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Larry The Beer Drinker jig

Also known as Barry The Beer Drinker, The Beer Drinker, Larry The Beerdrinker, Paddy Go Easy, Paddy Go Easy.

There are 21 recordings of this tune.
This tune has been recorded together with

Larry The Beer Drinker appears in 3 other tune collections.

Larry The Beer Drinker has been added to 3 tune sets.

Larry The Beer Drinker has been added to 80 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: Larry The Beer Drinker
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:DEF FEF|AFF F2E|DEF FEF|AFE E2F|
DEF FEF|AFA d2d|BdB BAF|1 AFE E2F:|2 AFE E2f||
|:ecA ABA|ecA A2f|ecA Ace|fdB B2f|
ecA fdB|ecA a^gf|ecA BAF|1 AFE E2f:|2 AFE E2d||
|:dFF FEF|AFF F2d|dFF FEF|AFE E2d|
dFF FEF|AFA d2d|BdB BAF|1 AFE E2d:|2 AFE EFE||
2
X: 2
T: Larry The Beer Drinker
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:DEF FEF|AFE F2E|DEF FEF|AFD EFE|
DEF FEF|AFA d2d|cBA BAF|1 AFE EFE:|2 AFE E2f||
|:ecA ABA|ecA A2f|ecA Ace|fdB B2f|
ecA fdB|ecA a^gf|ecA BAF|1 AFE E2f:|2 AFE EBc||
|:dFF FEF|AFE FBc|dFF FEF|AFD E2c|
dFF FEF|AFA d2d|cBA BAF|1 AFE EBc:|2 AFE EFE||
3
X: 3
T: Larry The Beer Drinker
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
D2(F {A}F)EF|AFE ~F2E|D2(F {A}F)EF|AFD ~E2F|
D2(F {A}F)EF|AFA {c}d2(c|{d}c)BA {c}BAF|1 AF(E {G}E)FE:|2 AF(E {G}E)FA||
|:ecA ABA|ecA ~A2f|ecA Ac/d/e|fdB ~B2f|
ecA cdB|Ac/d/e ^gaf|ecA {c}BAF|1 AF(E {F}E) z f:|2 AF(E {G}E)FA||
|:d2(F {G}F)EF|AFE ~F2(c|d) z (F {G}F)EF|AFD EFA|
cdF FGE|DFA cd(c|{d}c)BA {c}BAF|1 AF(E {G}E)FA:|2 AF(E {G}E)FE||D6||
4
X: 4
T: Larry The Beer Drinker
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:F/E/|DEF {G/}FEF|AFF F2 E|DEF {G/}FEF|AFE E2 F|
DEF {G/}FEF|AFA d2 d|cBA BAF|AFE E2:|
|:f|ecA ABA|ecA A2 f|ecA Ace|fdB B2 f|
ecA fdB|ecA agf|ecA BAF|AFE E2:|
|:d|dAA {G/}FEF|AFF F2 d|dFF {G/}FEF|AFE E2 d|
dAA {G/}FEF|AFA d2 d|cBA BAF|AFE E2:|
5
X: 5
T: Larry The Beer Drinker
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:D2 F FEF|AFE EFE|D2 F FEF|AFD EFE|
D2 F FEF|AFA d2 d|cBA BAF|1 AFE EFE:|2 AFE E2 e||
|:ecA Acd|ecA A2 f|ecA Ace|fdB Bcd|
ecB c2 B|Ace a3|fec ecB|1 BA^G Acd:|2 BA^G ABc||
d3 F3|AFE FBc|d2 F FEF|AFD E2 B/c/|
d2 F FEF|AFA d2 d|cBA BAF|1 AFE EBc:|2 AFE E3||
6
X: 6
T: Larry The Beer Drinker
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:DFF FEF|AFE F2 E|DFF FEF|AFE E2F|
DFF FEF|AFA d2 d|cBA BAd|1 AFE E2 F:|2 AFE E2 f||
|:ecA ABA|ecA A2 f|ecA Ace|fdB B2 f|
ecB c2 B|Ace a2 a|fec BcB|1 AFE E2 f:|2 AFE E2 c||
|:dAF FEF|AFE F3|dAF FEB|AFE EFA|
dAF FEF|DFA d2 d|cBA BAF|1 AFE E2 c:|2 AFE E2 F||
7
X: 7
T: Larry The Beer Drinker
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:"D"D2F FEF|"D"AFE F2E|"G"D2F FEF|"A"AFD E2F|
"D"D2F FEF|"D"AFA d2A|"G"def edB|"A"AFD E2F:|
|:"Bm"d2f edB|"Bm"ABA ABc#|"A"def edB|"A"AFD E2A|
"G"d2f edB|"G"ABA ABc#|"A"dc#d BdB|"A"AFD EFE:|

Ten comments

Larry

I believe the Beer Drinker’s name was Larry.

This would probably go nicely with the Battering Ram as the rhythm and phrasing are a bit similar.

Larry The Beer Drinker, X:2

I was listening to Brenda Castle’s CD “Indeed you needn’t bother” and was reminded of the tune Larry the Beer Drinker and found it here. Playing through the first setting, I found myself hearing some slight differences from what I remember (maybe from Brenda’s playing, or, I think, an old recording from Stockton’s Wing). So I modified it to what I remember. I left the second part alone, because any variants there would be very minor.

Re: Larry The Beer Drinker

This tune is also in O‘Neill’s 1001, as number #298, “Paddy ’Go Easy’”.