Cluck Old Hen

Hi everyone,
The song of the week is 'Cluck Old Hen' in the key of A. 

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Recordings
Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans - key of A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE2zPlDtKyg

Ralph Stanley - key of A 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEqpuvBwLIk

Jason Homey & The Snake River Boys - key of A
Cluck Old Hen - Jason Homey and the Snake River Boys - YouTube


Jam Videos
Jason Homey - key of A
Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology (cyberplasm.com)


Progression 
A-Part:
1  1/4  1  5/1 

B-Part:
1  1/b7 1  5/1
In the key of A: 1 = A; 4 = D; 5 = E; b7 (flat seven) = G. 
In the key of G: 1 = G; 4 = C; 5 = D; b7 (flat seven) = F.


Key
Although the melody of Cluck Old Hen consists only of the notes of the Am pentatonic scale, it is called at jams in A (Major) rather than A Minor because the '1' chord that is used in the chord progression for the song is an A Major Chord rather than an Am Chord ('1m'). To call Cluck Old Hen in A Minor instead of in A (Major) at a jam would imply that 1m Chords are to be played in place of 1 Chords.

In the attached standard notation melody sheet for Cluck Old Hen, I have used the key signature for Am (no sharps or flats, same as the key signature for C Major, the Relative Major of Am) instead of the key signature for A Major (3 sharps) to avoid the need to write natural signs in nearly every measure. I hope that my doing this makes the sheet music easier to read than if I had used the key signature for A Major.  


Song List
15 songs were played at last night's jam: 10 from the main list, and 5 from the additional songs list:
Before I Met You - D
Blue Ridge Cabin Home - C
Cluck Old Hen - A 
Gathering Flowers From The Hillside - C 
I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - C
Liberty - D
Little Cabin Home On The Hill - D 
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - E 
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - C
Wreck Of The Old '97 - G 
All The Good Times Are Past And Gone - C 
Beautiful Brown Eyes - C 
Bury Me Beneath The Willow - C
I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling - Bb
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - C

Happy Pickin',
Jason

Sheet Music:
Cluck Old Hen - banjo tab
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Cluck Old Hen - guitar tab
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Cluck Old Hen - mandolin tab
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Cluck Old Hen - melody in A
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