X:1
T:Cuckoo [8], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:James Goodman music manuscript collection (County Cork, mid-19th century, Book 2, p. 145)
F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=148&z=329.8678%2C988.3832%2C10698.9529%2C3722.2222
F:Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G|c>de edc|A2G E2G|c>de edc|d3 d2G|
c>de edc|A2G E2G|g>fe d>ed|c3 c2||
c/d/|e2d c2e|A2d G2c|E>DC E>DC|D3 D2G|
c>de edc|A2G E2G|g>fe d>ed|c3 c2||
CUCKOO [8], THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Cuckoo [8]" was entered into the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper, wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist). Goodman researchers Hugh and Lisa Shields[1] find the melody used for a song in J.T. Surenne's (1814-1878) Songs of Ireland without words (1854, p. 49).
