Cock in the Heath (2)

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Theme code Index	27L7L 7L12
Also known as	Blast of Wind (A), Clout (The), Drops of Springwater, Humours of Caledon (The), Humours of Westmeath (The), Kiss in the Furz (1), Rakes of Westmeath (1) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:O'Farrell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Pocket Companion vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 142
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1806
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COCK IN THE HEATH [2]. AKA and see "(A) Blast of Wind," "The Clout," "Drops of Springwater," "The Humours of Caledon," "The Humours of Westmeath," "Kiss in the Furz [1]," "The Rakes of Westmeath [1]." Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (vol. II, c. 1806) as "Cock in the Heath," although as "The Clout" it had earlier been printed in one of the Neale's collections of country dances in Dublin, 1726.

Printed source: O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 142.

X:1
T:Cock in the Heath [2]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
A2d FDD F2E | FDD G2B AFD | A2d FDD F2E | FDD FAF GEC :| 
|: G2c BdB c2A | BAG GAG cAF | G2c B{c}dB c2A | BAG FAF GEC :||