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BACK O' THE BUSH IN THE GARDEN. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A member of the "Behind the Bush in the Garden (1)" family of jigs, particularly identifiable by the prominent major third interval step that comprises the fourth measure of each strain.

Source for notated version: the 1840 music manyscript collection of fiddler John Rook [1] (Waverton, Cumbria, p. 19).

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