The Black Bird

X: 021
T: The Black Bird
R: reel
B: John Macpherson Mulhollan "A Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes" 1816 p.2 #1
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderato."
K: Dm	% Starts on Gm, oddly.
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V: 1 staves=2
(GA) |\
B2BB AGA^c | d^cdA {G}F2D2 | F2fd cAGA | F2D2 D2 :: A2 | defg Ta2gf | gfga {g}f2d2 |
defg a2ga | f2d2 d2fg || agfa gfgd | cBcA f2{fg}a2 | A2GF GBAG | F2D2 D2 |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |\
G2g2 f2e2 | d2a2 f2d2 | d2f2 a2A2 | d2A2 D2 :: z2 | f2e2 d2f2 | g2a2 d2z2 |
f2g2 a2A2 | d2z2 z4 || f2a2 c'2b2 | a2g2 f2z2 | f2g2 a2A2 | d2A2 D2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnMacphersonMulhollan/IaST-abc2/0002

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