George, I sure wish we could have made it down to Halifax. As it was we put 3000 miles on the car just seeing the west side of Cape Breton Island and the east half of Prince Edward Island! I sure hope to make another trip sometime.

Here's my abc of the version Clary Croft sings, is it as it appears in Folksongs of the Maritimes?

T:If I Was A Blackbird
Q:1/4=120
V:1
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:Em
E2|F3 E F2 |A,2 D2 E2 |F2 A3 B |
A4 A2 |A2 G2 F2 |F2 E2 D2 |A,2 G2 F2 |
E4 E2 |F3 E F2 |A,2 D2 E2 |F2 A2 B2 |
A4 A2 |A2 G2 F2 |F2 E2 A,2 |A,2 F2 E2 |
D4 z2 |]

(I hope my abc is readable.)

Can you give the full bibliographic info for the Folksongs of the Maritimes? I'm not finding it in my library catalogs (U of Arizona and Library of Congress). Thanks.

~ Becky in Tucson