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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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.
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Z:id:hn-hornpipe-37
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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