Annotation:Chattering Magpie (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
CHATTERING MAGPIE, THE (An Mheaig Chabach). AKA - "Aggie Whyte's Chattering Magpie." AKA and see "The Gun in the Thatch [1]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
Source for notated version: fiddler John Kelly/Seán O'Kelly (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed source: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 77, p. 35.
Recorded sources: Claddagh Records, Paul McGrattan - "The Frost Is All Over." Columbia 35612, "The Chieftains" (1978). Gael-linn CEFCD 114, Tony MacMahon & Noel Hill - " "I gCnoc na Graí" ('In Knocknagree'). RCA 09026-60916-2, The Chieftains - "An Irish Evening" (1991). Kevin and Sean Moloney - "Bridging the Gap." See also listing at Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1].