The Rose in the Heather
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Rose in the Heather", in Gaelic "An Rós sa bhFraoch" also known as "The Corofi" or<br> "The Rose among the Heather" is an Irish double jig in 6/8 time and D Major. The parts are played<br> AABB (Breathnach, Cranitch, DeMarco & Krassen, Mallinson, Miller & Perron, Taylor), AABB’<br> (Mulvihill) or AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty, Moylan, O’Malley, Tubridy).<br> A popular session jig, particularly in the 20th century. It was first recorded under this title<br> in New York in 1929 by melodeon player Peter J. Conlon and fiddler James Morrison. <br> It was printed in Breathnach's CRÉ I,<br> Cranitch's Irish Fiddle Book (1996),<br> DeMarco & Krassen's A Trip to Sligo (1978),<br> Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005),<br> Jordan's Whistle and Sing (1975),<br> Mallinson's 100 Enduring (1995),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Trad. Fiddle Music vol. 2 (1977),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, 2nd Edition (2006),<br> Moylan's Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994),<br> Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986),<br> Jerry O'Brien's Irish Folk Dance Music (1952),<br> O’Brien's Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor (1949),<br> O’Malley's Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1 (1976),<br> Peoples' Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes (1989),<br> Songer's Portland Collection, vol. 2 (2005),<br> Taylor's Crossroads Dance (1992) and<br> Tubridy's Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1 (1999). <br> It was recorded by P.J. Conlon & James Morrison (1929),<br> Stockton’s Wing on Celtic Graces (1994),<br> Na Filí on Farewell to Connacht (1971),<br> Shaskeen on My Love is in America,<br> Paddy Cronin on The House in the Glen,<br> Stockton’s Wing on The Crooked Rose (1992) and others.<br> <br>
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