Cluck Old Hen

"Cluck Old Hen" (Roud 4235), also known by variants like "Cacklin' Hen", is a popular Appalachian old time tune usually in the mixolydian or dorian mode (as in the score below which is in A dorian). It is played either as an instrumental or with lyrics, which vary from one version to another. One of the earliest reported transcriptions of the tune dates from 1886. The earliest audio recording is attributed to Fiddlin' John Carson, in 1923.

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