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<!-- edit/replace the abc notation below corresponding to the tune for this page. Please take care to ensure the pre(format) start & end tags remain in place. Please supply values for as many of the tags shown in the template as known. Include other tags as needed. --> <pre id=abc> X:53 T:I Wish I Were A Bird % NFF Book 2014 C:Hermann Lohr (1871-1943), lyrics by Charles Kingsley S:collected from Rita Baker, Gulgong, NSW S:John Meredith Collection, NLA S:collected by John Meredith and Reg Kurtz and Bruce Kurtz B:J Meredith, R Covell, & P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p21, ISBN 0 86840 018 1 H:Rita Baker learnt this from her parents who both played fiddle for local dances F:https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2199202? F:https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4495214? R:Waltz M:3/4 L:1/4 K:D A|"D"d2c|"Bm"B2A|"G"G3|GAB|"A7"c2B|A2G|"D"F3|FEF| "G"B2A|G2F|"A7"E3|EFG|e2d|c>d c/B/|"D"A3|"A7"ABc| "D"d2c|"Bm"B2A|"G"G3|GAB|"A7"c2B|A2G|"D"F3|FEF| "G"B2A|G2F|"A7"E2c|c2B|A>BA|B2c|"D"d>dd|dDE|| "Bm"F>FF|FDF|"Em"G>GG|GFG|"A7"A>BA|B2c|"Em"edB|"A7"ADE| "D"F>FF|FDF|"Em"G>GG|GFG|"A7"AdG|EDE|"D"D3-|D2|| </pre> <noinclude> <!-- Additional notes and comments, links to related material, e.g. recordings, info on tune, collector etc can be included below this line using standard wikitext markup. --> <html5media>https://bushtraditions.wiki/recordings//I_Wish_I_Were_A_Bird.mp3</html5media> <br><caption>'''[https://bushtraditions.wiki/recordings//I_Wish_I_Were_A_Bird.mp3 I Wish I Were A Bird - played by Greg O'Leary]'''</caption> == Additional Information == Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:<br> | [[austtradpeople:Bruce Kurtz|Bruce Kurtz]] | [[austtradpeople:John Meredith|John Meredith]] | [[austtradpeople:John Meredith Collection|John Meredith Collection]] | [[austtradpeople:Reg Kurtz|Reg Kurtz]] | [[austtradpeople:Rita Baker|Rita Baker]] | <!-- Please DO NOT CHANGE any of the following lines. The category tags will be automatically created/updated when you save the page. --> [[Category:Tune]] [[Category:Key_D]] [[Category:Meter_3/4]] [[Category:Rhythm_Waltz]] </noinclude>

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