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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#192 (Bonny Bunch of Roses)

Basic musical information on this tune.
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Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Bonny Bunch of Roses, The (compare melody to The Little Bench of Rushes #62 and as air #2497)

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Discography

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1959	9#1	[SE 1] Seamus Ennis. The Bonny Bunch of Roses. Seamus Ennis (pipes, whistle, vocals).
~1993	11#1	[DS 1] Dáithí Sproule. A Heart Made of Glass. Dáithí Sproule (vocals, guitar).

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1959

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