Annotation:Rose Garden (The)

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X:1 T:Rose Garden, The M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Rice-Walsh manuscript Z:Paul Kinder R:Reel K:Emin EFGA BE E2|GBAG FDEF|GFEF GABc|1dfe^c dBAF:|2dBAF GE E2|| e2 ee (3efg fe|fedc defg|afgf efga|bgaf ge e2| efga bgaf|(3efg fe defg|(3fgf (3efe dfe^c|dBAF GE E2||

ROSE GARDEN, THE. AKA and see "Paddy Cronin's Reel (2)." Irish, Reel (whole time). E Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B. The first strain of "Pride of Rathmore (The)" is similar (but not identical) with the first part of "The Rose Garden" and may be a cognate strain. The tune was recorded as "Paddy Cronin's Reel (2)" by the group Monks of the Screw in 1995.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - the Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry, notated by his student [O’Neill].

Printed sources : - O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 236.

Recorded sources: - Shanachie LP 29013, Liz Carroll - "A Friend Indeed" (1979).