The Quail is a Pretty Bird, aka Sandy Boys*


Key: A

Form: March, if slow; Reel if played fast

ABC

X: 1
T: Quail Is a Pretty Bird
O: from John Hartford who learned it from Gene Goforth
R: reel
Z: JPEG transcribed by briankwood
Z: ABC 2020 John Chambers 
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M: C|
L: 1/8
K: A
AB |:\
"A"ce3 e4 | edcA A2AB | cde=g ec3 | "D"d6 ef |\
"A"=ge3 e4 |
(3edc A4 AB | cAcA dc3 |1 A6 z2 :|2 A2 z4 \
|: eg |\
"A"abag e=ged | cAcd egeg |
abag edcA | "D"d6 ef |\
"A"=ge3 e4 |  (3edc A4 AB | cAcA dc3 | A6 :|

MP3: (Slow version for learning)

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Melody

High Harmony

Low Harmony

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Source: Trad.

Other Tunes in Set:

Region: USA

*Notes: See also another tune, or at least a distant cousin of Quail, called Sandy Boys.

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