Cuckoo (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	341H5 6L225L
Also known as	Murray's Fancy (1), Dublin Hornpipe (2) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Mozart Allan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Allan's Irish Fiddler
Tune and/or Page number	No. 92, p. 23
Year of publication/Date of MS	n.d. (1920's?)
Artist	Biography:Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire
Title of recording	Kiss Me Kate
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 34012
Year recorded	1978
Media
Score ()

CUCKOO [1], THE. AKA- "Murray's Fancy (Hornpipe) [1]," "The Dublin Hornpipe [2]." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 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."

Printed sources: Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 92, p. 23. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 307 (appears as untitled hornpipe). Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 71. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 203.

Recorded sources: Shanachie 34012, Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire - "Kiss Me Kate." Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway - "First Through the Gate" (2002).

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/||