Behind The Bush In The Garden

jig

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on August 15th 2003 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 62 tunebooks.

Also known as Cha Dean Mi'n Obair, I Won't Do The Work, Oisin's Tune, The Road To Ballintoy, Se ‘n Righ A Th’againn Is Fearr Leinn, Single, Téir Abhaile Riú, Teidhir Abhaile Riu, The Tidy Woman, Wha'll Be King But Charlie, Wha'll Be King But Charlie?, Who'll Be King But Charlie, Who'll Be King But Charlie?.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
Celtic Cafe by Karen Ashbrook And Paul Oorts
Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Fiddle Duets by Andy McGann And Paddy Reynolds
Fiddle Music 101 by Ashley And Dave MacIsaac
Harmonic Motion by Slide
House Sessions by Brenda Stubbert
In Season by Wild Asparagus
John Williams by John Williams
Man With The Wooden Flute by Chris Norman
Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
Out Of Ireland by Mick Moloney
Passing Time by Mary And Jim Coogan
Rince: Complete Irish Dancing Set - First Steps And Beyond by Various Artists
Roaming by Jeremy Kittel
The 3rd Irish Folk Festival In Concert by Various Artists
The Ballydesmond Polka by Dan Herlihy And John Drew
The Call by Rebecca Lomnicky
The Humours Of Lisheen by John And Julia Clifford
The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Behind the Bush in the Garden

Source: Andy McGann & Paddy Reynolds
Transcription: g.m.p.

# Posted on August 15th 2003 by gian marco

Behind the bush....

this tune is generally marked and played as a jig, but seems to me a slide.

# Posted on August 15th 2003 by gian marco

Behind the bush in the garden

There are a whole host of related tunes from Northern England all called "Behind the bush in the garden". They date back a coupleof centuries or so. However,they don't seem to relate to the version posted here. Watch out for confusion.
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North

# Posted on August 17th 2003 by noelbats

Single Jig

This is a single jig. This site, however, doesn't differentiate between single and double jigs.
Chris

# Posted on August 18th 2003 by milesnagopaleen

Another name

Wha'll be king but Charlie. or something like that...

# Posted on August 18th 2003 by maderinerue

Recorded by Horslips as "Oisin's Tune"

# Posted on September 22nd 2004 by Aidan Crossey

Teidhir Abhaile Riu -

Go raibh ma'agat to Jim Troy for helping my ailing memory to track this one. The song appears on two Clannad recordings, "Clannad 2" and "Ring of Gold", but is an old standard you learn as a wee one in Eire - or a novice musician... Also played without repeats, 'single', as it is sung:

Curfá (Chorus)

Téir abhaile riú
Téir abhaile riú
Téir abhaile riú Mhary
Téir abhaile riú 's fan sa bhaile
Mar tá do mhargadh déanta.

VERSE

Is cuma cé dhein é nó nár dhein
Is cuma cé dhein é Mhary
Is cuma cé dhein é nó nár dhein mar
Tá do mhargadh déanta.

Curfá

Pós an piobaire
Pós an piobaire
Pós an piobaire Mhary
Pós an piobaire dtús na hoíche
Is beidh sé agat ar maidin.

Curfá

Níl do mmhargadh
Tá do mharghad
Níl mo mhardadh déanta
Tá do mhargadh
Níl do mhargadh
Tá do mhargadh déanta

# Posted on October 5th 2004 by ceolachan

"I Won't Do the Work" / "Behind the Bush in the Garden"

# Posted on January 4th 2008 by ceolachan

you might try 'K: A minor' or 'K: A dorian' (instead of 'K :a minor') in that ABC, as lower case key signatures produce unintended consequences when converted to sheetmusic (i.e. the 'a' isn't recognised so it comes out written in C minor by default with 3 flats instead of none).

# Posted on March 18th 2008 by WhistlinLeeds

Weird, it's a visual thing with me, as I only write ABCs longhand, because I have yet to find any software package I like. I use full blown notation ware, half a dozen on this computer, none of which are ABC. The half dozen ABC software programs I did give a try were a pain, and the conversion to dots was attroacious even when you honoured their specific peculiarities in ABCs... Now, which one were you using. I just realize I have recently used and ABC converter, with the likes of this, without any problem. I'm going to have to lift my own ABCs here and give them a try. I'll be back... ;-)

# Posted on March 19th 2008 by ceolachan

K: a 'space' minor

I just tried it in several flavours. amin & aminor worked just fine, but the minute I added a space ~ a minor ~ it converted it to dots with 3 flats. Weird! I don't know if they all do that, but it is a simple thing to correct depending on the software used. There have been problems before, for example, if you don't have X: and a number value, for some programs. Others seem OK with fragments and not a full set of headers. Curious, thanks for drawing my attention to that weirdness...

# Posted on March 19th 2008 by ceolachan

Crazy, I tried a few different keys just to see what would happen, and the small letters did cause confusion. It varied, depending as well whether or not a space occured between the letter and the category. Small letters and a space consistently ended up with different flat signatures. You'd think they'd iron that one out with a simple bit of code, as with email addresses, so that it didn't matter, or that it recognized small letters as 'minor'... That is one of the things I find irritating about ABC software, mostly it is inelegant and full or bugs...rather than intuitive...

# Posted on March 19th 2008 by ceolachan

Anyone have a copy of behind the bush in the garden they could send me?

I'd really like this song and cant find it anywere if anyone could send me a link or the song to ib0@hotmail.co.uk - Thanks!

# Posted on April 4th 2008 by Ib

Re: Anyone have a copy of behind the bush in the garden they could send me?

If this is the tune, log in, click on this link then download a midi file, the sheetmusic or copy the abc file.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1888

# Posted on April 4th 2008 by joesmith