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Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin

slip jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on February 24th 2006 by Stewart.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Also known as Cuaichín Ghleann Neifín, Thuas Ag Gort An Chornáin.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
|:d2c|B3 B2c d2e|d2c A2c B2A|G3 G2A B2d|d2c A3 def|
g3-g2g f2g|e3 d2e f2e|d3-d2c A2F|G2F G3:|

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Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin sheetmusic
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Cuaichín Ghleann Neifín (Little Cuckoo of Glen Nefin)

The tune for the Gaelic song of the same name, also the theme for the Irish TV series Glenroe. A nice short little air, can be played like a slip jig or used as an intro to another slip jig such as The Butterfly.

The song was recorded by Aoife on her CD "Loinneog Cheoil"
http://www.aoife.ie/
And the words are here:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8998/cuaichin_ghleann_neifin.html

# Posted on February 24th 2006 by Stewart

Thuas Ag Gort An Chornáin

is the title of a song sung by Dolores Keane to the same tune:
the words of this song were once requested by a Philippa on
www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2747
it still cannot be got from the net...
Is any one you know up to the task?

# Posted on September 30th 2006 by birlibirdie

also; the tune is not sung as a slip jig, or in a modified form: the a is twice as long in the 4th bar for instance...
is this a jig for jiggers or a song for singers?...

# Posted on September 30th 2006 by birlibirdie

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