X: 1
T: Cock of the North (A major) / Chase Me Charlie / Auntie Mary / Auntie Mary had a canary / Joan's Placket / Joan's Placket is torn / Jumping John
C: traditional
O: Scotland/Ireland
R: Slide
N: also played in G major
N: some people play the 2nd part first
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from fiddle player Alison Riddell in 2011
D: 1973: Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts: Tin Whistles
D: 1974: Séamus Ennis (1919-1982): The Pure Drop
D: 1977: Pádraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford: Kerry Fiddles
D: 1977: Jimmy Doyle & Dan O'Leary: Traditional Music from the Kingdom of Kerry
D: 1978: Denis Doody: Kerry Music
D: 1980: Old Grey Goose: Maine Country Dance Music and Song
D: 1993: Pádraig O'Keeffe: The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master
D: 1995: Jackie Daly: Domhnach Is Dálach - Many's a Wild Night
D: 1995: Celtic Treasury - The Music of Ireland
D: 1995: Denis Murphy: Music from Sliabh Luachra (recorded 1948-1969, released 1995)
D: 1996: Joe Derrane, Jerry O'Brien & Bobby Gardiner: The Masters Choice
D: 1996: The Good Brothers: Gone So Long
D: 2001: Fiddlers 3: Fiddlers 3
D: 2002: Paddy Glackin & Micheál Ó Domhnaill: Athchuairt - Reprise
D: 2003: Williams & Bray: Bluegrass Hoedown
D: 2004: Joe Derrane & Jerry O'Brien: Irish Traditional Favourites
D: 2006: Paul Brock & Enda Scahill: Humdinger
D: 2006: Forrester's Cape Breton Scottish Dance Company: Music of Nova Scotia
D: 2007: Old Time Fiddle Kids: The Fox and the Fiddle
D: 2008: John Turner, Maynard Johnson, Sara Johnson & Sara Walthery: Favourite Scotch Measures
D: 2010: NicGaviskey: Home Away From Home
D: 2010: The Boise Highlanders: Raise the Pipes
D: 2011: Brock McGuire Band: Green Grass Blue Grass
D: 2011: Shanneyganock: The Tunes
D: 2013: Gwenaelle Pineau, Jeremie Legrand & Catherine Drapier: In Between Exile
D: 2015: MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band: A Big Step Forward
D: 2016: Bud Davidge & Sim Savory: The Instrumental Side of Simani
D: 2016: Fred Pearce: Sing, Say and Play
D: 2017: Bunoscionn: Hot Sup
D: 2018: Robert Armstrong Memorial Pipe Band: The Rams at Fergus Rock
N:
W: Auntie Mary had a canary Up the leg of her drawers
W: She was sleeping, it was creeping, Up the leg of her drawers
N:
N: Chords: | A - A D | A - E - |
N: | A - A D | A E A - :|
N: Version #1 of the second part:
N: | A D A D | A - E - |
N: | A D A D | A E A - |
N: | A D A D | A - E - |
N: | A - A D | A E A - |]
N: Version #2 of the second part:
N: | A D A D | A - E - |
N: | A D A D | A E A - :|
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=170
F:http://www.piper-frank.de/tunebook/trad/abc/cock_of_the_north_jig_a.txt 2024-03-28 175539 UT
K: A major % 3 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: A2B | cdc cBA cde fed | cdc cBA ~B3 Bcd |
N: cdc cBA cde fed | cdc BcB ~A3 :|
N:
N: P: Version #1 of the second part:
N: Ace | a2e f2e a2e f2e | cdc cBA ~B3 Bce |
N: a2e f2e a2e f2e | cdc BcB ~A3 Ace |
N: a2e f2e a2e f2e | cdc cBA ~B3 Bcd |
N: cdc cBA cde fed | cdc BcB ~A3 |]
N:
N: P: Version #2 of the second part:
N: Ace | a2e f2e a2e f2e | cdc cBA ~B3 Bce |
N: a2e f2e a2e f2e | cdc BcB ~A3 :|
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
A2B | "A" cdc cBA "A" cde "D" fed | "A" cdc cBA "E" ~B3 Bcd |
"A" cdc cBA "A" cde "D" fed | "A" cdc "E" BcB "A" ~A3 :|
N:
P: Version #1 of the second part:
Ace | "A" a2e "D" f2e "A" a2e "D" f2e | "A" cdc cBA "E" ~B3 Bce |
"A" a2e "D" f2e "A" a2e "D" f2e | "A" cdc "E" BcB "A" ~A3 Ace |
"A" a2e "D" f2e "A" a2e "D" f2e | "A" cdc cBA "E" ~B3 Bcd |
"A" cdc cBA "A" cde "D" fed | "A" cdc "E" BcB "A" ~A3 |]
N:
P: Version #2 of the second part:
Ace | "A" a2e "D" f2e "A" a2e "D" f2e | "A" cdc cBA "E" ~B3 Bce |
"A" a2e "D" f2e "A" a2e "D" f2e | "A" cdc "E" BcB "A" ~A3 :|