Annotation:Hen and a cock went out together (2) (A)
Tune properties and standard notation
HEN AND A COCK WENT OUT TOGETHER [2], A (Cearc agar coileac a d'imtig lé céile). Irish, Air. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody appears in Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland (1855), p. 162, and is related to Bunting's "Londubh agus an Cheirseach (An)." Petrie prudishly remarks "The Irish song to this air is also inadmissible in this work."
Source for notated version: T. Mac Mahon [Petrie].
Printed sources: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 1508, p. 377.
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