Cock of the East and West

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Theme code Index	3355 4465
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Samuel Bayard
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife
Tune and/or Page number	Appendix No. 43, p. 590
Year of publication/Date of MS	1981
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COCK OF THE EAST AND WEST. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Prince Edward's Island. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Bayard (1981) collected these bawdy lyrics with the tune:

Cock of the East and West
And cock of the North and South,
And if you don't get out of me way,
I'll put me cock in your mouth.

Bayard says: "After reciting these lines, the player seemed to have some compunctions, for he promptly remarked 'I'm afraid you fellers has formed the idea that I'm drastic!' ('Drastic' was the word he habitually used to characterise anything lewd or outrageous)."

Source for notated version: Simmons (Prince Edward Island, 1930's) [Bayard].

Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; Appendix No. 43, p. 590.

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