Braeroy Road jig

Also known as Barney From Killarney.

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

Braeroy Road has been added to 2 tune sets.

Braeroy Road has been added to 27 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Braeroy Road
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
DB,|: ~A,3 A,B,D | E2D F2E | DFE DFA | ~B3 ABc |
d2d cBA | cdB AFE | ~D3 EDE |1 FEE EDB, :|2 FDC ~D3 ||
|: DFA DGB | DAc d2e | fed ecA | cdB ABc | ~d3 cBA |
BdB AFE | ~D3 EDE |1 FEE EFE :|2 FDC ~D3 ||

X: 2
T: Braeroy Road
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
AF |: ~E3 EFA | B2A c2B | AcB Ace | ~f3 efg |
a2a gfe | gaf ecB | ~A3 BAB |1 cBB BAF :|2 cAG ~A3 ||
|: Ace Adf | Aeg a2b | c'ba bge | gaf efg | ~a3 gfe |
faf ecB | ~A3 BAB |1 cBB BcB :|2 cAG ~A3 ||

Four comments

Another ripping tune I just had to transcribe off the Chris Stout Quintet album. This one was composed by Highland fiddler Donald Grant.

Amaj

Donald Grant plays this tune in Amaj on his album *The Way Home*.

K:Amaj
AF |: ~E3 EFA | B2A c2B | AcB Ace | ~f3 efg |
a2a gfe | gaf ecB | ~A3 BAB |1 cBB BAF :|2 cAG ~A3 ||
|: Ace Adf | Aeg a2b | c’ba bge | gaf efg | ~a3 gfe |
faf ecB | ~A3 BAB |1 cBB BcB :|2 cAG ~A3 ||

Ruaridh Maclennan plays this as Barney from Killarney (with a slightly different beginning) in A on his album Tyro

Rua Macmillan, not Maclennan…

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