Annotation:Cuckoo (3) (The)

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CUCKOO (3), THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Joyce obtained the melody from the collection of Cork musician William Forde (c. 1759-1850), who acquired tunes in Munster and North Connacht in the 1840's.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 614, p. 316.

Recorded sources:

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