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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#62 (An Binsín Luachra)

Basic musical information on this tune.
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Song

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

An Binsín Luachra / Bínsín Luachra / An Binnsín Luachra / The Little Bench of Rushes / The Little Bunch of Rushes (a variety of texts are included here) (compare as air Bonny Bunch of Roses #2497 and with ballad text The Bonny Bunch of Roses #192)

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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).
~1951	3#1	[AL] World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: Ireland. Maire O'Sullivan / Máire Ní Shúilleabháin.
~1961	7#1	[SE 7] Séamus Ennis. Ceol, Scéalta agus Amhráin. Séamus Ennis (pipes, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (vocals).
1999	9#1	[MOBAL] Michelle O'Brien, Aogán Lynch and Gavin Rolston [sic]. Michelle O'Brien, Aogán Lynch and Gavin Ralston. Michelle O'Brien (fiddle), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Gavin Ralston (guitar). For this tune: Caitlin Begley.

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): 1951

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