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Tune ID#3336 (Red Is the Rose)

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Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Red Is the Rose (also as air Sláinte na nGaodhal / Slainte na n Ghaodhal / Slainte na nGhaodhal included here)
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Here is the sole recording of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
19915#1
[Ch AIE] The Chieftains. An Irish Evening. Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast. Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, keyboards). For this tune: Nanci Griffith.

Bibliography

Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #40 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [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): 1927
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