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The Cuckoo's Nest

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 2nd 2002 by Brad Maloney.

This tune has been added to 87 tunebooks.

Also known as Canadian Reel, The Cuckoo, Dublin, Murray's Fancy.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

40th Anniversary Album by Armagh Pipers Club
A Living Thing by Various Artists
A Rake Of Reels by John Nolan
As Long As You're Enjoying Yourself by John Brennan And John McGillian
At Their Best. Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock by Sean Maguire
Blowing Through The Reeds by Steve Shaw And Martin Cole
Brian Kelly by Brian Kelly
Cape To Clare by Various Artists
Casey In The Cowhouse by Bobby Casey
Celtic Fiddle by Sean Maguire
Celtic Mouth Music by Various Artists
Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
Ceol Tire by Various Artists
Classic Recordings Of The Irish Fiddle Legend by Paddy Reynolds
Classics Of Irish Piping Volume 2 by William Andrews And Liam Walsh
Close To The Floor by Ashley MacIsaac
Come West Along The Road by Brian O'Connor
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 9 by Matt Cunningham
Film Cuts by The Chieftains
First Through The Gate by Brian Conway
For The Love Of Tara by Denis Lanctot
Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
Gogarty's Music II: A Decade On by Various Artists
Green Fields by Robin Bullock
Happy To Meet Sorry To Part by Various Artists
Hills Of Clare by Joe Fitzgerald
Images by Barde
In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
Irish Accordion Masters by Joe Derrane And Jerry O'Brien
Irish Dance Music by Chris Droney
Killultagh by Killultagh
Kiss Me Kate by Liz Carroll And Tommy Maguire
Mahervelous by Frank Maher And The Mahers Bahers
Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
Music For Peace by Gary Hastings And Frankie Gavin
Music From The Coleman Country by Various Artists
Music On The Wind by Sean Moloney
Now We Are Six by Steeleye Span
On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
Over The Edge by Moher
Pride Of Erin by Under-18 All-Ireland Champions
Purgatory Chasm by Skip Healy
Rags, Reels And Airs by Dave Swarbrick
Rig-a-jig-jig: Dance Music Of The South Of England by Various Artists
Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2007 by Various Artists
Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2008 by Various Artists
Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
Sean Potts by Sean Potts And Paddy Moloney
Seven Streams by The Turloughmore Ceili Band
Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
Standing Room Only by Eliot Grasso
The Ballydesmond Polka by Dan Herlihy And John Drew
The Banks Of The Shannon by Paddy O'Brien, Seamus Connolly And Charlie Lennon
The Best Of Irish Piping by Seamus Ennis
The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
The Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrath
The Ceilidh Album by Dave Swarbrick
The Clare Shout by Bobby Gardiner
The Fertile Rock by Chris Droney
The Flowing Tide by Chris Droney
The Funny Reel by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
The Gentlemen Pipers by Various Artists
The Gravel Walks: The Fiddle Music Of Mickey Doherty by Mickey Doherty
The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
The Hop Down by Breda Keville
The Minstrel From Clare by Willie Clancy
The Music Of Kevin Keegan by Kevin Keegan
The New Strung Harp by Maire Ni Chathasaigh
The Night Rambler's Companion by Harry Bradley
The Princess Royal: Dance Music From South Armagh by The Nine McCusker Brothers And Hugh Savage
The Ring Sessions by James Kelly
The Road Out Of Town by The Itinerant Band
The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
The Sound Of Coleman Country by Various Artists
The Star Spangled Molly by De Danann
Top Of Coom by Conal Ó'Gráda
Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
Traditional Fiddle Music From The Glens Of Antrim by Dominic McNabb
Traditional Irish Music From Galway And Clare by Bobby Casey, Gabriel McKeon, Raymond Roland, Liam Farrell & John Roe
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe Burke
Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
Tunes For Practice by Seamus Creagh
Undertones by Adrian Barker And Ben Stephenson
Valiant by The Sevens
Voyager: Ireland's Tin Whistle by Various Artists
Walking Stones by Ken Kolodner, Laura Risk, Robin Bullock

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I first heard this on a Michael Coleman recording but was inspired to learn it after hearing Seamus Ennis play it on the whistle, it goes pretty high on fiddle I just slide up into second postion for those high C's in the high bar. It works great on the whistle I cran the low D on the part that dips below D. It's a little challenging at first, but hey I think every tune is tough the first couple times through.
This tune has some strange "Reavy-ness" to it, but it's an old hornpipe that was probably written before Reavy was born.

Have Fun

# Posted on March 2nd 2002 by Brad Maloney

The Cuckoo's out ~

# Posted on June 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Oops! ~ variant part deux:

# Posted on June 6th 2005 by ceolachan

hmmmm, consistency ~ |: g>a |

# Posted on June 6th 2005 by ceolachan

I've heard this in sessions before. The parts are supposed to be repeated the way 'c' has transcribed it, right? As in, not the way Brad has it. Sounds like it needs 32 bars, not 16.

# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Dow

This is on "The Best of Seamus Tansey." More recently it was recorded by Harry Bradley.

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by slainte

32 bars!

Yes...

# Posted on October 9th 2007 by ceolachan

Cuckoos ~

“The Cuckoo’s Nest” / “Eamonn McGivney's”
Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on September 29th 2003 by lazyhound.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2020

"The Cuckoo's Nest"
Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on January 15th 2004 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2395

“Nyth Y Gwcw” / “Nyth Y Gôg” / “The Cuckoo’s Nest”
Key signature: D Dorian
Submitted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6101

"Nyth Y Gôg" / “Nyth Y Gwcw” / “The Cuckoo’s Nest”
Key signature: e minor
Submitted on November 17th 2006 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6380

"The Cuckoo's Nest"
Key signature: Bdorian
Submitted on January 10th 2007 by Merry-Hielander.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6619

# Posted on October 9th 2007 by ceolachan

The cuckoo

I heard it called the blackbird the swallow and the cuckoo

# Posted on May 6th 2008 by accordian ace

"Cuckoo" / "The Cuckoo's Nest" ~ rescued duplication

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on October 19th 2008 by brailsford.
~ /tunes/display/9019

X: 3
T: Cuckoo
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
dc |:\
BABd cBcA | (3dcd (3gfe dBGF | EcBc AGFG | (3ABA (3GFE DCB,D |
BABd cBcA | (3dcd (3gfe dBGF | EcBc AGFG |[1 ADFA G3 A :|[2 ADFD G2 ga ||
|: bg (3gfg dgBd | bg (3gfg dgBg | c'a (3aga eaca | c'a (3aga eaca |
bg (3gfg dgBd | bg (3gfg dgBg | (3aba (3gag (3fgf (3efe |[1 decd Bdga :|[2 decd Bdgd |]

# Posted on October 19th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Cuckoo's Nest" ~ a few other possibilities

~ sans > & (3

# Posted on October 19th 2008 by ceolachan

Fully swung ~

Oops! ~ I cut-and-pasted an older version of the swung one above, with missing bits and mistakes. Here is the correction, with the full swing of it ~

# Posted on October 19th 2008 by ceolachan