Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 126 (Behind the Bush in the Garden)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Single jig32AABBA Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Behind the Bush in the Garden
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AMPR (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Behind the Bush in the Garden / The Bargain Is Over / Royal Charley / Who'll Be King But Charlie? / We Have No King But Charley / The Tidy Woman / Times Are Mighty Hard / I Sat in the Valley Green (for 3rd figure of the quadrille Off to Skelligs in book R) (also as slide, also in G)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19762#1[AMPR] Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paddy Reynolds (fiddle).View album details
19774#2[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).View album details
~199510#2[JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina).View album details
~199714#2[GL1] various. The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

As tune #1114 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #398 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #296#3 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 76 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
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