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Behind The Bush In The Garden

jig

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on August 15th 2003 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 133 tunebooks.

Also known as Cha Dean Mi'n Obair, I Won't Do The Work, Macdonald, Mulberry Garden, Oisin's Tune, The Road To Ballintoy, Se ‘n Righ A Th’againn Is Fearr Leinn, Single, Teidhir Abhaile Riu, Teidhir Abhaile Riú, Téir Abhaile Riú, The Tidy Girleen, The Tidy Woman, Wha'll Be King But Charlie, Wha'll Be King But Charlie?, What'll Be King But Charlie, Who'll Be King But Charlie, Who'll Be King But Charlie?.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Behind The Bush In The Garden
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
|:B|c2A AGE|c2A AGE|G2A G2E|GAG GEG|
c2d e2a|g2e d2e|c2A BAG|A3 A2:|
|:B|c2B c2d|eag e2d|c2B c2d|e2G G2B|
[1c2B c2d|eag e2d|c2A BAG|A3 A2:|
[2c2d e2a|g2e d2e|c2A BAG|A3 A2||

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Behind The Bush In The Garden sheetmusic
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Behind the Bush in the Garden

Source: Andy McGann & Paddy Reynolds
Transcription: g.m.p.

# Posted on August 15th 2003 by gian marco

Behind the bush....

this tune is generally marked and played as a jig, but seems to me a slide.

# Posted on August 15th 2003 by gian marco

Behind the bush in the garden

There are a whole host of related tunes from Northern England all called "Behind the bush in the garden". They date back a coupleof centuries or so. However,they don't seem to relate to the version posted here. Watch out for confusion.
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North

# Posted on August 17th 2003 by noelbats

Single Jig

This is a single jig. This site, however, doesn't differentiate between single and double jigs.
Chris

# Posted on August 18th 2003 by milesnagopaleen

Another name

Wha'll be king but Charlie. or something like that...

# Posted on August 18th 2003 by maderinerue

Recorded by Horslips as "Oisin's Tune"

# Posted on September 22nd 2004 by Aidan Crossey

Teidhir Abhaile Riu -

Go raibh ma'agat to Jim Troy for helping my ailing memory to track this one. The song appears on two Clannad recordings, "Clannad 2" and "Ring of Gold", but is an old standard you learn as a wee one in Eire - or a novice musician... Also played without repeats, 'single', as it is sung:

Curfá (Chorus)

Téir abhaile riú
Téir abhaile riú
Téir abhaile riú Mhary
Téir abhaile riú 's fan sa bhaile
Mar tá do mhargadh déanta.

VERSE

Is cuma cé dhein é nó nár dhein
Is cuma cé dhein é Mhary
Is cuma cé dhein é nó nár dhein mar
Tá do mhargadh déanta.

Curfá

Pós an piobaire
Pós an piobaire
Pós an piobaire Mhary
Pós an piobaire dtús na hoíche
Is beidh sé agat ar maidin.

Curfá

Níl do mmhargadh
Tá do mharghad
Níl mo mhardadh déanta
Tá do mhargadh
Níl do mhargadh
Tá do mhargadh déanta

# Posted on October 5th 2004 by ceolachan

"I Won't Do the Work" / "Behind the Bush in the Garden"

X: 2
T: I Won't Do The Work
T: Behind the Bush in the Garden
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: a minor
|: B |\
c2 B AGE | c2 B AGE | c2 E EDE | G2 G- G2 A |
c2 d e2 a | age ded | c2 A BA^G | A3 A2 :|
|: B |\
c2 A c2 d | eag efd | e2 A c2 d | e2 G G2 A |
c2 d e2 a | g2 e ded | c2 A BA/G/E | A3 A2 :|

# Posted on January 4th 2008 by ceolachan

you might try 'K: A minor' or 'K: A dorian' (instead of 'K :a minor') in that ABC, as lower case key signatures produce unintended consequences when converted to sheetmusic (i.e. the 'a' isn't recognised so it comes out written in C minor by default with 3 flats instead of none).

# Posted on March 18th 2008 by Loughcurra

Weird, it's a visual thing with me, as I only write ABCs longhand, because I have yet to find any software package I like. I use full blown notation ware, half a dozen on this computer, none of which are ABC. The half dozen ABC software programs I did give a try were a pain, and the conversion to dots was attroacious even when you honoured their specific peculiarities in ABCs... Now, which one were you using. I just realize I have recently used and ABC converter, with the likes of this, without any problem. I'm going to have to lift my own ABCs here and give them a try. I'll be back... ;-)

# Posted on March 19th 2008 by ceolachan

K: a 'space' minor

I just tried it in several flavours. amin & aminor worked just fine, but the minute I added a space ~ a minor ~ it converted it to dots with 3 flats. Weird! I don't know if they all do that, but it is a simple thing to correct depending on the software used. There have been problems before, for example, if you don't have X: and a number value, for some programs. Others seem OK with fragments and not a full set of headers. Curious, thanks for drawing my attention to that weirdness...

# Posted on March 19th 2008 by ceolachan

Crazy, I tried a few different keys just to see what would happen, and the small letters did cause confusion. It varied, depending as well whether or not a space occured between the letter and the category. Small letters and a space consistently ended up with different flat signatures. You'd think they'd iron that one out with a simple bit of code, as with email addresses, so that it didn't matter, or that it recognized small letters as 'minor'... That is one of the things I find irritating about ABC software, mostly it is inelegant and full or bugs...rather than intuitive...

# Posted on March 19th 2008 by ceolachan

Anyone have a copy of behind the bush in the garden they could send me?

I'd really like this song and cant find it anywere if anyone could send me a link or the song to ib0@hotmail.co.uk - Thanks!

# Posted on April 4th 2008 by Ib

Re: Anyone have a copy of behind the bush in the garden they could send me?

If this is the tune, log in, click on this link then download a midi file, the sheetmusic or copy the abc file.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1888

# Posted on April 4th 2008 by ∅

Go home with you!

Here's the popular, nice n trim song version (I wrote it out in 12/8 to signal Munster origins + it's neither aeolian nor dorian since there is no f at all in this version)
X: 1
T: Téir Abhaile ‘Riú
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: A minor
| c2A AGE c2A AGE | G2G G2E G3 E2E |
A2B c2d e2e e2d |1 c2A BAG A3 A2B:|2 c2A BAG A3 A2E ||
A2B c2d e2e e2E | A2B c2d e3 A2E |
A2B c2d e2e e2d |1 c2A BAG A3 A2E:|2 c2A BAG A3 A2B||

'Go home, Mary, and stay there,
for your match is made!
It doesn't matter who did or didn't do it
for your match is made!
Marry the piper early at night
and you'll have him till morning' :-)

# Posted on June 12th 2010 by birlibirdie

I put in the tune Mullberry Garden and this tune came up

I am looking for the tune called "Mullberry Garden" written by 17th century Irish song writer John Playford, who wrote the "English Dancing Master". Does anyone have the sheet music to this jig?
lydalu

# Posted on November 19th 2010 by lydalu

Is the Bush in the Garden a Mullberry Bush?

Is Behind the Bush in the Garden the same tune as Mullberry Garden?
Lydalu

# Posted on November 19th 2010 by lydalu

Mulberry Garden sheet music

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-music-mandolin-tab/mulberry_garden.htm

Is this what you're after?

# Posted on November 19th 2010 by Slightly Mad Scientist

Mullberry Garden

yes, thank you! I heard the tune on public radio and fell in love with the melody.

# Posted on January 24th 2011 by lydalu

Teidhir Abhaile Riú

This is to be on the new Celtic Woman DVD, I was at the taping of it in Atlanta on 7th Sept. The Chorus as Gaeilge and the tune are the same as the Clannad version, but one verse in English is different, something about going up to Galway.

# Posted on September 12th 2011 by maireadniriain

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