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The Hen And Her Brood

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on June 29th 2001 by CreadurMawnOrganig.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as The Hen And Her Clutch.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Hen And Her Brood, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
|~A3c ~B3G | Az ef gedB | ~B2AB BE~E2 |1 ~G3A BcdB :|2 ~G3A Bcdg||
|:efge ~a3z | efga gedg | efge abba |1 agge d2zg :|2 agge dedB ||

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The Hen And Her Brood sheetmusic
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From Fintan Vallely.

# Posted on June 29th 2001 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Another Setting

Courtesy of Josephine Keegan (from her collection A Drop In The Ocean). She calls the tune "The Hen And Her Clutch".

X:1
T:The Hen And Her Clutch
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:ADor
|:A3B AGED|Eeef gedc|BdAc BE (3EDE|G3A BcdB|
A3B AGED|Eeef gedc|BdAc BE (3EDE|G3A BcdB:||
|:eg (3ggg a2bg|egga gedg|eg (3ggg a2ga|bgef gedg|
eg (3ggg a2ga|bgef gedB|eg (3ggg agbg|agbg agfg:||

# Posted on July 24th 2005 by Aidan Crossey

"A Drop in the Ocean:
Traditional Irish Tunes collected by Josephine Keegan"
ISBN: 'none', self-published

http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/keegan1.htm

" ~ this new anthology compiles a selection of the tunes Josephine has been assiduously gathering since she was a child. ~ 260 reels, 54 hornpipes, 131 double jigs, 46 single jigs, 26 slip jigs, 33 miscellaneous tunes and 58 melodies recently composed by other musicians; in other words, more than 600 tunes in total."

http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/4940

# Posted on November 15th 2005 by ceolachan

Related to

Jolly Tinker
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1754

# Posted on April 1st 2010 by birlibirdie

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