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HEN AND HER CLUTCH, THE (An Chearc is a hÁl). AKA and see "Galway Harebait (The)," "Hen and Her Brood (The)," "King of the Cellar (The)." Ireland, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A cognate, but distanced version, "Galway Harebait (The)," is from the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Canon biography:James Goodman, held at the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

Source for notated version: fiddler Tom Mulligan/Thomas Ó Maolagain (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ 1), 1963; No. 117, p. 48. Keegan (A Drop in the Ocean); No. 9.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]




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