Annotation:Birdie (3)
X:1 T:Birdie [3] N:From the playing of Henry Reed (1884-1968, Glen Lyn, Virginia), N:Transcribed in 1966 in Reed's home by Alan Jabbour M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel F:https://jenikirbyhistory.getarchive.net/amp/media/birdie-music-transcription D: Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C P:A |"1st measure missed"z8|c(cA)c (G>E) Gc |([^de]<[ee]) [e2e2][e3e3] c|A/(c/d/B/) d>(e d)B (AG)| ([^de]<[ee]) (ed) (([^de]<[ee]) [ee])(e/d/|c)(A.A)c (G/A/G/E/) .G A{efg}|.a a2 (e/f/ g) g2 ((3A/E/F/|G)([GB].A).B [c2e2][c2e2]|| P:A1 ([^de]<[ee]) [e2e2]J[e3e3] (e/d/|c)(c.A)c (G/A/G/E/) Gc|([^de]<[ee]) [e2e2] (([^de]<[ee]) .e)c|(A/c/d/c/) (d>e d)B (AG)| (d[ee]) (e^d) ((d<[ee]) [ee])([e/e/]=d/|c)(cA)c (G/A/G/E/) .G ([A/e/]f/4g/4|a) a2 (e>f g) g2 ((3A/E/F/|G)([GB].A)B [E2c2]>[Ec]|| P:B G/-|.Gc c/d/c/A/ .Gc c/d/c/A/|.GB B/c/B/A/ .GB B/c/B/A/|.Gc c/d/c/A/ .Gc c/d/c/A/|[M:5/4].GB (B/A/)(B/c/) d c3|| P:C Gc|[M:4/4](e<g) g2 (a<g) (a/g/.e) {A}|"4"(GA "0"A)(A/B/ A) (A/<d/- d/)(e/d/c/)|B2 b2 (a>g e)(a/g/|[M:3/4]a)(ge)c (Gc)| [M:4/4](g/>e/ g) g2 (a<g) (a/g/e/A/)|([GA]A) ([AA]>[AB] [AA]) ((3A/B/c/ d/)(e/d/c/)|B2b2a2g2|[M:2/4]c3|| P:B G|[M:4/4]Gc c/d/c/A/ .Gc c/d/c/A/|.GB B/c/B/A/ .GB B/c/B/A/|.Gc c/d/c/A/ .Gc c/d/c/A/|.GB (B/A/)(B/c/) d c3||
BIRDIE [3]. American, Reel (whole or cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). C Major. "Birdie" was in the repertoire of Fiddlin' Cowan Powers 1877-1952? (Russell County, southwest Virginia) and Glen Lynn, southwest Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed (2884-. Reed's tune is identified by Alan Jabbour as the customary "Bridie" tune (the second and third parts) coupled with a strain from the tune usually known as "Fourteen Days in Georgia" (the first part of Reed's "Birdie").
