Flee as a Bird

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Theme code Index	51H56 35L1L5L
Also known as	Flee Like a Bird, Free Like a Bird
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Scotland, Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, English, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Elias Howe
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7
Tune and/or Page number	p. 629
Year of publication/Date of MS	1880-1882
Artist	Biography:James Morrison
Title of recording	Flee as a Bird
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Columbia 335042-F (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1935
Media
Score (1)

Flee as a Bird: Annotations

X:1 T:Clog Dance T:Flee as a Bird M:C| L:1/8 R:Clog or Hornpipe B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 629) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (3Bc^c|(3dba (3gfe d>^ce>d|B>GD>B, G,>B,D>G|E>cA>F D>cA>F|G>Bd>e d2 (3Bc^d| (3dba (3gfe d>^ce>d|B>GD>B G,>B,D>G|E>cA>F D>cA>F|G2B2G2:| |:(3B^AB|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>gf>e f>^d B2|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>gf>e f>^d B2| (3cde A>c (3Bcd G>B |(3ABc F>A (3GAB (3DEF|(3GAB (3DEF (3GBA (3GFE|(3DED (3CB,A, G,2:| |:e>f|g2z2f2z2|e>Be>g b2z2|b<^ab>c’ b>afz|b>^ab>c’ b>afz| g2z2f2z2|e>Be>g b2z2|(3bbb (3bbb (3c’c’c’ (3bbb|f>ba>f e2:| |:D>C|G,>DG>D B>D{G}F>D|B,>DG>D B>D{G}F>D|(3D^CD F>E D>=B,>A,|G,>GF>A G2 D>C| B,>DG>D B>D{G}F>D|B,>DG>D B>D{G}F>D|(3D^CD F>E D>=CB,>A,|G,>GF>G G2:|]

X:1 T:Lancashire Clog T:Flee as a Bird M:C| L:1/8 R:Clog or Hornpipe B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 640) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G 51H56 35L1L5L (3Bc^c|(3dba (3gfe d>^ce>d|B>GD>B, G,>B,D>G|D>cA>F E>cA>F|G>Bd>e d2 (3Bc^c| (3dba (3gfe d>^ce>d|B>GD>B, G,>B,D>G|E>cA>E D>cA>F|G2B2G2:| (3B^AB|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>gf>e f>^dB2|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>gf>e f>^d B2| (3cde A>c (3Bcd G>B|(3ABc F>A (3GAB (3DEF|(3GAB (3DEF (3GBA (3GFE|(3DED (3CB,A, G,2:| |:e>f|g2z2f2z2|e>Be>g b2 z2|b>^ab>c’ b>afz|b>^ab>c’ b>a fz| g2z2 f2z2|e>Be>g b2 z2|(3bbb (3bbb (3c’c’c’ (3bbb|f>ba>f e2:| |:D>C|B,>DG>D B>D{F}E>D|B,>DG>D B>D{F}E>D|(3D^CD F>E D>=CB,A,|G,>GF>A G2 D>C| B,>DG>D B>D{F}E>D|B,>DG>D B?D{F}E>D|(3D^CD F>E D>=CB,>A,|G,>GF>A G2:|]

X:1 T:Flee as a Bird B:Ryan's Mammoth Collection N:Lancashire clog dance tune R:hornpipe Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G (3Bc^c|(3dba (3gfe d>^ce>d|B>GD>B, G,>B,D>G|E>cA>F D>cA>F|G>Bd>e d2 (3Bc^c| (3dba (3gfe d>^ce>d|B>GD>B, G,B,D>G|E>cA>F D>cA>F|G2 B2 G2:| |:(3B^AB|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>gf>e f>^d B2|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>gf>e f>^d B2| (3cde A>c (3Bcd G>B|(3ABc F>A (3GAB D>F|(3GAB (3DEF (3GBA (3GFE|(3DED (3CB,A, G,2:| |:e>f|g2 {a}g2 f2 {g}f2|e>Be>g b2 z2|b>^ab>c' b>af z|b>^ab>c' b>af z| g2 {a}g2 f2 {g}f2|e>Be>g b2 z2|(3bbb (3c'c'c' (3bbb (3c'c'c'|f>ba>f e2:| |:D>C|B,>DG>D B>D{F}E>D|B,>DG>D B>D{F}E>D|(3D^CD F>E D>=CB,>A,|G,>GF>A G2 D>C| B,>DG>D B>D{F}E>D|B,>DG>D B>D{F}E>D|(3D^CD F>E D>=CB,>A,|G,>GF>A G2:||

Flee as a Bird: Annotations