Annotation:There's a chicken in the pot
Appearance
X:1 T:There’s a chicken in the pot M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:P.W. Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, No. 116, p. 59) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G DE|G2 GA B2 dB|B2 A2A2 BA|G2 GA B2d2|d2A2A2 Bc|| d2d2d2 Bd|e2f2 !fermata!g2 ge|dBAG AcBA|G2E2E2||
THERE'S A CHICKEN IN THE POT. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
There's a chicken in the pot for you young man, There's a chicken in the pot for you young man; The meat for thee,
And the broth for me,
And the bones for the tar with his trousers on. (Joyce).