Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#524 (Dogs among the Bushes)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PCt (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | G Mixolydian |
Dogs among the Bushes, The / Na Madraí sna Sceacha / Birds in the Bushes / The Piper's Lass (also singled, also in A or E) (compare Scots tunes Athole Brose #2700 and Buckingham House)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 7#2 | [IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Frank O'Higgins (fiddle). |
| ~1967 | 5#2 | [WC 1] Willie Clancy. The Minstrel from Clare. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (whistle). |
| ~1973 | 2#1 | [JB 2] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano). |
| 1974 | 4#2 | [JD 3] John Doherty. The Celebrated Recordings. John Doherty (fiddle, vocals). |
| ~1974 | 2#2 | [BICM] Best of Irish Ceili Music. Disc 5 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Shaskeen but solo, therefore presumably Sean Conway (whistle). |
| ~1975 | 12#1 | [PCt] Paddy Carty. Traditional Irish Music. Paddy Carty (flute). |
| ~1978 | 8#2 | [Ch 8] The Chieftains. 8. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán). |
| ~1993 | 5#3 | [JMd 1] Joanie Madden. A Whistle on the Wind. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle). For this tune: (flute). |
| ~1995 | 13#1 | [Whr] Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan. The Whirlwind. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Robbie Hannan (pipes). |
| ~1996 | 6#3 | [A B] Altan. Blackwater. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, guitar-bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
| ~1996 | 14#3 | [ECotter] Eamonn Cotter. Traditional Irish Music from County Clare. Eamonn Cotter (flute). |
| ~1996 | 11#2 | [PCln] Pat Cloonan. Pat Cloonan's Thanksgiving. Patrick Cloonan (accordion). For this tune: with Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
| ~1998 | 2.8#3 | [JCrehan] Junior Crehan. The Last House in Ballymakea. Junior Crehan (fiddle, vocals, concertina). For this tune: Junior Crehan (fiddle). |
| 1999 | 12#2 | [GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle). For this tune: Gerdie Commane (concertina). |
| 2000 | 2#2 | [NR] Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington. The New Road. Charlie Piggott (accordion), Gerry Harrington (fiddle). |
| 2000 | 6#1 | [MOR] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). |
| ~2005 | 9#2 | [ACarbry] Angelina Carberry. An Traidisiún Beo. Angelina Carberry (banjo). |
| ~2008 | 12#3 | [Fngl 1] Fingal. Fingal. James Keane (accordion), Randal Bays (fiddle), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals). For this tune: Randal Bays (fiddle). |
| ~2008 | 4#3 | [Fdl 1] Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, Aidan O'Donnell. Fidil. Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle), Aidan O'Donnell (fiddle). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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 #1274 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #542 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 109 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As reel #124 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As reel #64 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As reel #52 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. |
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