"The Bird in the Tree", in Gaelic "An tÉan ar an gCrann", also known as "The Bird in the Bush" or "The Bird on the Tree" is an Irish reel in G Major. The parts are played AB (Breathnach, Moylan) or AABB (Brody, Miller & Perron, O'Malley). It is a very popular Irish session reel that has gained currency in other genres, including American contra dance circles and Cape Breton sessions. The tune was recorded on a 78 RPM by Michael Hanafin (1875-1970) under the title "Billy Hanafin's Reel" (Billy {1885-1924} was his brother and an associate of piper Patsy Tuohey's). Sligo fiddle great Michael Coleman popularized the melody through his influential 1924 78 RPM recording for Victor Records. It was first recorded in Cape Breton by musicians Johnny Wilmot and Tommy Basker. It was printed in Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann I (1963), Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983), Cranford's Jerry Holland: The Second Collection (2000), McNulty's Dance Music of Ireland (1965), Miller & Perron's Irish Tradtional Fiddle Music (1977) and Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, 2nd Edition (2006), Moylan's Johnny O'Leary (1994) and O'Malley's Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1 (1976).