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Tune ID#1822 (St. Ruth's Bush)

Transcription of first 2 bars of St. Ruth's Bush about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording IDM 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
St. Ruth's Bush / Saint Ruth's Bush / Jude's Bush / Judes Bush / Joe Bane's (3rd in set Joe Ryan's Barn Dance Set on CTL 5) (also in G) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Mountain Lark #1695; compare Star of Munster #1830) (composed by Paddy Kelly)
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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).
194524#3
[IDM 1] Irish Dance Music. Kincora Ceilidhe Band.
19923#1
[JRyan] Joe Ryan. An Buachaill Dreoite. Joe Ryan (fiddle).
~19937#1
[WU] Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly, Jack Coen. Warming Up. Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Jack Coen (flute).
~19969#3
[CTL 5] Cherish the Ladies. New Day Dawning. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, mandolin, banjo), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle), Donna Long (piano, fiddle, vocals), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán, whistle), Aoife Clancy (vocals, guitar). For this tune: Joanie Madden (flute).
~20032.16#1
[WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Sean Ryan of Chicago (flute).
~20045#2
[MRaf] Mike Rafferty. Speed 78. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes). For this tune: (flute).
~20049#2
[OHrth] Mary Mac Namara, Andrew Mac Namara. Open Hearth. Mary Mac Namara (concertina), Andrew Mac Namara (accordion).
~20081#2
[MvDnly 2] Maeve Donnelly. Flame on the Banks. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle).
~20111#1
[DLEM] Denis Liddy and Elvie Miller. Tradaree. Denis Liddy (fiddle), Elvie Miller (piano accordion, piano).
~201418#1
[RBysFam] Randal Bays and Family. A Rake of Tunes. Randal Bays (fiddle), Susan Waters (fiddle), Willie Bays (flute), Owen Bays (concertina). For this tune: Randal (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Maid of Mount Kisco
IDM 1
Joe Ryan's Barn Dance
CTL 5
Collier's Reel
MRaf
Morning Star
OHrth
Geoghegan's Fancy
MvDnly 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Gerry Commane's
JRyan
Jenny's Wedding
WU
Penny Candle
CTL 5
Swallow's Nest
WFO 2
Mountain Road
MvDnly 2
Heights of Muingbháithe
DLEM
Last Night's Joy
RBysFam

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.
On page 238 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As tune #40 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. [available]
As reel #110 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 21 of [MR] Barbara Wygol (tunes), Jenny Loui (text). The Piper's Chair. A Collection of Tunes and Folklore from Micho Russell.
As tune #29 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As tune #13 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): 1945