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 Theme code Index    1H1H1H1H 2H555
 Also known as    Good Ax Elve, All Aboard, Forty Pounds of Feathers in a Hornet's Nest
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog, Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA(Mid Atlantic)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Bayard
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Hill Country Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 8a
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1944
 Artist    Ed Haley
 Title of recording    Parkersburg Landing (Ed Haley album)
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Rounder 1010
 Year recorded    1976
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Cuckoo's Nest [5] N:From the playing of Ed Haley (1885-1951, Ashland, northeast Kentucky), N:one of two distantly related tunes he called "Cuckoo's Nest" M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Reel N:Lots of little variations each time around. Haley was a very inventive fiddler. D:Rounder 1133/1134, Ed Haley - "Grey Eagle" (1997) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/cuckoos-nest Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D ((3[A,D][B,D][CD]|[DD])EDE FGA=c|dedB =cAAF|GFED =CDEF|EA,-A,A, A,2((3[A,D][B,D][CD]| [DD])EDE FGA=c|"*"d=cBB cAAF|GFED =CDEG|FDE^C D2:| Ac|d2d2d2 de|fded fdAB|=cccB c2cd|=cBAc BAGA| GBAG FAde-|fded fdAF|GFEC A,CEG|FD-D[CF]- [D2F2]Ac| d2[d2f2][d2f2][d2f2]|fded fdAB|=cdcB cedB|=cBAc BG-GA| BGAG FAde-|fded fdAF|GFED CDEG|FD-DE D2|| P:Substitutions "*"d=cBA BAAF||


X:1 T:The Cuckoo's Nest [5] M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel or Hornpipe S:Emery Martin (Dunbar, Pa.), 1943 B:Samuel Bayard - Hill Country Tunes, 8a (1944) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix ef/^g/|a6 a2|ba e2 e3f|g2f2g2g2|agaf d3f| e2 fg a2a2|a bag/f/ e2 (3fgf|edBA GABd|c2A2A2|| (e2|e)ccc AAcA|AcBA G2B2|[DB]dBA [DB]dBA|[DB]dBA G2B2| ABcd e2 fg|agaf d2 gf|edBA GABd|c2A2A2||