Bringing in the Green

I came across “Bringing in the Green” as a counter-melody to “Bodmin Riding March” among a heap of papers with various tunes on them. I have since lost the sheets which included the composer’s name. Can anyone, please, shed light on who wrote the tune or have any more info on it?

The ABC below gives an AABB structure but the original was simply AB.

X:1
T:Bodmin Riding March + Bringing in the Green
O: English
R: March
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
[V:1]D2|: G2 G2 G2 A2 | GFGA GFGA | B2 B2 B2 c2 | BABc BABc |
[V:1]d2 d2d2 ed | c2c2c2 dc | B2G2 dcBc | A6z2:|
[V:1]|: A2 A2 A2 B2 | AGFE D2 Bc| d2 d2 d2 e2 | dcBA G2(dc) |
[V:1]B2A2 G2 dc | B2A2G2 dc| Bdgd B2A2 |1 G6 D2:|[2G6||
[V:2]z2|:B2 dB G2 c2 | B2 d2 G2 d2 | g2 bg d2 e2 | d2 g2 gfga |
[V:2]b2 ba g2 g2 | agfe dcBA | Bc d2 F2 G2 | AB c2 AGFE :|
[V:2]|:D2 F2 A2 d2 | fedc dcBA | G2 B2 d2 g2 | bagf g2 d2 |
[V:2]g2 fe d2 g2 | a2 fe d2 ga | b2 b2 ag f2 |1 g2 fe dcBA:|2 g6 ||

Bodmin Riding is Cornish of course, but I couldn’t find Bringing in the Green anywhere. Sounds as if it might be in some Morris collection, connected with the activities in the link below. Might try searching the places in the second link below, see if there’s anyplace there to ask.

https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/the-traditional-jack-in-the-green/

https://www.cornishtrad.com/tunes-2/

That Cornish trad site is brilliant. I didn’t know of it. Cheers TBFCC.

Bringing in the Green, for working traditional Irish musicians, has reference to St. Patrick’s Day.

Somebody had to say it.

Thanks for your replies. However, it does seem that, so far, no one knows much about it, so I’ve added it to the tune database to see if anything comes up. Also, I think that “Bringing in the Green” stands in its own right as a pleasant little tune.

Heard on its own it sounds to me more like a composed countermelody than a trad tune. But maybe a tune tweaked into that role.

Yes, it’s definitely a composed countermelody - the sheet I found it on had the composer’s name.
I’m hoping to find that name.
But I still like it by itself.