Annotation:Londubh agus an Cheirseach (An)

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LONDUBH AGUS AN CHEIRSEACH, AN (The Blackbird and the Woodlark). AKA - "Blackbird and the Hen (The)," "Blackbird and the Thrush (The)," "Cock and Hen (The)." Irish, Air or March (6/8 or 3/4 time). G Mixolydian/Major (Johnson): A Mixolydian (O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Sullivan finds related tunes in Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland (1855) and Bunting's 1840 collection under the titles "Cearc agus Coileach a d'imigh le cheile" and "Sweet Portaferry," respectively. Words to the air were recorded by Bunting from two County Mayo sources in 1802.

Source for notated version: According to the Index of Bunting's 1840 edition, the tune was noted at Ballinrobe, County Mayo, in 1792; O'Neill's version is taken from Bunting.

Printed sources: Bunting (The Ancient Music of Ireland), 1840; p. 5. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); p. 8. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1837, p. 345. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 7, pp. 9-10.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1053, Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell - "Uncommon Bonds" (1984).



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