The Cuckoo's Nest

A hornpipe in the key of G

Sheet music, mandolin tabs, banjo tabs, fiddle and accordion score for The Cuckoo's Nest
Also known as An Spealad\'oir (The Mower)
Parts 2 and 3 sometimes played in opposite order for both versions.
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Abc notation for The Cuckoo's Nest
X:148 T:Cuckoo's Nest, The T:An Spealad\'oir (The Mower) R:hornpipe H:Parts 2 and 3 sometimes played in opposite order for both versions. D:Seamus Ennis: The Fox Chase D:Willie Clancy: Erin's Lovely Lea (?) D:De Dannan: Star Spangled Molly D:Conal O'Grada: The Top of Coom Z:id:hn-hornpipe-37 M:C| K:G
dc|BcBA GBdg|fdcB cedc|BcBG FGAB|c2A2 A2dc| BcBA GBdg|fdcB cedc|(3Bcd BG FGAc|B2G2 G2:| |:z2|dggf gabg|afd^c d2de|fede fgaf|gfdB cedc| BcBA GBdg|fdcB cedc|(3Bcd BG FGAc|B2G2 G2:| |:Bc|dBGB dBGB|dBcA G2AB|cAFA cAFA|cBAG F2BA| GABc dBdg|bgdB cedc|(3Bcd BG FGdc|B2G2 G2:| P:Version 2: |:dc|BcBA GBdg|fdcB cedc|BcBG FGAB|c2A2 A2dc| BcBA GBdg|fdcB cedc|(3Bcd BG FGAc|B2G2 G2:| |:Bc|dBGB dBGB|dBcA G2AB|cA=FA cA=FA|cBAG =F2BA| GABc dg~g2|bgdB cedc|(3Bcd BG FGAc|B2G2 G2:| |:z2|dggf gabg|afd^c d2de|=fede ^fgaf|gfdB cedc| BcBA GBdg|fdcB cedc|(3Bcd BG FGAc|B2G2 G2:| W:The Cuckoo's Nest W: W:There's a corner in the meadow where the lads and lasses meet W:Oh they do here what they couldn't do in the open street W:They play all kinds of games there, but the one I like the best W:Is where every laddie rumples up the cuckoo's nest. W: W:Chorus: W:It's high the cuckoo, low the cuckoo, high the cuckoo's nest W:It's high the cuckoo, low the cuckoo, high the cuckoo's nest W:I'll give any maid a shilling and a bottle of the best W:Just to rumple up the feathers of her cuckoo's nest W: W:I wooed her in the morning and I had her in the night W:She was my very first one so I tried to do it right W:I searched around and wandered and I never would have guessed W:If she hadn't showed me where to find her cuckoo's nest W: W:Chorus W: W:When she showed me where to find it I knew just where to go W:Through the underbrush and brambles where the little cuckoos grow W:From the moment that I found it, she would never let me rest W:From rumpling up the feathers of her cuckoo's nest. W: W:Chorus W: W:It was bushy, it was prickled, it was feathered all around W:It was tucked away so neatly and it wasn't easy found W:She said young man you're blundering, but I knew it wasn't true W:For I left her with the makings of a young cuckoo W: W:Chorus x2
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