Bees in the Cherry Tree

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 Theme code Index    1H514 5332
 Also known as    Beacha sa Chrann Silíní (Na)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    12/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Brendan Breathnach & Jackie Small
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 4
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 58, p. 30.
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1996
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BEES IN THE CHERRY TREE (Na Beacha sa Chrann Silíní). Irish, Single Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Printed source: Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 58, p. 30.

Source for notated version: from County Fermanagh flute player James McMahon via Liam Donnelly (County Tyrone) [Breathnach].