The Rose in the Garden
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Rose in the Garden", in Gaelic "An Ros annsa n-garad" or "Ros san garrda",<br> also known as "The Connaught Girl", "The Flowery Garden", "A Thaidhg a Rún",<br> "Jackson's Flowery Garden",<br> "Primrose Girl" or<br> "The Smuggler's Reel"<br> is an Irish reel<br> in cut time and A Major. The parts are played AB (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & 1915) or<br> AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen).<br> A Cape Breton version of the tune goes by the titles "Put Me in the Big Chest"<br> and "Big Coffin Reel" is a related tune.<br> Paul de Grae notes similarities in the first strain with O'Neill's<br> "The Irish Hautboy".<br> A version of the reel as "The Flowery Garden" (with the alternate title<br> "The Connaught Girl" is contained in the c. 1909 music manuscript<br> collection of curate and fiddler Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region,<br> south Ulster.<br> "The Rose in the Garden" was recorded in New York in November, 1917, by accordion<br> player Peter J. Conlon. <br> It was printed in Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II (1976),<br> O'Connor's The Rose in the Gap (2018) (as "Flowery Garden"),<br> O'Neill's O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907),<br> Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976),<br> Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) (as "Smuggler's Reel").<br> It was recorded by Peter J. Conlon (1917) (78 RPM) and<br> "The Genius of Peter Conlon" (2012).<br>
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