The Blackbird
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About this tune
The Blackbird is a four-part hornpipe in D major, written in C| time. The tune contains about 37 bars and spans from C3 to A4. See also set dance#6 Version 2 has taken the first part from another hornpipe called "The Stranger"
ABC notation for The Blackbird
GA | B3d A2Bc | d2AG F2DE | FGAF GBAG | F2D2 DFGA | ~B3d A2Bc | d2AG F2D2 | FGAF GBAG | F2D2 DE || |: FG | Addc dfeg | fded cAGB | Addc deag | f2d2 d2fe | dcAF GABc | d2AG F2D2 | FGAF GBAG |1 F2D2 DE :| 2 F2D2 DF || P:version 2 K:Dmix |: dc | B2BG A2 (3ABc | dcAF G2FG | AFDE FAGE | DEFG Aedc | B2BG A2 (3ABc | dcAF G2FG | AFDE FAGE | D2DC D2 :| |: (3EFG | Add^c d2 (3efg | fded =cAGB | Add^c dfag | f2d2 d2 (3gfe | d=cAF G2 (3AB^c | d2AG FADE | FGAF GBAG | F2D2 D2 :|