Annotation:Cuckoo Minuet (2) (The)
X:1 T:Cuckoow Minuet by M.A. T:Cuckoo Minuet [2] M:3/4 L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks or the provenance of his N:ms. but it is probable he was from England. N:His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had possibly N:been in the possession of his descendants. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A2 AAAA|BcdcdB|eagfed|dc c2B2|AEBEcE|AEBEcE| c2e2 d>c|[F4c4] B2|ceceec|BABcdB|ceceec|BABcdc| ABcd e2 |GABc d2|Bcde gg|a4 g2|abagab|agfedc|c2B2A2|| aAAAAA|eAAAAA|fedc (3dcB|B2 BG E2|ABcdec|BABcdB| ABcdec|BABcdB|Aaaaaa |Baaaaa|caaaaa|Baaaaa| Aaaaaa|Baaaaa|caaaaa|Baaaaa|AaBaca|AaBaca|AaBaca| agfedc|gfedcB|fedcBA|(3dcB BA E2|ABcd e2| GABc d2|Bcdefg|a4 g2|abagab|agfedc|c2B2A2||
CUCKOW MINUET [2]. AKA - "Cuckoo Minuet by M.A. [2]." English, Minuet (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Burks): AABBCCDDEEFFGG (Winter). The "Cuckow Hornpipe" appears in the music copybook of violinist George Malecot, of Whitehaven, England, dated 1776-1779. The melody also appears in the music manuscript copybook of John Burks, dated 1821, ascribed to "by M.A." (a photocopy is in the possession of the ed.). Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England. No relation to "Cuckoo Minuet [1]." A similar version was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter, a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.
