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Cock of the North (3)
X:1 T:Cock o' the North [3] D:Jackie Daly, "Many's a Wild Night", track 13(b) M:12/8 N:From the album notes by Ma/ire O'Keeffe: N:[T]he last two slides are versions of the well known N:"Cock o'the North". This is a common Scottish piping N:tune which can be found in 6/8 time in James Hunter's N:"The Fiddle music of Scotland" No. 299, where we are N:told that the Cock o' the North was an honorary title N:for the Duke of Gordon. The second tune came from N:the playing of Maurice O'Keeffe of Kishkeam who N:attributed this version to the playing of Johnny Billy, N:a far-out relation of Tom Billy's who was renowned N:for the sweetness of his playing. According to N:Maurice, Johnny Bill was a shy man and was never N:recorded. L:1/8 R:slide K:A "A" c3 "Bm" dcd "A" e3-e2 e | efe cBA "E" B3 BAB |"A" c3 "D" dcd "A" e3-e2 e |1 efe "E" c2 B "A" A3 A2 B :||2 "E" efe c2 "A" B A3-A2 e || |: "D" a2 e "A"c2 e "D" a2 "A" e c2 e | efe cBA "E" B3 B2 e |"D" a2 e "A" c2 e "D" a2 e "A" c2 e |1 efe "E" c2 B "A" A3 A2 e :|| 2 "E" efe c2 B "A" A3 A3 ||
