Cock and the Hen (1) (The)

COCK AND THE HEN, THE. AKA and see "Cathal McConnell's Slip Jig," "Dennis Ryan's Slip Jig," "Whinny Hills of Leitrim (The)." Irish, Slip (or sometimes, 'Hop') Jig (9/8). B Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part) {Cole, Feldman & O'Doherty, Kennedy, Miller & Perron, Roche, Ryan}: F# Minor ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part) {Taylor}: C Major ('A' part) & A Minor ('B' part) {Joyce}. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Miller & Perron): AABB (most versions). The tune is sometimes called "Dennis Ryan's Slip Jig" (by, for example the Boys of the Lough) in honor of the County Offaly fiddle player. The group Lunasa called it "Cathal McConnell's" on their album "Otherworld," in honor of the Boys of the Lough flute player, while Josephine Marsh recorded it as "Northern Jig (The)" on her first solo album. A similar tune is the Donegal-associated "Doodley Doodley Dank." The melody appears in the c. 1785 music manuscript collection (as "The Cock and the Hen") of pastoral piper John Sutherland of Aberdeenshire, set in 3/8 time. The pastoral pipes were a precursor to the smallpipes.

Sources for notated versions: fiddlers Francie and Mickey Byrne (County Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty]; Fred Breunig (Brattleboro, Vermont) [Miller & Perron].

Recorded sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 66. Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 160 (appears as 1st "Untitled Slip Jig"). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 529, p. 284 ('A' and 'B' parts are reversed from Cole's & Roche). Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 12, p. 5. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 44. Roche Collection, 1913; vol. 2, p. 24, No. 252. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 97. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 53, p. 40.

Recorded sources: Shaskeen - "The Mouse Behind the Dresser." Patty Bronson and Laura MacKenzie - "Cherish the Ladies." Kells Music 9501, Dervish - "Playing with Fire." Chulrua - "Barefoot on the Altar" (appears as tune following "The Whinny Hills of Leitrim," despite the fact that the liner notes call it another version of "The Whinny Hills").

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1],
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2].

X:2
T:Cock and the Hen, The
R:slip jig
N:Also in F#m, see #14
Z:id:hn-slipjig-51
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:Bm
~B3 BdB fef|~B3 BdB cBA|~B3 BdB f2g|afd edB dBA:|
|:afd def g2b|afd def edB|afd def g2e|fed edB dBA:||

X:1
T:Cock and Hen, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (c. 1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
BcB BAB g2e | BcB BAB dcB | BcB BAB g2e | f2d e2B dBA :|
|: afd def g2e | afd def gfe | afd def g2e | fed e2B dBA :||

X:1
T:Cock and the Hen, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
N:noted in 3/8 time in the ms. 
S:John Sutherland music manuscript, c. 1785, Aberdeenshire
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
f/g/|afd def g2f|afd def gfe|afd def g2f|f2d e2c dBG:|
|:BdB BdB g3|BdB BdB dBG|BdB BdB g3|f2d e2c dBG:||

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