Annotation:Two Birds on a Tree
X: 1 T: Two Birds on a Tree S: "Treoir" M: 4/4 L: 1/8 R: hornpipe Z: Transcribed by Bill Black K: G DE/G/ | A2 BA EAAA | Bc/d/ AB G2 AG | GAAA BAGA | (3BAB de gedB | A2 BA EAAA | Bc/d/ AB G2 AG | GAAA BAGA | BA/B/ dB A2 :| dc | BA/G/ Bd g2 ga | ba/g/ ag/f/ gedc | BA/G/ Bd g2 ga | ba/g/ af/g/ gfga | bagb agef | gedB AE ED/E/ | GABd dBeb | dBAB G2 :|
TWO BIRDS IN A TREE (Dhá Éan ar an gCrann). AKA – “Two Birds in a Bush.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Breathnach (1976) says the tune is related to “The Bird in the Tree/Bush” and that because of the resemblance fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe gave it the slightly altered title.