"Hawks and Eagles" is an American reel in 4/4 or cut time and D Major (Brody, Silberberg) or G Major (Spadaro). The parts are played AABB. It is played in standard, ADad or ADae fiddle tunings. The source for this tune is fiddler Norman Edmonds (1889-1976) and the Old Timers from Hillsville, southwest Virginia. The banjo tablature is by John Letscher who says "It comes from The Highwoods String Band and a really nice video of Walt Koken and Claire Milliner. It should really be just one part repeated 4 times, but there's a different sound to the B part." The A part is similar to the A part of "Nancy Blevins". It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983) and Banjo Picker's Fakebook (1985), Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995), Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002) and Spadaro's 10 Cents a Dance (1980). It was recorded by Norman Edmonds on Train on the Island (1973) and Norman Edmonds and the Old Timers, vol. 2 (2004), Michaels, McCreesh & Campbell on The Host of the Air (1980), The Highwoods String Band on Dance All Night (1975) and others.