Annotation:Two Birds on a Tree
X: 1 T:Two Birds in a Tree M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Pádraig O'Keeffe music manuscript B:Treoir, vol. 2, No. 3, May-June 1970, p. 11. Z:Seamus Mac Mathuna (3DEG | A2 BA EAAA | (3Bcd AB G2 AG | GAAA BAGA | (3BAB de gedB | A2 BA EAAA | (3Bcd AB G2 AG | GAAA BAGA | (3BAB dB A2 :| dc | (3BAG Bd g2 ga | (3bag (3agf gedc |(3BAG Bd g2 ga | (3bag (3agf gfga | bagb agef | gedB AE (3EDE | GABd dBeb | dBAB G2 :|
TWO BIRDS IN A TREE (Dhá Éan ar an gCrann). AKA – “Two Birds in a Bush.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Breathnach (1976) says the tune is related to “The Bird in the Tree/Bush” and that because of the resemblance fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe gave it the slightly altered title.
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