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LITTLE BENCH OF RUSHES [1] (An Beinsin Luacra). AKA and see "Black Rogue (1) (The)," "O! Pleasant Was the Moon," "Bunch of Green Rushes (2)," "Bonny Bunch of Roses," "Life is All Chequered with Plasures and Woes," "Bark Is On the Swelling Wave (The)." Irish, Air (4/4 time, "gracefully"). D Minor (O'Neill): D Dorian (Darley & McCall). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Darley & McCall note the air became popular in Ireland and was adapted in England to a Napoleonic ballad called "The Bonny Bunch of Roses, O!" Both titles are allegorical, with "The Bonny Bunch of Roses" being England and "The Little Bench of Rushes" standing for Ireland. Source for notated version: a MS by Mr. A. Lowe (Fairview, Ireland), containing a number of airs played by piper Hugh O'Beirne (Co, Leitrim) in 1846 [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 55, p. 24. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 136, p. 24.

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