Annotation:Hen and a cock went out together (1) (A)

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 HEN AND A COCK WENT OUT TOGETHER [1], A (Cearc agus Coilleach a d-Imthigh le Cheile). AKA - "Hen and a Cock (A)." Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Joyce). Joyce remarks his is the "Connaught version: different from Petrie's Munster version (Ancient Music of Ireland)".  Source for notated version: "...copied...about 1873 from a MS. lent me from near Lough Conn, County Mayo" (Joyce).  Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 306, p. 143. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 1509, p. 377.  Recorded sources:

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