Coo Coo Bird

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Also known as	Cuckoo Bird
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
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Accidental
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History	USA(Upland South)
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Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Clarence (Tom) Ashley
Title of recording	Anthology of American Folk Music vol. 3
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Folkways FA 2953
Year recorded	1952
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COO COO BIRD. AKA - "Cuckoo Bird." Old-Time, Song Tune. Learned (as were many of his tunes) by North Carolina musician Hobart Smith from John Greer, a neighbor. The piece is known as a banjo song and employs a special tuning ("sawmill tuning") of the instrument.

Recorded source: Folk Legacy FSA-17, Hobart Smith - "America's Greatest Folk Instrumentalist" (appears as "Cuckoo Bird"). Folkways FA 2953, Clarence (Tom) Ashley - "Anthology of American Folk Music, vol. 3" (1952). Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly - "Forked Deer" (1986. Version from Hobart Smith).

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