Barley Straw

X: 91
T: Barley Straw
T: Longways for as many as will.
%R: reel
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.46
S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: It's not clear how the 24-bar tune fits with the dance.
N: The first strain ends with a dotted quarter note; changed to half note to fix the rhythm.
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Gm
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D |\
GABG ABcA | d2c2 B2A2 | G4 ^F4 | GBAG F2D2 |\
G2B2 ABc2 | d2c2 B2A2 | G4 ^F4 | GDB,D G4 |]
BABc d2f2 | d2B2 A2F2 | B4 A4 | B2FE D2F2 |\
dcBc d2f2 | d2B2 A2F2 | B2d2 FBAc | B6 d2 |
g2d2 f2d2 | gdgd fdfd | gfga b2g2 | ^f6 dc |\
B2G2 A2F2 | BGBG AFAF | B2d2 DG^FA | G8 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/091_Barley_Straw/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/CCCCD/0183

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