Bright Black Rose (The)

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Theme code Index	7b1H3H 2H71H
Also known as	Róis Geal Dub (An)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 137, p. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BRIGHT BLACK ROSE, THE (An Róis Geal Dub). Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Dorian (Roche): D Mixolydian (O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. One of the settings of the song "Róis Geal Dubh" found in John O'Daly's (1800-1878) Poets and Poetry of Munster (1860).

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 137, p. 24. Roche Collection, 1912, vol. 1; No. 27, p. 15 (appears as "An Ros Geal Dub").

X:1
T:Bright Black Rose, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Gracefully"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 137
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
D/4(E/4F/4G/4A/B/) | =c2 (de) (fd) | {f}(ed) (cA) (d/4B/4A/4G/>E/) | D2D2 (EC) | 
{E}D4 (A/4B/4c/4d/e/) | {e}f2 (fa) (gf) | f2 (eg) (fe) | d2 (ed) (d/c/A/G/) | A4 || 
(A/4B/4c/4d/e/) | {e}f2 (fa) (gf) | f2 (eg) (fe) | d2 (e>d) (d/4c/4B/4A/G/) | 
E4 (E/4F/4G/4A/B/) | =c2 (d>e) (fd) | (e>d) (cA) (d/6e/6d/6A/4G/4E/D/) | 
D2 (D>F) (E/D/C/4D/4E/4) | D4 ||