Annotation:Single and Free
X:1 T:Single and Free M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, p. 213) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin D|G2G2 GA|Bc d2d2|c2A2G2|F4D2|G2G2 GA| Bc d2 cB|cB G2G2|G4||G2|G2 fd c2|d2G2F2| G2fd c2|d4 dc|B2c2 df|ec d2 BA|G2 D=E F>A|G4||
SINGLE AND FREE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Collector P.W. Joyce printed the following words with the tune:
One evening last week I walked down by yon bush,
I heard two birds singing a blackbird and a thrush;
I asked them the reason they sany in such glee,
And the answer they gave, they were single and free.