Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on September 4th 2004 by snowyowl.
This tune has been added to 33 tunebooks.
Also known as The Hen's March O'er The Midden, The Hen's March Ower The Midden, The Hen's March To The Maiden, The Hens March Through The Middens, The Hens March To The Midden, The Hens March To The Middens.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Hen's March Through The Middens, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A2|:d2 A2 defg| agfe e4|dcde f2 f2| gfg^g a2 a2|
agfa gfeg|fedf e2 A2| df eg fa gf|e2 c2 d4:|
A2 c2 A2 c2|A2 c c3 e2 | d2 f2 d2 f2| d2 f f3 a2|
d2 g g3 b2| d2 f f3 a2 |d2 g g3 b2|d2 f f3 a2|
agfa gfeg| fedf e2 A2 | df eg fa gf|e2 c2 d4:|
Hens march
This tune goes really well with the four poster bed. In the B part on the fiddle you "scrape" the bow on the dotted crotchets. This is quite a slow reel
# Posted on September 4th 2004 by snowyowl
The supreme "daggy"!!
# Posted on September 4th 2004 by Kenny
Is this tune really supposed to have a 9-bar A-section and 13-bar B-section? I've heard it before and don't remember this . Also A sharps in the fourth bar - colourful. Intentional? Maybe the read better as B flats.
# Posted on September 4th 2004 by jakki S
Kenny: daaaag, pure daaag!
# Posted on September 4th 2004 by Dow
The Hen's March
I think that the abc is wrong.The series of eight quarter notes at the end of each part should be eighth notes.
# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd
Also, if you want to make a note sharp, you put the # sign (^) before the note, not after.
# Posted on September 5th 2004 by Dow
According to the Fiddler's Companion, this was originally a Scottish tune.
# Posted on September 5th 2004 by Dow
Fairport convention
I first learned this tune off the History of Fairport Convention album that my dad has on vinyl record, so i'm not surprised if nobody has heard of it but it's a really great set with the Four Poster Bed.
# Posted on September 5th 2004 by snowyowl
Abc
thanx for all the tips
# Posted on September 5th 2004 by snowyowl
i think it comes frome the Shettlands (as well as the 4 poster bed)
There was a good version on Dave Swarbrick "rags reels and airs".
It's also on the Dubliners "instrumental.".I think it's also played by Aly Bain..
Paul
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by paul95
From the Fiddler's Companion:
"Cooke ('The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles', 1986) claims the tune, while of British origins, survived in Shetland in near original form and was reintroduced to the Scottish mainland as much by the playing of Tom Anderson as by anyone else".
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by Dow
Alter ABC
Could someone alter the ABC as suggested above - it would be better for folks to see/hear the tune as it was intended. Thanks.
# Posted on September 10th 2004 by jakki S
Abc
happy now?
# Posted on September 13th 2004 by snowyowl
Hens March
I came running here to check, having just been asked by SO to give her the chords to this for her ukele ( ! ) and realising I'd never analysed the tune, just played it on the concertina; yes, it really is 8 bars ( repeated ) for the A part, and 12 bars ( repeated ) for the B.
And why not ?
You could use it as a 48-bar reel instead of a 3-part tune ( if it didn't confuse the dancing audience ).
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by Guernsey Pete
8 & 12 makes sense GP, the problem is with 9 & 13... See the dots. Fortunately the ABCs have been corrected...
So, let's see what chords you've decided to tie to this?
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by ceolachan
How daggy more can you make it? ~ by Kenny & Dow's estimation...
# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by ceolachan