Birdie (3)

X:1 T:Birdie [3] M:4/4 L:1/8 S:The playing of Henry Reed, from a transcription by Alan Jabbour K:C c(cA)c (G>E) Gc|(^d(e d)B (AG)| (de) [e2e2] [e3e3] (e/d/|c)(cA)c (G/A/G/E/) Gc|(^de d)B (AG)|(de) (e^d) (df g) g2 ((3A/E/F/|G)[GB]AB [Ec][Ec]||(G|G)c c/d/c/A/ Gc c/d/c/A/| GB B/c/B/A/ GB B/c/B/A/|Gc c/d/c/A/ Gc c/d/c/A/| M:5/4 L:1/8 GB (B/A/)(B/c/) dc3||Gc| M:4/4 L:1/8 (eg e)(a/g/)| M:3/4 L:1/8 a)(ge)c (Gc) M:4/4 L:1/8 (g/B) A ((3A/B/c/ d/)(e/d/c/)|B2b2a2g2| M:2/4 L:1/8 c3||(G| M:4/4 L:1/8 G)c c/d/c/A/ Gc c/d/c/A/|GB B/c/B/A/ GB B/c/B/A/|Gc c/d/c/A/ Gc c/d/c/A/| GB (B/A/)(B/c/) d c3||

 BIRDIE [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). C Major. In the repertoire of Fiddlin' Cowan Powers 1877-1952? (Russell County, southwest Virginia) and Glen Lyn, Viriginia, fiddler Henry Reed. Reed's tune is identified by Alan Jabbour as the customary "Bridie" tune (the second and third parts) coupled with a strain from the tune usually known as "Fourteen Days in Georgia" (the first part of Reed's "Birdie"). Recorded sources: Folkways FTS-31039, "The Red Clay Ramblers with Fiddlin' Al McCandless" (1974) {learned from Henry Reed, Glen Lyn, Va., via Alan Jabbour}. Recorded by Fiddlin' Cowan Powers (b. 1877, S.W. Va.) for Victor in 1924, though the side was not issued. __NORICHEDITOR__