc|d2 dB A2 AF|GFGA B2 BG|~A3B cdeg|fefe dfec|
dedB A2 AF|GFGA B2 BG|(3AGA cB ABGE|(3DED FE D2:||
Possible Swedish Connection
Imagine my great suprise a good few years ago when I was playing the De Danaan recording of this and my former mother-in-law in Sweden burst into song and sang Swedish words to this tune. Unfortunately I have now forgotten them
# Posted on September 19th 2002 by LongNote
'The Flannagan Brothers' - 1930 - 78 rpm
The New Irish Barn Dance -
from the playing of 'The Flannagan Brothers'
|:>g f>e|d2 d>B A2 A>F|G>FG>A B2 B2|A>^GA>C e2 e2|f>^ef>=e d>ef>e|
d3 B A3 F|G>FG>A B4|(3ABA c>B A>GF>E|1. D>dA>F D>:|
2. D>dA>F D2||
|:(3Bcd|e2 e2 e2 e2|(3cec A>c e4|(3BcB ^A>B e4|(3cdc A>c e2 (3Bcd|
e2 e2 e2 e2|(3cec A>c e4|1. e>f^a>f e>dc>B|A>Bc>B A2:|
2. (3efe ^af e>dc>B|A2 G2 F2 E2||
|:d2 d>B A2 A>F|G>FG>A B4|A>^GA>C e4|f>^ef>=e d>ef>e|
(3ddd d>B (3AAA A>F|G>FG>A B2 B2|(3AAA c>B A>GF>E|1. D>EF>A d>gf>e:|
2. D2 A2 d2||
|:D2|G6 e2|d6 B2|=c>Bc>B c3 A|B>^AB>A B2 d2|
G2 G2 G2 e2|c2 c2 c2 e2|(3ded f>e d>=cB>A|G2 B2 G2:|
|:g2|(3gag ec G2 e2|(3ded BG D2 D2|DEFG A=cBA|GAB=c d2 g2|
(3gag ec G2 e2|(3ded BG D4|DEFG ADEF|1. G2 B2 G2:|
2. G2 B2 G>||
On the released commercial recording the Flannagan Brothers play it in the following sequence:
AA-BB-A-CC-DD-A-B-A-C-DD...
tempos: 160-185
Another ABC transcription can be found here as well as a connection to a Swedish comedy, 1968 - - - music is there for the taking by any ear who's fancy it charms:
http://lochaber.tullochgorm.com/~jc/music/abc/shottish/NewIrishBarnDance_1.abc
# Posted on August 29th 2004 by ceolachan
"The New Irish Barn Dance" ~ brought back from the future
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on January 4th 2007 by nicholas.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6594
K: G Major
|: (3def |
g2 g>e d2 B2 | c>B c>d e4 | d2 d>f a2 a2 | b>c' b>a g2 b>a|
g2 g>e d2 B2 | c>B c>d e3 e | d2 f>e d>c B>A | G2 B2 G2 :|
|: (3efg |
a2 a2 a3 g | f2 d>f a3 a | e2 ^c>e a2 a2 | f2 d>f a2 (3efg |
a2 a2 a3 g | f2 d>f a3 a | a>b ^c'>b a>g f>e | d2 f2 d2 :|
|: D2 |
G4-G2 e2 | d4-d2 B2 | =c2 c>B c2 A2 | B2 B>_B =B2 D2 |
G4-G2 e2 | =c4- c2 ^c2 | d2 f>e d>=c B>A | G2 B2 G2 :|
# Posted on January 5th 2007 by ceolachan
"The New Irish Barn Dance" ~ a la nicholas
"I bet it's gone in under another name, but when I was looking at the tune list of De Danaan's "The Star Spangled Molly" in the Recordings section of this site I saw that this tune was not in red print, the sign of a tune's being in the database. So I've had a go. It's a two-key tune and I forget which keys the band played it in, so I've entered it with the first and third parts in G, the second in D - that way it fits the range of a whistle, but is mainly in the upper register, in places a mite shrill. Players of this tune on other instruments may well prefer other keys. It's irresistable when played by De Danaan."
# Posted on January 4th 2007 by nicholas
# Posted on January 5th 2007 by ceolachan
Uses for this setting
This setting is just the thing to play
during a free-for-all with chairs being busted over heads, people thrown face first down the bar, tables being overturned and the cops wielding nightsticks to restore order.
# Posted on January 5th 2007 by joesmith
While a little elderly couple over in the corner dance the barndance in a lovely reserved way, with smiles and oblivious to it all...
# Posted on January 5th 2007 by ceolachan