Annotation:Bunch of Roses (3)
BUNCH OF ROSES [3] (An Dornan Ros). AKA and see "Basket of Oysters (2) (The)," "Bunch of Currents (1)," "Greensleeves (4)," "Christmas Comes but Once a Year," "I've got one daughter to marry," "I'm a Silly Old Man," "Little Bogtrotter," "Spring in the Air." Irish, Single Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A variant of the jig form of "Greensleeves." The 'bunch of roses' was a common name for the red-coated British Army (which always had a large number of Irish conscripts), but also refers symbolically to the union of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The tune appeared in Irish violinist R.M. Levey's first collection (1858) as "Bunch of Currents (1)." Paddy O'Brien, James Kelly and Dáithí Sproule recorded it under the title "Spring in the Air." See also the related "Shady Lane.
