Crib of Perches

 CRIB OF PERCHES, THE (An Chruid Péirsí). AKA and see "Creel of Perches." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian {Breathnach}: D Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part) {Cranitch}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cranitch): AA'BB' (Breathnach). Sources for notated versions: accordion player Paddy O'Brien, 1970 (County Offaly/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; sourced from both accordion player Joe Burke and flute, tin whistle and piccolo player Jack McGuire (County Cavan), father of fiddler Seán McGuire [McGuire & Keegan]. Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 180, pg. 9. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 69, p. 152. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 69. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 69, p. 19. Recorded sources: Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy - "Pride of the West" (2007). Graine Hambly - "Between the Showers" (2002). Matt Molloy - "Shadows on Stone" (1996). Viva W103, Sean McGuire - "Irish Jigs and Reels" (c. 1960's, a reissue of "Sean Maguire Plays," the first recording of McGuire that Josephine Keegan accompanied on piano). See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info.

X:1 T:Crib of Perches, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:D A3B AGFD | (3EFG AB =cBcA | G2 E=C G,CEG | =cAGc AG (3EFG | A3B AGFD | (3EFG AB =cBcA | df (3fgf edBd | cAGE ED D2 :| df (3fgf af (3fgf | dfdf edcA | (3Bcd ec d2 cB | AFGE FD D2 :||
 * df (3fgf af (3fgf | bf (3fgf gfed | cdef gece | Acef gfge |

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