Tuesday 19 July 2022
Tune of the Day: Billy Barlow
Traditional Irish jig
The earliest known appearance of this jig is in Francis O'Neill's celebrated collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. The first part of O'Neill's “Billy Barlow” is the second strain of the American minstrel tune “Billy Barlow”, which dates back to the mid-19th century, although the other parts differ.