Killieburn Brae

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on October 31st 2009 by Marcianne.

This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.

Also known as Shandon Bells.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Compilation by Natalie MacMaster
• A Few Tunes by John Skelton
• Blackthorn Ceilidh Band by Blackthorn Ceilidh Band
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 12 by Matt Cunningham
• Far From Home by Blackthorn Band
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Four On The Floor by Natalie MacMaster
• From Leitrim To London by Brian Rooney
• High Clouds by Greenfield Dance Band
• Kitchen Junket by Yankee Ingenuity
• Last Night's Fun by John Carty
• Leo Rowsome: Classics Of Irish Piping by Leo Rowsome
• Northern Banjo by Ken Pearlman
• Rolling Home by The Foundry Bar Band
• The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
• The Morning Dew by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long
• Traditions by Maggie Sansone
• Trasna Ceilidh Band by Trasna Ceilidh Band
• With A Lot Of Help From Their Friends by Mary Custy And Eoin O'Neill

X: 1
T: Killieburn Brae
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
dB|:AFD DFA|ded cBA|BGE EFA|B2A Bcd|
AFD DFA|ded cBA|Bcd ecA|1d3 dcB:|2 d3 d2e||
|:fdd dcd|faa afd|cAA eAA|cAc efg|
fdd dcd|faa afd|Bcd ecA|d3 d2e:|

From the Dubliner's recording of the "Devil and the Farmer's Wife"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-DytJkA-c4

# Posted on October 31st 2009 by Marcianne

It's a version of the jig Shandon Bells. I imagine Shandon Bells is the more usual name in Ireland, Shandon being a place in the Irish Republic (in or near Cork?) and Killieburn Brae sounding as if it is somewhere in Scotland.

# Posted on October 31st 2009 by nicholas