Annotation:Rose Bush

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X:1 % T:Rose Bush M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (c. 1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D | GAB AGE | ceg dBG | GAB AGE | FDD DEF | GAB AGE | ceg dBG | cAc BGB | AEF G2 :| |: B | d^ce def | gfe dBG | {a}gfg eag | fdd def | gbg faf | ege def | gdB AGA | BGG G2 :||

ROSE BUSH. AKA and see "Merry Christmas (1) (A)." Irish (?), Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Francis O'Neill printed the tune as "Merry Christmas" in his Dance Music of Ireland (1907, p. 103).

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Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 66. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 97.

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