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Thread #61809   Message #4107307
Posted By: cnd
23-May-21 - 10:25 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Cluck Old Hen
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cluck Old Hen
Ricky Skaggs regularly performs this song, often to close shows. I happened to record the show of his I went to; I'll post his lyrics in a following message. All the lyrical versions of the song I have are done in stanzas of 4 lines each, more like the lyrics way up towards the top.

I have 5 recordings of this song in my collection. Two are instrumental:
- The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Cloudlands 001 (circa 1975)
- Kyle Creed and Fred Cockerham, Clawhammer Banjo: Old Time Banjo And Fiddle Tunes (VARIOUS ARTISTS), County Records 701, 1965

There is a different instrumental song titled "Cluck Old Hen" recorded by Ed Weaver & Pug Allen on Appalachia - The Old Traditions: Blue Ridge Mountain Music From Virginia & North Carolina Volume 1 (Home-Made Music HMM 001, 1982). There are apparently some versions with lyrics, and the tune is 'similar', but not very. Read more here