Annotation:Blackbird and the Thrush (1) (The)
X:1 T:The Blackbird and the Thrush (1) M:3/4 L:1/8 S:Bunting (1796) K:Dmin A2A2 Bc|d2d2 (3def|e2 cABc|d2 z2 fd| c2 BAGF|G2 ABAG|F2D2 DF|D2 z2|| DE|F2G2 AB|(3AGF D2 (3def|e2 cABc| d2 z2 fd|c2 BAGF|G2 ABAG|F2D2 DF|D6||
BLACKBIRD AND THE THRUSH [1], THE (An londubh agus an ciarseach). AKA and see "Young Kate of Kilcummer." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune, reputedly by the legendary bard and Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), is contained in Edward Bunting's General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music (1796). Bunting himself recorded the source of this air to "Charles Byrne's singing," but also states in his index that it was obtained "at Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, 1792." Words to the air are printed in O'Sullivan/Bunting, collected in 1864 in County Derry, though sung to a different tune.
