Annotation:Rose Buds in Summer (The)
X:1 T:Rose Buds in Summer, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 48) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G BG G/G/G AGGA|cG G/G/G Adde|cG G/G/G AGGc|ABcd edde| BG G/G/G AGGA|cG G/G/G Adde|cG G/G/G AGED|CDEF GABc|| g(ce)c acac|gcec Adde|gcec gcac|ABcd edde| g(ce)c acac|gcec Addg|abga egdc|ABcd ed d2||
ROSE BUDS IN SUMMER, THE. AKA - "Rosebuds in Summer, The." AKA and see "First Rose of Summer (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The title also appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997).
