The Blackbird And The Hen

waltz

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on July 22nd 2009 by AngusF.

This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Uncommon Bonds by Mick Moloney

X: 1
T: Blackbird And The Hen, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
dc|B2 B dcB|A2 A cBA|G2 G2 AB|c4 A/B/A|
e2 c2 A/B/A|d2 B2 B/c/B|A2 G2 F2|GD B,D dc|
B2 B dcB|A2 A cBA|GD AD BD|c4 A/B/A|
e2 c2 A/B/A|d2 B2 B/c/B|A2 G2 F2|G4||
dc|B3 c de|=f2 d2 B2|c2 g2 f2|g3 g ag|
f2 d2 d/e/d|c2 A2 G/A/G|F2 d2 ^c2|d3 e dc|
B2 B dcB|A2 A cBA|GD AD BD|c4 A/B/A|
e2 c2 A/B/A|d2 B2 B/c/B|A2 G2 F2|G4||"last bar last time" GD B,D G,2||

Blackbird and the Hen

This is from my own memory of a tune I heard on an LP of Irish music, It appears in the 'Fiddler's Companion' but I'm not very keen on that version.

# Posted on July 22nd 2009 by AngusF