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Theme code Index	6755 1H1H41
Also known as	Black Bird (The), Royal Blackbird (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Edward Bunting
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ancient Irish Music
Tune and/or Page number	p. 72
Year of publication/Date of MS	1840
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Tune annotations

X:1
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T:The Blackbird [3]
M:C
L:1/8
S:Bunting
K:D
d/c/|B2 c>B A2 AB/c/|d>e d/cA/F/ G>FD>E|Fg f/g/e/f/ d>c A/G/F/A/|
GG/F/ DD D2z2:||:d/e/|ff/e/ d/e/f/g/ a2 a/g/f/a/|gfga g>f d d/e/|
ff/e/ d/e/f/g/ a2 a/g/f/a/|gg/f/ dd d3 f/g/|a/b/a/g/ f/g/a/f/ g2 fe/f/|
d>c A/B/c/d/ f>g a2|Ag f/g/e/f/ d>c A/G/F/A/|GG/F/ DD D2z:||

X:1
%
T:Blackbird, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1 (1858, No. 39, p. 16)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
(6E/F/G/A/B/|(c>e)._d.c|(B>A) (B/c/)(_d/B/)|(e>=d) (e/_d/)(B/G/)|(A/B/)(A/G/) .E(E/F/)|
.G(G/A/) .B(g/f/)|(e>_d) (B/A/)(G/B/)|(A/B/A/G/) .E.E|E2 z/:||(6G/A/B/c/d/)|
(e>f) .g.a|(b>a)gb|(a>g a).b (a>g e).b|(e>f) g.a |(b>a g).b|
(a>g) e.e|(e2 d/) (f/g/a/)|(b>a) (g/a/b/g/)|(a>c') (b/a/g/e/)|._d(B/c/) .d(e/f/)|
(e/f/g/a/) b G/A/|(B>A) G/.A/.B/.c/|(_d>f) e/.d/.B/.G/|(A>G) E.E|!Fermata!E z2 z/||

X:2
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T:Blackbird [3], The 
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
F/G/|A>c _BA G>F G A/=B/|c>Bc/B/ G/E/F>E CC/D/|E>FG e/dc>B G/F/E/G/|
F>E CC C2 FG|A>c _BA G>F G A/B/|c>Bc/B/ G/E/F>E C C/D/|
E>F G e/d/ c>B G/F/ E/G/|F>E CC C2||G/A/B/|c>d ef g>f eg|
f>e fg f>e cG|c>d ef g>f eg|f>e cc c3 e/f/|g>f eg f2 g/f/e/c/|
_BG Bc/d/ e>f gE/F/|G>F GA/B/ c>B GE/G/|F>E CC C2||

X:3
T:Black Bird [3], The
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:O'Flannagan - Hibernia Collection (Boston, 1860)
N:This is one of Elias Howe's publications
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A|B2 A>^G|A2 (3ABc|d>cdA|G2 FG|A2 fd|cA BG|
F2 D>D|D2 z||A|defg| a2 fa|gfga|g2 {a/g/}fe|
defg|agfe|f2 d>d|defg|agfa|g2 fe|
fdcA|f2 ed|cA BG|FBAG|F2 D>D|D2||

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