Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1707 (Rose Tree)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Rose Tree
 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 IDM 1 (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):
Rose Tree, The / The Rose Tree in Full Bearing / Little Mary Cullinan / Moirin ni Chuileannain / Maureen from Giberland / Maureen from Gibberland / Bhíosa Lá bPort Láirge / Bhíos-sa Lá i bPortlairge / Cups and Saucers / I'd Mourn the Hopes that Leave Me / Forgive the Muse that Slumbered / Phelim O'Neill / Nancy Hogan's Goose / Moore's Favorite / The Irish Lilt / The Gimlet / The Old Lea Rigg (3rd in set Selection 2 on GCB 2; for dance The Waves of Tory in book A; for dance Walls of Limerick in book MM) (also as single reel and as song; also in A or 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
192413#2[IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. View album details
19922.3#2[SDI 2] various. Set Dances of Ireland. Volume II. Denis McMahon (fiddle), Paudy Scully (flute), Timmy O'Connor (melodeon), Michael Tubridy (flute), Tommy McCarthy (concertina), Eamon McGivney (fiddle).View album details
~199817#2[BG 5] Bobby Gardiner. The Clare Shout. Bobby Gardiner (accordion, lilting).View album details
20026#1[DLB] Donncha Lynch Band. Timmy 'the Brit' McCarthy's Set Dances of Cork and Kerry. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogan Lynch (concertina), Ronan Lynch (fiddle), Donncha Lynch, Jr. (guitar).View album details
~200720#3[GCB 2] The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside. Tom Flood (accordion), Johnny Duffy (banjo), Moyra Fraser (keyboard, vocals), Aidan Flood (drums).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 #277 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #120#3 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 20 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. [available]
As tune #54 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 235 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As misc #34 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #77 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As polka #49 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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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