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Theme code Index	461H6 4411
Also known as	Hen's March to the Midden (The), Hen's March O'er the Midden (The), Cackling of the Hens (The), Duck's in the Midden (The), Hen's Concert (The), Hen's March, Major Hen's March
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Ireland, Scotland
Genre/Style	English, Irish, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish, Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	IRELAND(Ulster), ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:J. Collingwood Bruce & John Stokoe
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Northumbrian Minstrelsy
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1882
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Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Tune annotations

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T:Hen's March [1], The
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G|c>de>f|g>fe>d|c>d c/d/e|G2G2|c>de>f|g>fe>f|g>fe>f|g2 g>g|
g>fe>g|f>ed>f|e>d c/d/e|G2G2|c>Bc>d|efgf|edcB|c3:|
|:G|Gccc|cccc|cccc|cceg|Gccc|cccc|cccc|cceg|
cceg|cceg|c/d/c/d/ c/d/c/d|c/d/c/d/ eg|c/d/c/d/ c/d/c/d/ c/d/c/d eg|c/d/c/d/ eg c/d/c/d/ eg|
g>fe>g|f>ed>f|e>d c/d/e|G2G2|c>Bcd|efgf|edcB|c3:||

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T:Hen's March to the Midden,aka. JBa.04
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:1/2=90
S:Joseph Barnes MS,Carlisle,1762.
R:.Air
O:England
A:Carlisle
N:No key signature given. Version in Walsh MS 1730 is in Dmajor..NB -
N:the
N:marks above the notes are shown as short  vertical dashes above the
N:stave...CGr.
Z:vmp.C.Graebe.
F:http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/abc/barnes_j.abc	 2011-10-14 233410 UT
K:D major
"No Key Sig in MS,see note"\
d2A2 defg | a2 gf efde | "_Unclear" A2A2 dcde |\
fgfg "sh"g3 g|!
a4-agfa | gfeg fede | A3A dcde | fagf "sh"e4 | d8 :|!
|:."NB"d2.d2.d2.d2 | .d2 .d.d (f3a) | .d2 .d.d (bg3)|\
.d2 .d.d (f3a) |!
.d2 .d.d (b"^cr"g3) | .d2 .d.d (f3a) |\
(f3a) a4-|agfa gfeg |!
fede A3A | d2 de fagf | "sh" e4d4 |]

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