Annotation:Green Grow the Rushes O (3)
X:1 T:Green Grow the Rushes O [3] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:Entreloupe - "Les choux pis des melons" (2000) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G G3G G2A2|[M:3/2]BdBA G3A BdB2|A3B c2e2e3c|A3B c2e2e2d2| BABc d2 (B/d/B) A2G2| (B/d/B) A2G2FF (3EFE D2:| |:[M:C|]g3g g2 a2|g2 (3fgf (3efe d2|fga2 a3f |gf g2 e3f| g2a2(3gag e2|d2 (3BdB A2G2|AB c2 (3BcB A2|G2F2 (3EFE D2:|
GREEN GROW THE RUSHES O [3]. French-Canadian, Reel or Polka (cut and 3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Green Grow the Rushes O" comes from the playing of Gaspésian fiddler Alden Keith Patterson (1916-1989), who taught it to fiddler Claude Méthé in the early 1970's who then popularized it through his recording with the band Entreloupe and through live performances. Although Patterson was then living in Sainte-Foy, Québec, just outside Quebec City, he originally hailed from Sandy Beach at the eastern end of the Gaspé (not far from Douglastown). The tune is an adaptation of the Scottish air and dance tune "Green Grow the Rushes O (1)," although the origins of Patterson's adaptation are unknown.
