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Tune ID#1625 (Queen of the Rushes)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Queen of the Rushes about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording RBPOL 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig48AABBCCD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Queen of the Rushes, The / Queen of the Rushes / Banríon na Luachra / The Chorus Jig / The Battering Ram / The Ladies March to the Ballroom / Bridging the Gap (mislabeled as Chorus Jig on original 78 copied on ITWWW; mislabeled on MRaf as The Bower) (also in Major, also in C or G; compare 1st 2 parts with Ladies March to the Ballroom #6911; compare 3rd part with 2nd part of Paddy Doory's Fancy #4740)
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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).
19306#1
[ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". Ballinakill (County Galway) Traditional Band: Jerry Moloney (fiddle), Tommy Whyte (fiddle), Tommy Whelan (flute), Stephen Moloney (flute), Anna Rafferty (piano).
~19641.13#1
[EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (Eb flute).
~19721.2#1
[EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (flute), with Joe O'Leary (fiddle).
~197912#2
[DncOBrn] Donncha Ó Briain. Ceol ar an bhFeadóg Stáin. Irish Traditional Music On Tin Whistle. Donncha Ó Briain (whistle). For this tune: with Mick O'Brien (pipes), Tom O'Brien (fiddle), Andrew O'Brien (fiddle), Dinny O'Brien (accordion).
~19791.21#1
[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
19821#1
[Plx 7] Planxty. Words and Music. Christy Moore (guitar, vocals, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, vocals, harmonica), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Donal Lunny (guitar, bouzouki, bowed psaltery, spinet, dulcimer, bodhrán, synthesizer). For this tune: Liam (pipes).
~19829#2
[TP 4] Tommy Peoples. The Iron Man. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).
~19845#1
[FoNote] Peter O'Loughlin, Paddy Canny, Paddy Murphy, Geraldine Cotter. Friends of Note. Peter O'Loughlin (flute), Paddy Canny (fiddle), Paddy Murphy (concertina), Geraldine Cotter (piano). For this tune: Peter (flute).
~198811#1
[RBPOL 1] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The South West Wind. Traditional Music from County Clare. Ronan Browne (pipes), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle). For this tune: Peter (flute).
199011#1
[MNln 1] Martin Nolan. Travel 'n Style. Martin Nolan (pipes, whistle).
~19935#2
[BG 5] Bobby Gardiner. The Master's Choice. Bobby Gardiner (accordion).
~199314#1
[JKn 3] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion).
19982#3
[JKn 6] James Keane and Friends. Live in Dublin. James Keane (accordion).
~200416#1
[MRaf] Mike Rafferty. Speed 78. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~200411#1
[TTItself] Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. The Thing Itself. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Peadar O'Loughlin (flute).
~20051.11#1
[WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Brid O'Donohue (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Tell Her I Am		TP 4
Piper's Chair		BG 5
Josie's Visit		JKn 6
Butcher's March		DncOBrn
Played beforeOn Albums
Maloney's Wife		ITWWW, EMlny, RBPOL 1
Paddy Fahy's		Plx 7
Jimmy Ward's		FoNote
Tiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom		MNln 1
Mooncoin		JKn 3
Piper's Chair		TTItself
Fr. John's Jubilee		MRaf
Willie Coleman's		WFO 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 #31 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
As jig #78 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 105 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On pages 176-177 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #103 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As jig #27 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As tune #172 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As tune #173 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1930
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