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Tune ID#3732 (Garden of Daisies)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Garden of Daisies about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SE 6 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars16-bar phrase structureMode ?
Set dance96AABABAD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Garden of Daisies, The / Garden of Daisies / Gairdín na Nóininí / The Palatine's Daughter (1st in set The Garden of Daisies on Sunshn; 1st in set The Garden of Daisies on TMacMn 3) (also in G or C or Mixolydian, also 2nd part singled) (compare distantly the air Traveller #7363)
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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).
19307#1
[Sunshn] "Sunshine". Joe Flanagan (accordion).
19403#2
[SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals). For this tune: (pipes).
196518#1
[JPwr] Jimmy Power. Go Home and Have Your Dinner. Jimmy Power (fiddle). For this tune: with Tommy Kearney (pipes).
~19757#1
[BC 4] Bobby Casey. Maestro. Bobby Casey (fiddle).
~19772.4#1
[BC 2] Bobby Casey. Taking Flight. Bobby Casey (fiddle).
198612#1
[MCnnlly] Martin Connolly and Maureen Glynn. The Fort of Kincora. Martin Connolly (accordion), Maureen Glynn (piano, fiddle).
~19896#1
[PMrphy] Paddy Murphy. In Good Hands. Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina. Paddy Murphy (concertina).
~200016#1
[TMacMn 2] Tony Mac Mahon. Mac Mahon from Clare. Tony Mac Mahon (accordion).
20029#2 (2:55)
[LAC] Tom and Kerry Barrett. Lios A'Cheoil. Traditional Irish Music. Tom Barrett (fiddle), Kerry Barrett (fiddle).
~20048#2
[TCllns 1] Tim Collins. Dancing on Silver. Tim Collins (concertina).
20058#1
[TMacMn 3] Tony Mac Mahon, Steve Cooney. Scaoil Amach an Pocaide. Live in Spiddal. Tony Mac Mahon (accordion), Steve Cooney (guitar).
~20109#1
[MCny 2] Michael Cooney. Just Piping. Michael Cooney (pipes).
~20114#2
[FlgMem] Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington, Jim Higgins. Flagstone Memories. Orla Harrington (fiddle), Andrew Mac Namara (accordion), Jim Higgins (piano, percussion). For this tune: Orla (fiddle).
~20139#3
[JAbrt 1] Joey Abarta. Swimming against the Falls. Snámh in aghaidh easa. Joey Abarta (pipes).
~20135#1
[DPower 3] David Power. The Eighteen Moloney. David Power (B pipes).
~20157#2
[JPmpls] Jayne Pomplas. Jayne Pomplas. Traditional Irish Music on Fiddle. Jayne Pomplas (fiddle).
~20174#1
[LOBrn] Liam O'Brien. The Lane. Liam O'Brien (concertina). For this tune: (Bb/F concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Brown Thorn		SE 6
Sliabh Geal gCua na Féile		LAC
Leitrim Fancy		TCllns 1
Madame Bonaparte		FlgMem
An tSean Bhean Bhocht		JAbrt 1
Traveller		JPmpls
Played beforeOn Albums
Job of Journeywork		Sunshn, MCny 2
Jenny Picking Cockles		TMacMn 3
Blackbird		DPower 3
Chief O'Neill's Favorite		LOBrn

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 #1797 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #1798 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #974 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #275 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #113 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 223 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
As setd #8 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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
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