The Hen's March

jig

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on September 27th 2010 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Both Ears And The Tail by Martin Carthy And Dave Swarbrick
Celtic Connections - The Album by Various Artists
Dr. Dan Reid Memorial Challenge Recital 2006 by Various Artists
From Celtic Roots by Polkemmet Grorud Pipe Band
Highland Mandolin by Dagger Gordon
It's About Time.. by Calum MacKinnon
Ronan Martin by Ronan Martin
Tryst by Iain MacInnes

X: 1
T: Hen's March, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Edor
|: dBB B2 A | BGG G2 B | BAA A2 B | BGG G2 B |
dBB B2 A | BGG G2 B | AAA ABd |1 e3 g2 e :|2 e3 e2 f ||
gee a2 g | fdd d2 f | gee efg | fdd d2 f |
gee a2 g | fdd def | g2 e fed |1 e3 e2 f :|2 e3 g2 e ||
dBB ABB | GBB ABB | GBB ABB | e3 g2 e |
dBB ABB | GBB ABB | AAA ABd |1 e3 g2 e :|2 e3 e2 d ||
eaa a2 a | g2 e fdd | eaa afd | e3 e2 d |
eaa a2 a | g2 e fdd | edB ABd | e3 e2 d |
eaa a2 a | g2 e fdd | eaa afd | e3 g2 e |
dBB ABB | GBB ABB | AAA ABd | e3 e3 |

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

The Hen's March

4-part jig composed by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod.

# Posted on September 27th 2010 by Kenny

The Hen's March

Well done in re-listing this Kenny, the previous submission was a travesty. Another great tune by Donald MacLeod of Lewis. Probably under appreciated outside the piping and possibly Scottish dance scene as a composer. Some other well known tunes of his.... Crossing the Minch, Rory MacLeod, Wee Man From Skye, Duncan Johnstone, Glasgow City Police Pipers, plus countless others.

# Posted on September 28th 2010 by bogman

The Hen's March

Although composed by Donald MacLeod, the first three bars are identical to an older march called "I've Lost My Way" in David Glen's Collection; Glen's 4th bar contains the notes B E E E.
There is an old pibroch in Angus MacKay's MS collection called "The Hen's March to the Midden". The title is evidently a traditional one, as there is a quite different tune of the same name from Orkney.
In the '60's in Edinburgh, at a concert, Old Andrew Ross (of J & R Glen's shop in The Lawnmarket) and a fiddler decided they would play "The Hen's March to the Midden" for the audience, a title they both knew. But Andrew, being a piper as well as the pianist on this occasion, started playing Donald MacLeod's jig, and the fiddler played the other tune - with resulting chaos and hilarity.

# Posted on October 4th 2010 by siubhal

"The Hen's March" ~ a surviving fragment, 1 part of 4

Submitted on July 1st 2003 by Teslapiper.
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# Posted on February 22nd 2012 by ceolachan