X: 1
T: Cuckoo's Nest (Reel) (D major)
C: traditional
O: America
R: Old Time / Bluegrass Reel
N: derived from the Irish Hornpipe
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from a recording of Norman Blake
D: 1964: Dan White & John W. Summers: Fine Times at Our House (Compilation)
D: 1973: Simon St. Pierre & The Dukes of Bluegrass: The Joys of Quebec
D: 1992: Norman Blake: The Fields of November / Old and New
D: 1994: Barbara Lamb & Vivian Williams: Twin Sisters
D: 1995: Butch Robins: Grounded Centered Focused
D: 1997: Mark Johnson: >Bridging the Gap
D: 1998: Donnie "Dobro" Scott: Generations
D: 2000: Nickel Creek: Nickel Creek
D: 2000: Lalla Rookh: Do You Want Kilts With That
D: 2004: John Balch & Jack Pearson: ~Hot~ Biscuit Jam
D: 2006: Jim Cornwell: At the Water's Edge
D: 2006: Beyond the Pale: The Music Plays Me
D: 2006: Pacific Ocean Bluegrass Band: Festival Kids
D: 2006: Cedar & Spruce: Beyond 9 Mile
D: 2006: Jordan Tice: No Place Better
D: 2006: Matching Ties: Across the Sea
D: 2007: The Parker Sisters: Side by Side
D: 2007: Bill Thurman: Fiddlin' for Fun
D: 2008: Charles Wood: Banjology
D: 2009: Mark Howard: Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Traditions
D: 2009: Queen City String Band: Drunken Billy Goat
D: 2010: Tim Kliphuis: Acoustic Voyage
D: 2010: Paul Friedman & Jody Kruskal: Paul & Jody
D: 2010: Erik Paquette: Sidetracked
D: 2011: The Ball Sisters Band: When Love Comes Calling
D: 2011: Emily Phillips: Old Time Fiddlin'
D: 2011: Kathy Barwick: In My Life
D: 2012: Dennis Elliott: Fiddler's Dream
D: 2012: Frank Peay: More Old Time Guitar
D: 2012: Stephen Wade: Banjo Diary
D: 2014: Bethany Bordeaux: Songs from along the Way
D: 2014: Spare Rib & The Bluegrass Sauce: Slow Cooked
D: 2014: The Accomplices: A Truck, a Train, an Old Dump Pile
D: 2014: Dave Holodiloff: Traditional Duets
D: 2015: Vi Wickam: Fiddle Tune a Day, Vol. 1
D: 2015: Modock Rounders: Old Tunes & New Blood / Legacy of Wilson Douglas
D: 2015: Brazos Bottom Boys: Mourning After Whiskey
D: 2018: Vi Wickam & Justin Branum: Armadillo on a Hot Tin Roof
D: 2018: Victor Furtado & Andrew Vogts: The Psycho Exploding Orangutans
D: 2019: Pickled Okra: 2 Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
D: 2019: Howard Naughton, Linda Cabe & Chad Ritchie: Home Recordings of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes
D: 2020: The Wissmann Family: Count Your Blessings
N: Chords: | D  -  | A  -  | C  -  | G  -   |
N:         | D  -  | D  G  | D  A  | D  D  :|
N:         | D  -  | D  -  | C  -  | C  -   |
N:         | D  -  | D  G  | D  A  | D  D  :|
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=175
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: A/B/c | d2dc d2ed | c2A2 A2AB | =c2cB cedc | B=cAB G2FG  |
N:         AFDF AFDF | fdAF G2FG |  AFAd fdAG | F2 D2 D2   :|
N: E/F/G | AFDF AFDF | AFAd fdAF |  GECE GECE | GE CE G2FG  |
N:         AFDF AFDF | fdAF G2FG |  AFAd fdAG | F2 D2 D2   :|
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
A/B/c | "D" d2dc d2ed | "A" c2A2     A2AB | "C" =c2cB     cedc | "G" B=cAB     G2FG  |
        "D" AFDF AFDF | "D" fdAF "G" G2FG | "D"  AFAd "A" fdAG | "D" F2 D2 "D" D2   :|
E/F/G | "D" AFDF AFDF | "D" AFAd     fdAF | "C"  GECE     GECE | "C" GE CE     G2FG  |
        "D" AFDF AFDF | "D" fdAF "G" G2FG | "D"  AFAd "A" fdAG | "D" F2 D2 "D" D2   :|