“Cluck Old Hen” (Roud 4235), also known by variants like “Cacklin’ Hen” is a popular Appalachian fiddle and banjo tune. One of the earliest reported transcriptions of the tune dates from 1886. The earliest recording is attributed to Fiddlin’ John Carson in 1923. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluck_Old_Hen
Roud Index 4235: https://archives.vwml.org/search/all:combined/0_50/all/score_desc/extended-roudNo_tr:4235
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There are tons of variations of this old time tune. And there are lyrics! We’re keeping the tune fairly simple to use as the basis for a singing song for this Fall session.
These two videos are fairly close to our version, and both also demonstrate creating variations on a tune as you go through it each time.
Finger Lakes Fiddle Orchestra 