Cuckoo (1) (The)

CUCKOO [1], THE. AKA and see "Murray's Fancy Hornpipe (1)," "Dublin Hornpipe (2) (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Flaherty, Miller & Perron): AABB' (Mulvihill). This hornpipe is dissimilar to the "Cuckoo Hornpipe" in Christeson (USA) but is related to the "Cuckoo's Nest" family of tunes. Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded the tune in New York in 1921, under the title "Murray's Fancy." The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). See also "Canadian Jig", which shares the same second strain with "The Cuckoo [1]."

Sources for notated versions: flute, tin whistle and drum player Noel Tansey (b. 1940, Cuilmore, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]; flute player Séamus Tansey (County Sligo) [Miller & Perron]; accordion player Joe Burke [Taylor/Tweed].

Printed sources: Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 92, p. 23. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 307 (appears as untitled hornpipe). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 95. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 71. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 15. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 115. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 12, p. 91 (appears as "The Dublin or Cuckoo Hornpipe"). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 203. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice), 1994; p. 40.

Recorded sources: Columbia IDB 499 (78 RPM), Paddy O'Brien (1953). Outlet OLP 1007 - "The Best of Séamus Tansey" (1971). James Keane - "Roll Away the Reel World." Shanachie 34012, Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire - "Kiss Me Kate." Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway - "First Through the Gate" (2002). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2].

X:1
T:Cuckoo, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Billy McComiskey
Z:Transcribed by Jeff Myers
R:hornpipe
K:G
dc|BABd cBcA|d2 (3gfe dBGF|EccB AGFG|(3ABA (3GFE DG,B,D|BABd cBcA|
(3d^cd(3gfe dBGF|EccB AGFG|1 ADFA G2:|2 ADFA G2 ga|:b ~g3 dgBg|
b ~g3  dgBg|c'~a3ea^ca|c' ~a3 ea^ca|b ~g3 dgBg|b ~g3  dgBg|1 
(3aba (3gc'g (3fgf (3efe|(3ded^cd Bdga:|2 (3aba fa gfed|^cdef g2||

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X:1
T:The Cuckoo
M:C|
L:1/4
R:Hornpipe
S:Brian Conway
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D/G/|[GB]>d c/B/c/e/|d (3g/f/e/ d/B/G/F/|E<(~c A/)G/F/G/|
A/(F/G/)E/ D/G,/B,/D/|[GB]>d c/B/c/e/|d (3g/f/e/ d/B/G/F/|
E<~c A/)G/F/G/|A/D/F/A/ G:|g/a/|:b<~g d/g/B/g/|b<~g d/g/B/g/|
c'<~a e/a/c/a/|c'<~a e/a/c/a/|b<~g d/g/B/g/|b<~g d/g/b/g/|
(3a/b/a/ g/a/ f/a/e/f/|1 d c/d/ B/d/g/a/:|2 d c/d/ B/(d/g/)d/||

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