Cuckoo's Nest (6) (The)

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 Theme code Index    5353 547bL2
 Also known as    
 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(Upland South), USA(Central), USA(Mid Atlantic)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Bayard
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Hill Country Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 8B
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1944
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 Title of recording    
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:The Cuckoo's Nest [6] M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel or Hornpipe S:Irvin Yaugher (Mt. Independence, Pa.), 1943 B:Samuel Bayard - Hill Country Tunes, 8b (1944) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix e>f|edcd edcd|ecdB G2 Bc|dBGB dBGB|dBcA G2z2| ABcd e2 af|g2 ec d2=c2|BcBA GABd|c2.A2.A2z2|| e2a2a3f|b2a2 e3f|g2e2g3e|a2g2d3e| e3c A2e2|g2 ec d3c|BABA GABd|c2 .A2 .A2||


X:1 T: Cuckoo's Nest [6], The N:From the playing of fiddler Ed Haley (1885-1951, Ashland, northeast Kentucky) M:C| L:1/8 D:Rounder 1133/1134, Ed Haley - "Grey Eagle" (1997) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/cuckoos-nest-1 Z:Andrew Kuntz K:Amix +slide+[e2e2]- |[ee]dcd [ee]zcd| edcB A2 Bc|dcBc dcdf|edcB A2 cA| ABcd ede^g|aba=g eded|cAB^G E2Bd|c2A^GA2([ce]-[de]-| [e2e2])[d2e2][e2e2][ce]d|edcB AdB-d|ccB-c dcdf|edcB A2 c-B| ABcd ede^g|abaf =gfge|dcB=G E2 Bd|c2 A2A2|| [AA]-[^GA]|[A2A2]a2 a-^gab|c'bc'2 e=gef|gfef gabg|agfe (d2 [d2f2])| edcd eded| a2 a-c' e2e2| cAB^G EGBd |c2 A2A2E2| +slide+[e2e2] [ee]f [ee]dcd [ee]dcd| edcB A2 Bc|dcBc dcdf|edcB A2 cA| ABcd ede^g|aba=g eded|cAB^G E2Bd|c2A^GA2([ce]-[de]-| [e2e2])[d2e2][e2e2][ce]d|edcB AdB-d|ccB-c dcdf|edcB A2 c-B| ABcd ede^g|abaf =gfge|dcB=G E2 Bd|c2 A2A2|| [AA]-[^GA]|[A2A2]a2 a-^gab|c'bc'2 e=gef|gfef gabg|agfe (d2 [d2f2])| edcd eded| a2 a-c' e2e2| cAB^G EGBd |c2 A2A2E2| [E2A2]a2a2a2|c'bc'2 e3f|g-fef gabg|a-gf-e [d3f3]f| edcd edeg|a2c'2e2d2|cAB^G E2 Bd|c2 [AA][^GA][A2A2]|| P:Substituion -- First measure, 1st time in 3/2: "*"+slide+[e2e2] [ee]f [ee]dcd [ee]dcd||


X:1 T:Cuckoo's Nest [6], The N:From the playing of fiddle and banjo player Roscoe Parish (1897-1984), N:of Coal Creek (near Galax), Carroll County, southwestern Virginia M:C| L:1/8 N:AEae tuning (fiddle) N:Parts sometimes doubled, sometimes not. The measure of 3/2 in the second N:strain is played consistently on repeats and is not an anomaly. D:Heritage/Galax 070, Roscoe Parish - "Old Time Way" (1986, recorded in 1973) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/cuckoos-nest-3 Z:Andrew Kuntz K:Amix |:"*"(cA|[A2e2])[Ae]c [Ae][Ae]cA|[Ae][Ae]cA [E3B3] [EB]|[E2B2][EB][EB] [EB]^G[EB][EB]|[EB]^GBG A3A | ABcd e2a2 |gefg e2d2|cABA ^GABA|c-A2A A2:|| A2-|A(Bcd) e2e2|c'ac'a e3e|[M:3/2]efge fd2d d2 dd|[M:C|]ed-cB A2A2-| ABcd e2a2-|gefg e2d2|cABA ^GABA|c-A2A A2|| P:Substitution [A2e2]-|[Ae][Ae]cA [Ae][Ae]cA||


X:1 T:Cuckoo's Nest [6] N:From the playing of fiddler Glen Smith (1923-2001), from a 1973 field recording by N:Kevin Delaney. Smith was originally from Woodlawn, Virginia, but moved as an adult N:to the Elizabeth, W.Va., area in middle age to work in the timber industry. M:C| L:1/8 D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/949 Z:Andrew Kuntz K:G Bc|dcBc dcBc|dcBA G2AB|cA=FF cFAF|c=FAF F2FE-| DE (3=FGA Bcdd|g^f-ec c2Bc|dBGB A^FAc|BGGG [G2B2]:| |:ef|g2g2 ggag|fdd2 d2eg|=f2f2 ffgf|ec2c c2Bc| dBGB d2gg|bgdB c2Bc|dBGB AFAc|B2G2[G2B2]:|