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Tune ID#126 (Behind the Bush in the Garden)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Behind the Bush in the Garden about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AMPR (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Single jig32AABBA Dorian
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 / The Match Is Made / Tá Do Mharghadh Déanta / Who'll Be King But Charlie? / Wha’ll Be King But Charlie? / We Have No King But Charley / Royal Charley / The Tidy Woman / Times Are Mighty Hard / I Sat in the Valley Green / Téir Abhaile / Go Home (1st in set Gander in the Pratie Hole on Yanks 2; 1st in Clare to Cúl Áodha set on NH 3; for 3rd figure of the quadrille Off to Skelligs in book R) (also as slide, also in G)
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Discography cd

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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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
19493.6#1
~19512.20#2
~19762#1
[AMPR] Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paddy Reynolds (fiddle).
19774#2
[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).
~199510#2
[JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina). For this tune: (concertina), with Martin Hayes (fiddle).
~199714#2
[GL1] The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. John Williams (concertina), with Martin Hayes (fiddle).
~200211#1
[MJCgn] Mary and Jim Coogan. Passing Time. Jim Coogan (accordion), Mary Coogan (banjo, mandolin, guitar).
~20065#2
[DCB 1] The Doon Céilí Band. Around the World for Sport. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Kate Dowling (flute), Laura MacKenzie (flute), Brian Miller (flute), Jode Dowling (fiddle), Django Amerson (fiddle), Sean Egan (piano).
20087#2
[RBys 3] Randal Bays. Dig with It. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar, harp).
20142.3#1
[Yanks 2] The Yanks. Haymaker. Dan Gurney (accordion), Dylan Foley (fiddle, whistle), Sean Earnest (guitar, bouzouki), Isaac Alderson (flute, pipes, tenor saxophone, whistle).
~20166#1
[NH 3] Noel Hill. Live in New York. Noel Hill (concertina). For this tune: (C#/G# concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
I Lost My Love and I Care Not
JD 4, RBys 3
Scully Casey's
JW 1, GL1
Haste to the Wedding
AL2
Sergt. Cahill's Favorite
DCB 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Merry Sisters
MDhrty
Jimmy Ward's
AMPR
Road Dust
MJCgn
Smash the Windows
DCB 1
Ned Coleman's
Yanks 2
I Lost My Love and I Care Not
NH 3

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
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]
On page 181 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As slide #119 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903