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The Thorn Tree

slip jig

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on August 28th 2009 by mrkelahan.

This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Thorn Tree, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Emin
|: EGE EDE G3 | A3 AGA BGE | B2c AGF G2F | E3 GEE DB,A,|
B,2E EDE G3 | A3 AGA BGE | B2c AGF G2A | BdB AFD E3 :|
|: B2e ede g3 | afd f2e dBA | B2e ede g3 | aba fed ef/g/a |
b2b agf g2f | e2e gee dgf | e3 edB BAB | G2B AFD E3 :|

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The Thorn Tree sheetmusic
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"The Thorn Tree"

This is a self-composed piece from the album by the same name by Grainne Hambly. From the liner notes:

"I composed the first tune in 2004. Lone thorn trees (hawthorn or whitethorn) feature prominently in Celtic folklore - such trees were thought to be home to the Little People or to protective spirits, and it is considered very bad luck to cut one down".

Thanks to Grainne for her transcription.

# Posted on August 28th 2009 by mrkelahan

Flute or whistle-

For the low notes, on flute of whistle I've been changing the 4th and 5th measures of the tune to something like E3 GEE FBA | B2E EDE G3.

# Posted on October 15th 2009 by mrkelahan

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