Annotation:Londubh agus an Cheirseach (An)
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LONDUBH AGUS AN CHEIRSEACH, AN (The Blackbird and the Woodlark). AKA - "Blackbird and the Hen (The)," "Blackbird and the Thrush (The)," "Cock and Hen (The)." Irish, Air or March (6/8 or 3/4 time). G Mixolydian/Major (Johnson): A Mixolydian (Bunting, Goodman, Haverty, O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Bunting, Haverty): AABB (most versions). O'Sullivan finds related tunes in Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland (1855) and Bunting's 1840 collection under the titles "Cearc agus Coileach a d'imigh le cheile" and "Sweet Portaferry," respectively. Words to the air were recorded by Bunting from two County Mayo sources in 1802. The tune (as "Blackbird and the Hen") was entered into vol. 2 (p. 148)[1] of the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uileann piper Canon wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist).
