The Queen Of The Rushes

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 29th 2002 by granama.

This tune has been added to 66 tunebooks.

Also known as The Bower, The Chorus, The Coors , Queen Of The Rushes.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Lifelong Home by Alex Francis MacKay
• American Special by Stockton's Wing
• An Fhidil by Various Artists
• Barco by Cormac De Barra
• Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
• Cape To Clare by Various Artists
• Cornerstone by Celtic Spring
• Donncha O'Briain by Donncha O'Briain
• Double Strung by Anne-Marie O'Farrell And Cormac De Barra
• Fiona's Folly by Mickie Zekley And Elizabeth Clark
• Heart Behind The Bow by Kimberly Fraser
• Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
• Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
• Live In Ennis by The Bowhouse Quintet
• Maeve Donnelly by Maeve Donnelly
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Piper's Rock by Various Artists
• Serenade by Mick McAuley And Winifred Horan
• Speed 78 by Mike Rafferty
• That's The Spirit by James Keane
• The Ale Is Dear by Clandestine
• The Breeze From Erin by Various Artists
• The Celtic Harp by The Chieftains
• The Celts Rise Again by Various Artists
• The Invasion by Jerry O'Sullivan
• The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
• The Jig's Up by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The New Strung Harp by Maire Ni Chathasaigh
• The South West Wind by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• The Stone In The Field by Tommy Reck
• The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
• The Traditional Music Of Ireland by Seamus Egan
• Traditional Music From Cape Breton by Various Artists
• Travel 'n Style by Martin Nolan
• Velvet Arm Golden Hand by Joseph Cormier And J.P Cormier
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists
• Words And Music by Planxty

X: 1
T: Queen Of The Rushes, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
AG|:F2D DEF|G2E EFG|F2D DAF|
GED DAG|F2D DEF|G2E EFG|
ABA GEA|1 DED DAG:|2 DED D2B||
|:c2A Bcd|ecA AGE|d2e fed|
ecA A2B|c2A Bcd|ecA AGE|
~F3 GEA|1 DED D2B:|2 DED DFG||
~A3 dAF|~A3 dAF|~G3 EFG|EFG EFG|
~A3 dAF|~A3 dAG|~F3 GEA|DED DFG|
~A3 dAF|~A3 dAF|~G3 EFG|=cEE EFG|
~A3 dAF|~A3 dAG|~F3 GEA|DED D||

A cousin of The Humours of Ennistymon, Coppers & Brass etc. Tommy Peoples plays it on his album The Iron Man, with Daithí Sproule, and calls it The Chorus Jig.

# Posted on May 29th 2002 by granama

Variation

Planxty play it a little differently, I got it from their recording (and was aided by this site in the details). Great tune!
In any case, I play the first few bars AG | FFD DAF | G E3 , and starting from the 3rd bar in the second part G3 E3 | AGA EFG which is (more or less) the way I heard Planxty play it. Just felt like telling you that because I really like that variation.

# Posted on April 26th 2005 by firelad

T:Bower, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Mike Rafferty - speed 78
R:jig
Z:gian marco pietrasanta
K:DMix
AG|:F2D DAF|G2E EDE|F2D DAD|AFD DAG|
F2D DAF|G2E EDE|F2A GEA|1DED DAG:|2DED D2|:B|
c2A Bcd|ecA AGE|d2e fed|ecA AGE|
c2A Bcd|ecA AGE|~F3 GEA|1DED D2:|2DED D|:EG|
~A3 dAF|~A3 dAF|~G3 EGE|cBc EFG|
~A3 dAF|~A3 dAG|EFF GEA|DED D:|

# Posted on August 12th 2005 by gian marco

The Chorus Jig

Listen to Eddie Moloney play this jig: http://www.lafferty.ca/music/irish/flute-geezers/edmaloney5.mp3 Eddie was from Ballinakill, East Galway, where Mike Rafferty comes from.

# Posted on December 12th 2005 by slainte

Not in Dmaj!

And of course, Dmix is the correct key for this tune.

# Posted on December 12th 2005 by slainte

The Chorus Reel mistaken for the jig?

I've checked out some recordings here (Jerry O'sullivans - Invasion, Paddy in the smoke) and it seems that the chorus IS there but as a reel.

What say you?

# Posted on June 8th 2006 by thesheep

Ofer, it just says "Recordings of a tune by this name." The link doesn't bring you directly to the tune you are looking for.

Here's a tune called "The Chorus Reel": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/779

# Posted on June 9th 2006 by slainte

I kearned this version in G from Munich piper Rolf Knüsel who got it from Maire Ni Ghrada.
X: 1
T: Queen Of The Rushes, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K:Gmaj
dc|:B2G GdB|c2A AGA|B2G GdA|cAG FGA|
B2G B2G|c2A c2A|ded cAd|1 ~G3 Gdc:|2 GAG G g2||
|:fed efg|afd cAd|~g3 bag|afd d2e|
=fed e^fg|afd cAd|ded cAd|1 G3 G g2:|2 G3 GBc||
d (3Bcd gdB|d (3Bcd gdB|cBc ABc|ABc ABc|
d (3Bcd gdB|d (3Bcd gdc|cBc Adc|BGF GBc:||

# Posted on October 4th 2006 by swisspiper

"The Queen of the Rushes" = "The Chorus Jig"

Key signature: D Mixolydian
Submitted on August 12th 2005 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4848

A duplication / another transcript...

# Posted on July 5th 2007 by ceolachan