The Black Rogue
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Black Rogue", in Gaelic "An Rógaire dub/dubh" is also known as "The Bunch of Green<br> Rushes", "The Bark is on the Swelling Shore", "Before I Was Married", "O Pleasant was the Moon",<br> "Paddy McNicholas'", "The Sack of Potatoes", "Shane Glas/Shaun Glas", "Sublime Was the Warning",<br> "Shandrum Boggoon", "This Life is All Chequered", "'Tis a bit of a thing" or<br> "What sounds can compare" is an Irish double jig in 6/8 time and G Major (Levey,<br> O'Neill), D Mixolydian (Shields/Goodman) or D Major (Taylor). The parts are played AABB.<br> The provenance for the tune is unclear. It is claimed by both Irish and Scots and<br> it is widely known throughout Ireland. The "Black Rogue" title for the melody is<br> derived from an old song still sung in Irish to the tune.<br> The melody was included three times in the music manuscripts of Church of Ireland<br> cleric James Goodman (1828-1896). Goodman was an Irish speaker and uilleann piper<br> who collected in tradition in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster and who also<br> gleaned tunes from other musicians' manuscripts and printed sources. O'Neill's setting is<br> essentially the same as that given by late 18th/early 19th century piper O'Farrell,<br> who included many Scottish melodies in his collection of Irish tunes.<br> It was printed in Bulmer & Sharpley's Music from Ireland, vol. 2,<br> Cranford's Jerry Holland: The Second Collection (2000) (appears as "An Rógaire Dubh"),<br> Feldman & O'Doherty's The Northern Fiddler (1979) (appears as untitled jig),<br> Flaherty's Trip to Sligo (1990),<br> Giblin's Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music (1928),<br> Levey's Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873),<br> McDermott's Allan's Irish Fiddler (c. 1920's),<br> O'Brien's Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor (1949),<br> O'Farrell's National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804) (appears as "Rogue Erra Duff"),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1979),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1986),<br> Russell's The Piper's Chair (1989),<br> Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883),<br> Shields/Goodman's Tunes of the Munster Pipers (1998),<br> Stanford/Petrie's Complete Collection (1905),<br> Taylor's Music for the Sets: Yellow Book (1995).<br> It was recorded by Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond and Dáithí Sproule on Seanchairde/Old<br> Friends (2009),<br> James Kelly on Traditional Irish Music (1996),<br> Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannon on Whirlwind (1995) and<br> Jerry Holland on Crystal Clear (2000).<br>
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