Annotation:Cackling of the Hens (The)

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CACKLING OF THE HENS, THE. AKA and see "Hen's March to/o'er the Midden." English, Scottish. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This title appears in Walsh's Third Book (c. 1730) a collection of Lancashire tunes, although it is perhaps better known as "The Hen's March to the Midden."

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