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Theme code Index	373H3H 73H1H4
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 173
Year of publication/Date of MS	1773
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Bird (1) (The): annotations


X:1
T:Bird [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:D
A/G/|FAd ceg|fag fed|ceg fec|dBA GFE|FAd ceg|
fa^g aec|fdB ecA|dB^G A2::A|Ace =gfe|dcB ^A2F|
Bba gfe|d2c B2c|dfd gec|Bed c2G|FAd ceg|afc d3:||

Bird (1) (The): annotations

BIRD [1], THE. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There was another popular period tune called "The Bird," however, this particular melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection (London, 1773).

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 173.