Sheet Music: The Onehorned Cow

TitleThe Onehorned Cow
Alternate titlesThe One-Horned Cow
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyG major
RangeG4–G5
Time signature6/8
Tempo100 BPM
Performance time0:40
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2025-02-18
Last updated2025-02-18
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Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Tuesday 18 February 2025

Tune of the Day: The Onehorned Cow

Traditional Irish jig

This jig first appears in Francis O'Neill's celebrated collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903.

The phrase “one-horned cow” is sometimes used as a metaphor for a still, an apparatus for distilling alcoholic drinks.