The Bird's

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 17th 2011 by narrowdog.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as The Birds', The Birds.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Old Time Irish Music In America by Terry Teahan And Gene Kelly
• On Common Ground by Cillian Vallely And Kevin Crawford
• Small Towns And Famous Nights by Alan Kelly Gang

X: 1
T: Bird's, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
ce |: g2ga gecG | cega g2eg | azab ageg | ageg azba |
gage d2ed | cdeg azag | eged cAdc |1 AzGB ABce :|2 A2GB Azed ||
|:cAAG AcBA | GEDE GzAB | cAAG ABcd | eg3 aged |
cAAG AzBA | GEDE G2EG | AzAc BAGB |1 A2GB A2ed :|2 A2 GBA ||

The Bird's Hornpipe

A lovely hornpipe from Cillian Vallely and Kevin Crawford's
album 'On Common Ground'

# Posted on June 17th 2011 by narrowdog

Presumably without the apostrophe?

# Posted on June 17th 2011 by SmashTheWindows

"The Birds' Hornpipe" - and an apparent 'lift' ~ credit to source?!

See here:
"Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford: On Common Ground"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/3284/comments

X: 1
T: The Birds' Hornpipe
T: Grogan's Hornpipe
B: Fliúit - Irish Traditional Flute Tutor (with 2 Companion CDs) by June McCormack
D: Toss the Feathers - Columbus Eclipse, track 7a
D: Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford - On Common Ground, track 7a
D: June McCormack - Fliúit - Irish Traditional Flute Tutor Disc 2, track 11
N: http://www.draiochtmusic.com/fliuit/
Z: June McCormack

# Posted on December 30th 2009 by Catail

# Posted on December 7th 2011 by ceolachan

"The Birds' Hornpipe" ~ correction & clarification

The first and most obvious, the last bar, notated here as:

~ |1 A2GB A2ed :|2 A2 GBA || ~ & with timing correction based on the June McCormack transcription:

~ |[1 A2 GB A2 ed :[|2 A2 GB A2 |]

& for a little more clarity with bar 4 of the B-part, given as:

~ | eg3 aged | ~ and adjusted to ~ | eg ~g2 aged |

# Posted on December 7th 2011 by ceolachan