X: 1
T: Kiss the Bride / The Early Rose (G major)
R: Fling / Reel
C: traditional
O: Ireland
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from whistle and flute player Des Cafferkey during Scoil Acla in August 2002. He learned it from Leonard Barry and named it "The Early Rose"
D: 1959: Frank Gilligan's Killarney Céilí Band: The Kerry Dances (named "Kiss the Bride")
D: 1998: The Shanachians: Along the Road (named "Kiss the Bride")
D: 2004: Leonard Barry: Mind the Pipes (named "Early Rose")
D: 2004: Joe Derrane, Seamus Connolly & John McGann: The Boston Edge (named "Kiss the Bride")
D: 2004: Craig Duncan: Irish Love Songs (named "Kiss the Bride")
D: 2008: Deborah Greenblatt: Wedding Fiddling Tunes for Two (named "Kiss the Bride")
D: 2016: Poor Man's Gambit: Kind Providence (named "Kiss the Bride")
D: 2016: Liam Donnelly, John Maguire, Sean Maguire, Bill Montgomery & Tom Turkington: The Flax in Bloom (Compilation, named "Kiss the Bride")
D: 2019: The Blarney Céilí Band: The Blarney Stone (named "Kiss the Bride")
N: Chords: | G  D  | G  -  | C  D  | G  -   |
N:         | G  D  | G  -  | C  D  | G  G  :|
N:         | G  D  | G  -  | C  D  | G  -   |
N:         | G  D  | G  -  | C  D  | G  -   |
N:         | A  -  | G  -  | C  D  | G  -   |
N:         | G  D  | G  -  | C  D  | G  G   |]
R: Tune
L: 1/8
K: G major % 1 sharp
M: 4/4
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: D | G2AG  FGAc | BG B/c/d g2fg | ecAG FGAc | B2BA GEED  |
N:     G2AG  FGAc | BG B/c/d g2fg | ecAG FGAc | B2BA G3   :|
N: d | g2fg  a2ga | ba gf    gdBd | ecAG FGAc | B2BA GEED  |
N:     g2fg  a3d  | ba gf    gdBd | ecAG FGAc | B2BA GDBd  |
N:     gA^ce a2ga | ba gf    gdBd | ecAG FGAc | B2BA GEED  |
N:     G2AG  FGAc | BG B/c/d g2fg | ecAG FGAc | B2BA G3    |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
D | "G" G2AG  "D" FGAc | "G" BG B/c/d g2fg | "C" ecAG "D" FGAc | "G" B2BA     GEED  |
    "G" G2AG  "D" FGAc | "G" BG B/c/d g2fg | "C" ecAG "D" FGAc | "G" B2BA "G" G3   :|
d | "G" g2fg  "D" a2ga | "G" ba gf    gdBd | "C" ecAG "D" FGAc | "G" B2BA     GEED  |
    "G" g2fg  "D" a3d  | "G" ba gf    gdBd | "C" ecAG "D" FGAc | "G" B2BA     GDBd  |
    "A" gA^ce     a2ga | "G" ba gf    gdBd | "C" ecAG "D" FGAc | "G" B2BA     GEED  |
    "G" G2AG  "D" FGAc | "G" BG B/c/d g2fg | "C" ecAG "D" FGAc | "G" B2BA "G" G3    |]