The Dogs Among the Bushes
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Dogs Among the Bushes", in Gaelic "Na madraide ameasg na tomaib" or "Na madri ameasg na<br> dtom", also known as "Athole Brose" or "Brandlings" is an Irish reel in<br> E Mixolydian (O'Neill/Krassen), G Major/Mixolydian (O'Neill/1850 & 1001) or<br> G Major (Flaherty, Mulvihill). The parts are played AB (Mulvihill, O'Neill/1850 & 1001),<br> AABB (O'Neill/Krassen) or AA'BB' (Flaherty).<br> The tune is a close variant of the Scottish reel "Athole Brose" (and Neil Gow's "Brandlings"),<br> also known as the strathspey "Buckingham House". In County Donegal the tune is played in the<br> key of A Major (as in Scotland), unlike the rest of Ireland which plays it in G Major.<br> An early recording of the melody was by Frank O'Higgins (1891-1975), a fiddler from Glenamona,<br> Kilskeer, County Meath, in Dublin in 1937 (who paired the tune with "The Merry Sisters" and<br> "Kitty Gone a Milking", still a widely imitated medley.<br> The tune is circular (does not end on the tonic note) so I added a "fine" measure.<br> It was printed in Flaherty's Trip to Sligo (1990),<br> Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986),<br> Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976),<br> O'Neill's (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903) and <br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907).<br> It was recorded by The Chieftains on The Best of the Chieftains (1992),<br> Solas on The Hour Before Dawn (2000) and<br> Paddy Glackin & Robbie Hannan on The Whirlwind (1995).<br>
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