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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

SHEP JONES HORNPIPE. See “Shepherd Jones Hornpipe.”

                          

SHEPARD JONES HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe USA, Long Island, New York. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Jones was the real life fiddler depicted in William Sidney Mount's 1845 oil painting Dance of the Haymakers. Source for notated version: the c. 1840’s/50’s music manuscripts of painter William Sidney Mount (1807-1868), of Setauket, Long Island, who obtained the tune from his friend, neighbor and fellow fiddler, Shepard Jones, dated February, 1854. The manuscripts are presently in the possession of the Long Island Museum of Art [Kuntz].

X:1

T:Shepard Jones Hornpipe

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:William Sidney Mount manuscripts, dated 1854

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

|: D/E/F/A/ B/F/A/F/ | D/E/F/A/ B B | B/c/d/e/ dB/c/ | d/e/f/e/ d/B/A/F/ |

D/F/A/F/ B/F/A/F/ | D/F/A/F/ BB | B/c/d/e/ dB/c/ | d/B/A/F/ EF/D/ :|

|: a2 f>e | d/e/f/d/ e/d/B/A/ | b2 a>g | f/e/d/e/ fe/e/ | a2 f>e | d/e/f/d/ e/d/B/A/ |

B/c/d/e/ dB/c/ | d/B/A/F/ EF/D/ :|

K:E_

E/F/G/B/ c/G/B/G/ | E/F/G/B/ cc | c/d/e/f/ ec/d/ | e/f/g/f/ e/c/B/G/ |

E/G/B/G/ c/G/B/G/ | E/G/B/G/ cc | c/d/e/f/ ec/d/ | e/c/B/G/ FG/E/ :|

|: b2 g>f | e/f/g/e/ f/e/c/B/ | g2 b>g | g/f/e/f/ gf/f/ | b2 g>f | e/f/g/e/ f/e/d/B/ |

c/d/e/f/ ec/d/ | e/c/B/G/ FG/E/ :|

                       

SHEPHERD, THE (An Aodaire). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (1850), 1979; No. 251, pg. 43. Tara Records 4008, “Josephine Marsh” (1996).

X:1

T:Shepherd, The

L:1/8

M:4/4

N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (251)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B>A|G3F E2 Bd|edBd e2 ge|dcBA G2 B2|cBAG A2 B>A|G3F E2 Bd|

edBd e2f2|g>agf e>fgc|B2 A>G G2||d2 g3a g2G2|Bcde edcB|Bdeb bagb|

{b/a/}b3 a g2 fd|Bdfa g2 e>f|g>agf e>fgc|B2 A> G G2||

                       

SHEPHERD BOY, THE. American, March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The note appears in Bayard "A Monessen (Pa.) Band tune" (martial band from southwestern Pa.). Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 361, pgs. 356‑357.

                       

SHEPHERD BOY'S MARCH [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Bill Driver (African‑American fiddler from Miller County, Missouri) [Christeson]. Christeson (Old-Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 13.

 

SHEPHERD BOY’S MARCH [2], THE.  Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. This pipe march, attributed to A. McSwayde, appears in the William Ross pipe collection and in David Glen’s bagpipe tutor. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 100, pg. 69.

                       

SHEPHERD IN/ON THE GAP. AKA and see "The Peeler's Reel/Policeman's Reel," "The Police/Peeler's Jacket [1]," "The Boys of the Lake [2]," "The Corkonian," "The Merry Blacksmith," "Ike Forrester's Reel [1]," "Paddy on the Railway," "The Railroad [2]."

                       

SHEPHERD KEPT SHEEP, A. English, Song. The air appears in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) under the title "In the days of my youth.” It also appears in Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. V, pg. 35. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 64.

                       

SHEPHERD OF HAFOD, THE. See “Bugail yr Hafod.”

                       

SHEPHERD, SAW THOU NOT. AKA and see "Crimson Velvet,” "In the Days of Old,” “Twas a Youthful Knight, Which Loved a Gallant Lady.” English, Ballad Air (2/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The air appears in Friesche Lust‑Hof (1621) and Forbes' Songs and Fancies (1666). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pgs. 166‑167.

X:1

T:Shepherd Saw Thou Not

T:Crimson Velvet

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Chappell - Popular Music of the Olden Times  (1859)

S:Forbes' Songs and Fancies, 1666

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G Dorian

G3A | B2c2 | A4 | G2B2 | A2G2 | ^F2D2 | G3A |

B2c2 | d4 | d4 | D2G2 | G2^F2 | G4 :|

B3c | d2c2 | B4 | A3B | c2B2 | A4 | B3A | G2d2 |

C2 B2 | A4 :: A3B | A2G2 | ^F2D2 | A2 Bc |

d2G2 | ^F2D2 | =B2 AB | c2=B2 | A2A2 | G4 :|

 

SHEPHERDESS [1], THE. AKA and see "Daphne."

 

SHEPHERDESS [2], THE (Nighean nan Caorach). Scottish, Jig (12/ 8 time). F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. This tune "commemorates a curious fact, that, little more than 50 years ago, there was no shepherd in the Highlands of Scotland, while, antecedent to that period, the whole care of the flocks devolved on a shepherdess, generally a firl in her teens, a period when love flutters round the heart, and may account in part for the number of love songs which are to be found of a pastoral turn in all ages, ‑‑ while the occupation of people more advanced in life afford less scope for them" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 224, pg. 91.

X:1

T:Shepherdess, The

T:Nighean nan Caorach

M:12/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

D|CFA c2B AFF ~F2G|(AG)A c2B AFE ~E2D|CFA c2B AFF ~F2a|

f>ed c2B AFD D2:|

f|e2d c2B A2B ~c2a|e2d c2B AFF ~F2a|e2d c2B A2B c2A|B>AB c2B FAA E2a|

e2d c2B A2B ~c2a|e2d c2B AFF ~F2 f/g/|agf edc (B>AB) cea|f>ed c2 B AFF E2||

 


SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER [1], THE. AKA and see “Dan Breen’s Reel,” “John Egan’s (Reel) [3],” “John O’Neill’s Reel,” “Shepherd’s Flock.” Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Miller & Perron): AA'BB (O'Neill). Known especially as a flute tune. The melody appears as an untitled reel in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉirreann, vol. II, No. 230. According to Philippe Varlet, it was recorded in 1928 by Galway flute player Tom Morrison, and by fiddler Michael Coleman on a private recording. The ‘A” part of “Dan Breen’s Reel” is similar to the ‘B’ part of “Shepherd’s Daughter,” while the ‘B’ part of “Merry Sisters of Fate” is identical with the ‘B’ part of “Shepherd’s Daughter [1].” Source for notated version: Roscommon flute player Patsy Hansley [Miller & Perron]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 230 (appears as untitled reel). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 3, No. 13. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 70. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 12. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 105. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 104. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann No. C18, Patsy Hansley – "From the Homes of Ireland" (1973). Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the Ladies - "The Back Door" (1992).

See also listing at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1
T:Shepherd’s Daughter [1]

T:Shepherd’s Flock
R:reel
Z:Michael Hogan
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
Bd|:e2ge edBd|e~A3 ed(3Bcd|e2ge edBc|dGBG DG(3Bcd|
e2ge edBd|e~A3 AcBA|G2(3Bcd g2ga|bgaf gbag:||
eaaf g2ag|eaag edBd|e2af gbag|eede gdBd|
eaaf g2ag|eaab c'bag|eaaf gbag|e2de gd(3Bcd:||e4|

X:2
T:Shepherd's Daughter, The [1]
T:John Egan's
R:reel
H:Played single or double. See also #315
D:Paul McGrattan & Paul O'Shaughnessy: Within a Mile of Dublin
Z:id:hn-reel-721
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
K:Ador
e3g edBd|eA~A2 eA (3B^cd|e2ge edB=c|dG~G2 dG (3B^cd|
e2ge edBd|eA~A2 B2BA|GABd efga|bgaf g2fg||
eaaf g2fg|eaag edBd|eaaf g2fg|egde gdBd|
eaaf g2fg|eaab =c'abg|eaaf g2fg|egde gd (3B^cd||
"variations"
~e2ge ed (3B^cd|eA~A2 BABd|eggd edB^c|dG~G2 BG (3B^cd|
~e3g ed (3B^cd|eA~A2 ABBA|G2 (3B^cd efga|bgaf gefd||
eaaf gefd|eaag ed (3B^cd|eaaf gefd|(3efg de gd (3B^cd|
e2af g2ag|eaab =c'bag|eaaf g2fg|(3efg de gdBd||

 

SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER [2], THE. AKA and see "Parson and Dorothy." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 or 2/2 time). G Dorian (Chappell): G Minor (Sharp). Standard tuning. ABC (Sharp): ABCC (Chappell). Chappell (1859) quotes Percy who states this air was a popular tune in the time of Elizabeth I, "being usually printed with her picture before it." The melody was printed by Playford. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 289. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 66.

X:1

T:Shepherd’s Daughter, The [2]

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:Sharp -  Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

D2|G3G ABcA|B3c B2d2|c2B2 ABcA|B4 B2D2|G3G AAcA|B3c B2c2|

c2B2 ABcA|B4 B2||d2|c2B2 ABcA|B3c B2d2|c2B2 ABcA|B4 B2d2|c2B2 ABcA|

B3c B2d2|c2B2 ABcA|B4 B2||d2|c3 B A2c2|B3A G2B2|A2G2 G2F2|G6 d2|

c3B ABcA|B3A G2B2|A2G2 G2F2|G6||

 

SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER [3], THE. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Source McCartney (1842-1908) was a professional piper written about by Francis O’Neill, who gave his name as McCarthy. Originally from County Cavan, McCartney also lived for periods in Carrickmacross, Dundalk and Ardee.  He came from a family of pipers; his father and four brothers and an uncle played, although George, who was lame, was instructed by the famous piper and pipemaker Billy Taylor in Drogheda. He played a double chanter on a set of fine silver-mounted pipes made by his teacher, but like many an old professional musician, he died in the poorhouse in Ardee. Source for notated version: George McCartney (County Cavan, Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 21, pg. 9.

X:1

T:Shepherd’s Daughter, The [3]

L:1/8

M:3/4

K:F

DE|FG A2 FG|AB c2 Ac|dAcA GF|GF D2 DE|F2 FGAA|

d2 dedc|dAcA GA|F4 FD|C2 AGFD|F2 AB c2|C2 FAGF|

GF D2 DE|F2 FG AA|d2 dedc|dAcA GA|F4||

 

SHEPHERD’S FLOCK, THE. AKA and see “John O’Neill’s Reel, “Shepherd’s Daughter [1]." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears as an untitled reel in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉirreann, vol. II, No. 230. Source for notated version: The Castle Ceili Band [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 119, pg. 32.

X:1
T:Shepherd’s Flock, The
R:reel
Z:Michael Hogan
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
Bd|:e2ge edBd|e~A3 ed(3Bcd|e2ge edBc|dGBG DG(3Bcd|
e2ge edBd|e~A3 AcBA|G2(3Bcd g2ga|bgaf gbag:||
eaaf g2ag|eaag edBd|e2af gbag|eede gdBd|
eaaf g2ag|eaab c'bag|eaaf gbag|e2de gd(3Bcd:||e4|

 

SHEPHERD'S HEY [1]. AKA ‑ "Shepherds' Aid." English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). F Major (Bacon‑Adderbury): G Major (most versions). Standard tuning. AB (Bacon‑Bidford, Bucknell, Longborough, Wheatley): AAB (Mallinson‑Headington): AABB (Barnes, Mallinson‑Adderbury, Fieldtown & Lichfield; Bacon‑Ascot, Adderbury, Brackley, Fieldtown, Headington): AABBBBBB (Bacon‑Ilmington): AABBAAABBBAAABBB (Bacon‑Lichfield). A (x12), BBB, AABBB, AABBB, AA (Bacon & Mallinson‑Bampton): AABBAACCAABBAACC (Bacon‑Bledington). The Shepherd's Hey is the name of several variations of a dance popular among Cotswold morris for full teams or as a morris jig for three men; in fact, it is probably the most famous morris dance melody and can be found in various forms throughout England. During the dance the dancer keeps patting himself on the cheeks, breast and legs “in a most curious way.” As one of the most widespread of the Cotswold morris melodies it was collected, with some variation, from the villages of Ascot‑Under‑Wychwood (Oxfordshire), Adderbury (Oxfordshire), Badby (Northamptonshire), Bampton-in-the-Bush (Oxfordshire), Bidford (Warwickshire), Bledington (Gloucestershire), Brackley (Northamptonshire): Bucknell (Oxfordshire), Fieldtown (Cecil Sharpe's name for the village of Leafield, Oxfordshire), Headington (Oxfordshire), Ilmington (Warwickshire), Lichfield (Staffordshire), Longborough (Gloucestershire), and Wheatley (Oxfordshire). The following ditties were sung during the dance, the first at Adderbury:

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Shepherds' Hey, clover too,

Rye‑grass seeds and turnips too.

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and at Bucknell:

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One can whistle, two can play,

Three can dance the Shepherds' Hey.

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Bayard (1981) points out that this tune resembles the first part of his Pennsylvania‑collected "Chase the Squirrel." The melody appears under the generic title "Scotch Reel" in the c. 1837-1840 MS of Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman], where it was probably employed as a country dance tune. See also note for "Hay." Source for notated version: George Hathaway, 1937, via Dr. Kenworthy Schofield [Bacon‑Bledington]; Blackwell & Giles, 1937 via Dr. Kenworthy Schofield [Bacon‑Brackley]: Robert Rolfe, 1951, via Peter Bentley and Rollo Woods [Bacon‑Bucknell]; A. Franklin, 1925, via Dr. Kenworthy Schofield [Bacon‑Fieldtown]; Leafield/Fieldtown fiddler Frank Butler [Sharpe]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 109b, pg. 45. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pgs. 25, 30, 50, 61, 94, 104, 127, 150, 194, 209, 240, 264, 307. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 117. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 36 (Headington version). Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; Nos. 25, pg. 14, No. 5 pg 4, No. 54 pg. 26, No. 65, pg. 31. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 93 & 73. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 42. Carthage CGLP 4406, Hutchings et al - "Morris On" (1983/1972). Cottey Light Industries CLI-903, Dexter et al - "Over the Water" (1993).

X:1

T:Shepherd’s Hey

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:Headington version

K:G

B2d2c2c2|BcdB A2A2|BcdB ccBc|d2A2G3A|

B2d2c2c2|BcdB A2A2|BcdB ccBc|d2A2G3||

A|B2G2c3A|B2G2A4|BcdB cBcA|d2A2G3A|

B2G2c3A|B2G2A4|BcdB cBcA|d2A2 G4||

 

SHEPHERD'S HEY [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (x4). A second, different tune, collected only from the village of Fieldtown (Leafield), Oxfordshire, in England's Cotswolds. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 155.

 

SHEPHERD'S HOLIDAY. AKA and see "Labour in Vain". English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was published by Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651). The alternate title “Labour in Vain” was also the name of an old tavern in England, whose sign was “illustrated by a woman with a Negro child in a tub, whom she is endeavouring to scour white” (Hackwood, 1909). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 47 (a facsimile copy of the Playford original). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 33.

X:1

T:Shepherd’s Holiday

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

d | d>ed g3 | f3 fe2 | d>ed cdB | AGA B/A/B/c/d/e/ | f>ed cdB | Bc>B B2 :|

|: d | d>ef dcB | f2d f2F | B>Cd BAG | d2G d3 |

G>AB GFE | B3 c>de/f/ | d>cB/A/ BA>G | (G3 G2) :|

           

SHEPHERD’S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “The Cairding O’t,” “Salt Fish and Dumplings.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is the vehicle for the song “The Cairding O’t” in Johnson’s Scots Musical Museum (No. 437, c. 1796), words by Robert Burns. The antiquarian Stenhouse said the air Burns used was “a lively old Scotch measure, called ‘Salt Fish and Dumplings’.” O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 17. Jerry O’Sullivan – “O’Sullivan Meets O’Farrell” (2005).

X:1

T:Shepherd’s Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G

B>A | G3A GABc | dBge dBAG | (cB)ce dBAG | E2A2A3B | (cB)(cd) (ef)(ge) |

dBAG (GF)(ED) | GBAc BdAc | B2G2G3 :: B | dBGB d2 (gf) | edcB cBAG |

(cB)cd (ef)ge | f2d2d3B | (cB)cd (ef)ge | dBAG GFED | GBAc BdAc | B2G2G3 :|

           

SHEPHERD'S JOY. AKA and see "Bara Fostus Dream", "Phoebus is laugh over de Zee". English, Ballad Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The air appears in Forbes Songs and Fancies (1666); the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book and Rossiter's Consort Lessons (1609) {as "Bara Fostus Dream"}; Friesche Lust‑Hof (1621), Nederlandtsche Gedenck‑clanck (1626), and Stichtelyke Rymen (1647) {as "Phoebus is laugh over de Zee"}. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 148.

 

SHEPHERD’S LAMB, THE. Irish, Polka. Green Linnet GLCD 1134, Cherish the Ladies – “Out and About.” Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies – “One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies” (1998. Learned from Maureen Glynn Connolly).

 

SHEPHERD’S SON, THE. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 15. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 41.

X:1

T:Shepherd’s Son, The

L:1/8

M:C

S:Gow – 4th Repository  (1817)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g/d/b g/d/b g/d/b/d/ d’/d/b/d/|c’/db/d a/d/g/d/ (f/g/a/g/ f/e/d/)c/|

B/D/G/D/ B/D/G/D/ A/D/G/D/ A/D/B/D/|E/G/c/e/ d[dg] [Af]D Dz|

g/d/b g/d/b g/d/d’/d g/d/b/d/|c’/d/b/d/ a/d/g/d/ (f/g/a/g/ f/e/d/)c/|

B/d/G/D/ B/D/G/D/ A/D/G/D/ A/D/B/D/|E/G/c/e/ d[dg] [Af]D D||

[B,D]|[B,D>][CE] [B,D][CE] [CE][B,D] [B,2D2]|[DB>][Ec] [DB][B,G] [D2B2][E2c2]|

[DB][B,G] [CF][B,G] [B,2G2] [C2E2]|[B,D>][CE] [B,D][Bg] z [DAf] [Bg][B,D]|

[B,D>][CE] [B,D][CE] [CE][B,D] [B,2D2]|[DB>][Ec] [DB][B,G] [D2B2][E2c2]|

[DB][B,G] [CF][B,G] [B,2G2] [C2E2]|[B,D>][CE] [B,D][Bg] z [DAf][Bg]||

 

SHEPHERD’S WALTZ.  See “Valse des pasteureaux.”

 

SHEPHERDS WALTZ ALONE. English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. One part. A modern composition by Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 195.

 


SHEPHERD'S WIFE [1], THE. AKA and see "Hesitation Waltz" (America?). English, Waltz; Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time) or Jig. G Major (Kennedy, Raven): E Flat Major (Gow). Standard tuning. AB (Kennedy, Raven, Silberberg): ABB (Gow): AA'B (Matthiesen). A jig or quadrille version of the tune appears as "Tennessee Hornpipe" in Bayard's 1981 collection (No. 499, pg. 458). Poet Robert Burns re-wrote a traditional song for Johnson’s Scots Musical Museum called “The Shepherd’s Wife,” beginning:

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The shepherd's wife cries o'er the knowe,
' Will ye come hame, will ye come hame?'
The shepherd's wife cries o'er the knowe,
' Will ye come hame again e'en jo?'
' O what will ye gie me to my supper,
Gin I come hame, gin I come hame,
' O what will ye gie me to my supper,
Gin I come hame again e'en jo?

***

Source for notated version: Steve Trampe [Silberberg]. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 375. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pg. 22. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc.), No. 1, 1991; pg. 10. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol.2, 1954; pg. 32. Matthiesen (The Waltz Book), 1992; pg. 43. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 139. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 143. F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band." Front Hall 024, Fennig's All Stars ‑ "Fennigmania" (1981).

X:1

T:Shepher’s Wife, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:”Slow, with expression”

B:Gow – Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1800)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Flat

B,|~E2F ~G2A|~B2e (ed).B|c>de {c}BAG|(FG)>E {E}E>DB,|~E2F ~G2A|

~B2e (ed).B|”tr”c>de {g}(fe).d|{d}e3 e2::e/f/|~g>a g2 (gf).d|e>fe {e}d2B|

“tr”c>de {c}BAG|(FG).E “tr”D>CB,|~g>ag {g}f2b|~e>fe {e}d2g|”tr”c>de {g}fed|{d}e3 d2:|

 

SHEPHERD'S WIFE [2], THE. Scottish. Bayard (1981) thinks the tune part of the parcel of tunes he groups under the standard of "Muirland Willie," variants of which include "The Northern Lass [1]," "The Auld Maid of Fife," "My Boy Tammie/Tammy," and "Forty Miles" (Pa.). This group is part of a much larger family‑‑see notes for "Lan(n)igan's Ball." A modernized and popular form of this old tune is called "A Rosebud By My Early Walk [1]," composed by David Sillar, formerly a merchant and then a schoolmaster at Irvine (Neil, 1991). Smith (The Scottish Minstrel), vol. 2, 1820‑24, pg. 20.

 

SHEPTON HORNPIPE. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune has been used for a polka step in the North‑West morris dance tradition. The second section appears in Bayard's Pennsylvania‑collected "Little Math Hamilton Tune" (1981; No. 191, pgs. 148‑149). Karpeles (Lancashire Morris Dance Tunes), 1930; pg. 6. Wade (Mally’s North West Morris Book), 1988; pg. 20.

 

SHERBORNE JIG, THE. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 and 3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (x3), AA (Mallinson‑Sherborne): AAAA,BBAAAA,BBAAAA,BBAAAA,BBAAAA (Bacon‑Sherborne): A,AABB,AABB,AABB,AABB,AA (Bacon‑Longborough). Collected from the villages of Longborough (Gloucestershire) and Sherborne (Gloucestershire) in England's Cotswolds. The step to the dance is different than most morris dances because of the 3/4 rhythm, similar to the one used in “Sweet Jenny Jones” (See Kirkpatrick’s remark for that tune). Sherborne, Dorset, was a bishopric created the king Ine of Wessex in 706, and the burial place of Saxon kings. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pgs. 264 & 288. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 68, pg. 32. Topic TSCD458, John Kirkpatrick - “Plain Capers” (1976/1992).

 

SHERBROOKE GLISE, THE. AKA and see "The Glise de/a Sherbrooke."

 

SHERBROOKE REEL (Le Reel de Sherbrooke). AKA and see "Glise de/a Sherbrooke."

 

SHERBROOKE SLIDE. AKA and see "Glise de/a Sherbrooke."

 

SHERBURN’S BREAKDOWN. Old-Time. County 773, John Ashby (Va.) And the Free State Ramblers - “Fiddling by the Hearth.”

 

SHERIDAN OF COOLCANIG (Ua Siridein Ua Cuil-Carraig). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "distinctly"). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: O’Brien [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 577, pg. 101.

X:1

T:Sheridan of Coolcanig

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Distinctly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903),  No. 577

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d/c/|A2 F G2 A|Bcd A2F|G2 {A/G/}F D2D|(D3 D2) A|ABc d2e|f2d efg|fdA ABc|(d3 d2)A|

ABc d2e|f2d efg|fdA ABc|d3 dcB|A2F G2A|Bcd A2F|G2 {A/G/}F D2D|(D3 D2)||

 


SHERIFF MUIR [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. It is perhaps the tune played (under the title “Sliamh an t’Shirreadh”) by piper Robert Mackay, of Lord Rae’s country, at the annual piping competition (originally the Falkirk Tryst) held at the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, in October, 1784 (as reported in the period journal Scots Magazine). Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 211. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 2.

X:1

T:Sherriff Muir (sic)

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Gow – 3rd Repository  (1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

{A}(e2 e)d ~c>d e2|~B>cdc B>c d2|{Ac} e3d ~c>d e2|A>Bc>A B2A2:|

cA (3ABA cA c2|dB (3BcB dB d2|cA (3ABA cA c2|A>Bc>A B2 A2|

cA (3ABA cA c2|dB (3BcB dB d2|cA (3ABA cA c2|A>Bc>A B2A2||

 

SHERIFF MUIR [2].  Scottish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 130.

X:1

T:Sheriff Muir [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G | G>AG gfz | ede dBz | G>AG g>ag | f3d2g | g>ag f2d | e>fg d2d |

ecA Ace | e3c2 || d | dBG dBG | ecA dBG | g>ag dBd | e3g2 :|

 

SHERIFF MULDOON'S. AKA and see “Bowlegged Tailor.” American, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. One of several compositions credited to “J. Hand” in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection. New York City researcher, writer and musician Don Meade finds the tune in O’Neill as “The Bowlegged Tailor.” He believes there were two brothers, James and John Hand, who were fiddlers in the Boston, Massachusetts, area in the mid-19th century. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 65. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 96.

X:1

T:Sheriff Muldoon’s

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G | GAG g^fg | ede d2B | GAG BAG | FAA ABA | GAG g^fg | agf e2d |

DEF GAc | BGG G2 :: d | dBG dBG | ecA dBG | gag dBd | cAA ABc |

dBg dBG | AEF GDB, | DEG ABc | BGG G2 :|

 

SHERIFF'S RIDE, THE. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). E Minor (Mallinson): C Minor (Bacon). Standard tuning. AB (x4), AAB. Collected from the village of Lichfield, Staffordshire, in England's Cotswolds. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 38, pg. 33. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 240. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 45, pg. 23.

 

SHER(R)IF'S WHIM. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 557.

 

SHERLOCKS. AKA and see “The Ballinakill Hornpipe,” “Fort at Kincora,” “Fort of Kincora,” “Galway Hornpipe [3],” “Joe Burke’s Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1, No. 71.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

 

SHERLOCK'S FANCY. AKA and see "Jack Maguire's Reel," "The Snake." Irish, Reel.. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The title refers to flute and whistle player Roger Sherlock, with whom the tune is associated. Sherlock was originally from County Mayo, directly on the border with County Sligo, and he is an inheritor of the south Sligo/north Roscommon musical tradition, although he spent much of his adult life in London where he played famously with other Irish émigrés throughout the 1950's and 1960's. He was the source for Breathnach's "Jack Maguire's" (CRÉ III, 105). Source for notated version: flute player Colm O'Donnell (b. 1962, Aclare, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 11.

 

SHERMAN'S MARCH (TO THE SEA). AKA and see "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine" [1], "Caledonian March."

 

SHERMAN’S REEL.  American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by George Saunders, “Professor of Music and Dancing.” The reel appears in his New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 18, pg. 55). The volume was republished by Oliver Ditson in the 1850’s.

X:1

T:Sherman’s Reel

M:2/4

L:1/8

C:George Saunders

B:Saunders - New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 18, pg. 55)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|(D/G/).G/.B/ (A/G/).E/.G/|(D/G/).G/.B/ e2|dg/f/ (e/d/).c/.B/|(c/B/).c/.e/ (d/B/).A/.G/|

(G/G/).G/.B/ (A/G/).E/.G/|(D/G/).G/.B/ e2|dg/f/ (e/d/).c/.B/|(d/c/).A/.B/ G:|
|:G|gg/g/ (g/b/).a/.g/|(g/d/).d/.d/ dB|(c/B/).c/.d/ e(c/e)|(a/g/).f/.e/ d2|

.G/(g/f/g/) .e/(g/f/g/)|.d/(g/f/g/) .B/(g/f/g/)|d/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|AGG:||

 

SHERMAN'S RETREAT. Old-Time, Waltz. USA, Indiana. C Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC'CCBB. Source for notated version: John Summers (Indiana) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 308.

 

SHERRAMUIR MARCH, THE. See note for “Battle of Sheriffmuir.”

                       

SHERWOOD FOREST. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, North‑West. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 80.

                       

SHERWOOD RANGERS. AKA and see “Duran Rangers,” "Durham Rangers" and "Merry Sherwood Rangers." Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Kerr): AA’B (Martin). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 9, pg. 43. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, Vol. 3), 1988; pg. 15. Fife Strathspey and Reel Society – “The Fiddle Sounds of Fife” (1980).

X:1

T:Sherwood Rangers

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:D

F>G|A>^GA>B A2 d>e|f>gf>e d2A2|B>cd>B A>BA>F|G2 E2 E2 F>G|

A>BA>^G A2 d>e|f>gf>e d2 A2|B>cd>B A>BA>G|F2D2D2||g2|f>ef>g a>fd>g|

f>ef>g a>fd>f|g>ab>g f>ba>f|e>^de>f e2 F>G|A>^GA>B A2 d>e|f>gf>e d2 A2|

B>cd>B A>BA>G|F2D2D2||

                       

SHE'S A DAUGHTER OF DANIEL O'CONNELL (Is Ingean Domnaill ui Connaill i). AKA ‑ "Is Ingean Domnaill Uí Connaill I." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 75. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 44, pg. 8.

X:1

T:She’s a Daughter of Daniel O’Connell

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 44

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

Bc | d2c2A2 | G2D2E2 | F2 (G4 | G2) z2 GA | B2B2B2 | c2A2G2 | (F6 | F4) Bc |

d2c2A2 | G2D2E2 | F2 (G4 | G2) z2 A2 | B2c2d2 | A2G2G2 | (G6 | G4) || GA |

B2c2d2 | e2c2c2 | f2 (d4 | d2) z2 dc | B2B2B2 | c2A2G2 | (F6 | F2) z2 Bc |

d2c2A2 | G2D2E2 | F2 (G4 | G2) z2 A2 | B2c2d2 | A2G2G2 | (G6 | G4) ||

                       

SHE'S A DEAR MAID TO ME. AKA ‑ "Is Cailm Muirneac Domsa I." AKA and see "She's The Dear Maid To Me." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard. One part. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 349, pg. 60.

X:1

T:She’s a Dear Maid to Me

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 349

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

A=B/^c/|d2A2 de|dc AG FG|{F}E4D2|D4 de|f2 ed d/e/f|e2 dc ed|c4 BA|A4 de|

f2 f/g/a gf|e2 e/f/g fe|fe dc AG|G4 A=B|c=B A2 fe|dc AG FG|E4 D2|D4||

                       

SHE’S A LASSIE FROM LANCASHIRE. English, Clog Waltz. D Major. Standard. AB.

X:1

T:She's a Lassie From Lancashire
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=90
R:Clog Waltz
Z:Chris Partington,..2003..
K:D
d2e|fdB|A2F|A3|E2F|GFE|F2G|A3|!
d2e|fdB|A2F|A3|e3|f3|e3-|e3||!
d2e|fdB|A2F|A3|E2F|GFE|F2G|A3|!
dfd|ecA|dfd|ecA|d3|e3|d3|]

                       


SHE'S AS FALSE AS SHE'S FAIR. AKA ‑ "Ta Si Com Cealgac Le Datamuil". AKA and see “She’s Fair and Fause,” "She's False as She's Fair and Bonny". Irish, English; Air (6/8 time, "gaily"). England, Northumberland. G Minor. Standard. AAB. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. The tune was printed by Gow (1806) under the title “She’s fair and Fause.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 513, pg. 90.

X:1

T:She’s as False as She’s Fair

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Gaily”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 513

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

B/c/ | d>ed c2B | A>BG ^F2D | G>AB {d}c<A^F | (G3 G2) :|

|| B/c/ | d2b {b}a2g | f<dg f2d | B>cB fed | c>dB AzF |

B>AB c>Bc | d2 G ^F2D | G>AB {d}c<A^F | (G3 G2) ||

 

SHE'S BONNIE AN' BRAW. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard. AB. From the Logie Collection, composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner labels it “For Flirtation.” Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 46.

X:1

T:She’s Bonnie an’ Braw

M:6/8

L:1/8
R:Jig

N:”For Flirtation.”

S:Skinner – The Scottish Violinist

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E | c>BA AGF | (EA2) A2 (A/G/) | FGA Bcd | (G3G2) (F/E/) | c>BA A2 G/A/ |

FAA A2 A/A/ | G>FE EFG | (A3A2) || G/A/ | Be^d cBA | G(B2 B2) B/A/ |

GAB AGF | (E3e2) e/e/ | f>ed cBA | GFF F2 A/A/ | G>FE EFG | (A3 A2) ||

 

SHE’S FAIR AND FANCY. See “She’s Fair and Fause.”

 

SHE'S FAIR AND FAUSE. Scottish, Slow Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland (No. 513) as “She’s as False as She’s Fair.” Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 373 (appears as “She’s Fair and Fancy”). Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 9.

X:1

T:She’s Fair and Fause

L:1/8

M:6/8

S:Gow – 3rd Repository

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

G/A/|B>cB {B}A2G|~F>GE {E}^D2B,|E>FG (A<F)^D|(E3 E2) G/A/|

B>cB {B}A2G|~F>GE ^D2B,|~E>FG A<F^D|(E3E2):|

|:G/A/|B2g (gf)e|(dB)e d2B|G>AG (dc)B|A>BG {G}F2D|

G>FG A>GA|B2E {E}^D2B,|E>FG (A<F)^D|(E3E2):|

 

SHE'S FALSE AS SHE'S FAIR AND BONNY. See "She's as False as She's Fair".

 

SHE’S FAR FROM THE LAND. AKA ‑ "Ata Si Fad O'n G‑Crioc.” AKA and see "Could the Voice That I Loved?" Irish, Air (6/8 time, "slowly and tenderly"). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 191, pg. 33.

X:1

T:She’s Far from the Land

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow and tenderly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 191

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F/E/ | DFA A2 F/A/ | Bcd {c}BA F/E/ | DFA A>Bc | d2A {G}F2 (3A/B/c/ |

dcd e2 d/c/ | BA F/A/ A2 d/>B/ | AF E/>D/ DdF | EDE D2 ||

 

SHE’S OWER YOUNG TO MARRY YET. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning. The melody was first printed in David Rutherford’s Complete Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1756), appearing the next year in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection. It was included in the 1790 music manuscript copybook of London musician Thomas Hammersley. In Scotland “She’s Ower Young to Marry Yet” is a strathspey and a song by poet Robert Burns. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), published c. 1800. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 36.

X:1

T:She’s  o’er young to Marry yet

M:C|

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

C|E G2 A cdec|cAGA dedD|E G2 A cdef|e/f/g de cCC:|

|:g|ecgc efga|ecgc e d2g|ecgc efga|ecdB cCC:||

 

SHE'S SWEETEST WHEN SHE SMILES. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 192, pg. 22.

X:1

T:She’s Sweetest When She Smiles

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 192 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A|FccA GFDG|FccA FffA|FccA GFDG|FCDE F3:|

|:c|fcfa gfde|fcfa fcfa|fcfa gfde|1 fcag f3:|2 fcag fdc||

 

SHE'S SWEETEST WHEN SHE'S NAKED [1]. AKA and see "Miss Faw's Minuet." Scottish, Air. The air appears in James Oswald's (1711‑69) collection Curious Scots Tunes (pg. 35). A pentatonic piece, whose ribald title was acceptable in the mid‑18th century.

 

SHE'S SWEETEST WHEN SHE'S NAKED [2]. AKA and see Miss Faw's Minuet." Scottish, Minuet. The minuet appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768. This minuet is a slower variant of version #1.

 

SHE'S THE DEAR MAID TO ME. AKA and see "She's A Dear Maid to Me." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "mournfully"). D Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. "The words of this rude, though very popular, ballad were printed from a broadsheet in Duffy's Ballad Poetry of Ireland. I have also a copy on a printed sheet not differing materially from this. I give the opening verse here. Hugh Reynolds was executed in Cavan in the year 1826, for housebreaking and attempted abduction. Pretty full details of the tragedy are given by Duffy along with the song. I knew 'Catherine MacCabe' about fifty years ago: but she was then a married woman, and of course bore a different name. The air has not been printed till now” (Joyce).

***

My name it is Hugh Reynolds, I come of decent parents,

Near Cavan I was born as you may plainly see;

By loving of a maid, one Catherine MacCabe,

My life it is betrayed‑‑she's the dear maid to me.

***

The maid being referred to as "dear" is an idiom meaning "I have paid dearly for her"‑‑"she has cost me dearly" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 285, pg. 135.

X:1

T:She’s the dear maid to me

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Mournfully”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Mixolydian

E|D2E G2A|A3 A2B|c2A G2E|(D3 D2) c/d/|e2d c2e|d3 c2B|A2B c2e|d3 c2d|

e2d c2e|d3 c2A|G2E DEG|A3 ABc|d2e c2A|A2B GED|E3 D2D|(D3 D2)||

 

SHE'S THE GIRL THAT CAN DO IT. AKA and see "Daniel of the Sun."

 

SHETLAND BOSTON. English, Jig. English Country Dance and Song Society ‑ "Traditional Dance Airs, 2." Alcazar Dance Series FR 204, Rodney Miller ‑ "New England Chestnuts 2" (1981).

 

SHETLAND FIDDLER, THE. Scottish (originally), Irish; Pipe Reel. Scotland, Shetland Islands. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The origins of this tune are somewhat obscure. It was published for the Highland pipes in Donald Shaw Ramsay’s The Edcath Collection (vol. 4, 1954), apparently its first appearance in print. Pipe-Major for the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band, Ramsay only claims credit for arranging the tune, and his source is unknown. Scottish recorded versions date to 1966 (Ian Powrie), and Derek Hoy remembers the tune was in currency in the 1970’s with the Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers. However, it does not appear in older Shetland collections, nor is it mentioned in older Shetland repertoire. Paul Stewart Cranford (1995) finds this tune related to (or derivative of) a 19th century hornpipe called “The Hawk,” by Tyneside fiddler and composer James Hill (although Hill’s tune is in the key of ‘E’ major). The tune was popularized by the group Altan, from whom the melody has gained some currency throughout Ireland. It is usually now paired with “Leslie’s Reel” in County Donegal.  Source for notated version: Altan, via fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 118, pg. 34. Green Linnet SIF-1095, Altan - "Horse with a Heart" (1989. Learned from Derry fiddler Dermot McLaughlin, who brought it home after a trip to the Shetlands). IONA 047, Barra MacNeils – “Traditional Album” (appears as 3rd tune of “Clumsy Lover” set). Nimbus NI 5320, Paula Doohan, Liz Doherty - “Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal” (1991). Odyssey ORCS 1051, Jerry Holland – “Fiddler’s Choice” (1999).

X:1

T:Shetland Fiddler, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D

d2fd Adfe|defg afdf|e2ge Beed|cdef {a}gece|d2fd Adfe|defg afde|

(3fga fd(3fga fd|1 Bgec d2 Ac:|2 Bgec d2 cd||:eAfA gAaA|fa{b}af gfed|

A2BA cAdA|efed cABc|dAeA fAgA|fa{b}af gefd|(3fga fd (3fga fd|1

Bgec d2 cd:|2 Bgec d2 Ac||

 

SHETLAND WEDDING--GRAND MARCH. Shetland, March (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Tom Georgeson. Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; pg. 38.

 

SHEWGLIE’S HARP. Scottish. The tune can be found in the Angus Fraser manuscript. The title refers to Alexander Grant, of the family of the Grants of Shewglie, born about 1675. Shewglie has been variously described as a plyer of violin and pipers, violin and harp, and harp and fiddle, and was known as a poet as well. His branch of the Grants were supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie, to whom he composed a poem of welcome in 1745. Though the elderly man did not take part in the battle of Culloden, he was denounced by loyal members of the Grant family and was imprisoned in London.  Despite a petition on his behalf, he remained in captivity until 1746, when he contracted a fever and died, though his son and a minister who had been imprisoned with them were allowed to return to their homes.

 


SHEW'S THE WAY TO WALLINGTON [1]. English, Slip Jig and Air. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. "'Shew's the Way to Wallington' has always held a premier position as a pipe tune in the fancy of small‑pipe players. The tune is, to use a colloquial expression, as old as the hills, but the ballad that was first adapted to it is lost. The verses here appended were composed by a person of the name of Anderson, a miller at Wallington, who hunted with his landlord (Mr. Blackett) upon a certain grey mare. On rent‑days Anderson, who was a good piper, used to go with the other tenents to pay his rent‑‑but not with money. Taking the pipes under his arm, he struck up and amused the landlord and tenants with his favourite tunes and songs the whole day long. The result of his piping was that he returned home with a receipt in full for his rent in his pocket, singing in triumph all the way to his little grey mare‑‑'Show Me the Way to Wallington'" (Bruce & Stokoe).

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O canny man, O shew me the way to Wallington,

I've got a mare to ride, and she's a trick o' galloping,

I have a lassie, beside, that winna give o'er her walloping,

O canny man, O shew me the way to Wallington.    (Bruce & Stokoe)

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Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 166‑167.

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T:Shew’s the Way to Wallington

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S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)

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|:dBd cAc B2G|Acf cAA ABc|dBd cAc B2G|dBg dBG ABc:|

|:B/c/dg B/c/dg B2G|A/B/cf cAc ABc|B/c/dg B/c/dg B2G|

B/c/dg B/c/dg ABc:|

|:G2g fed f3|cAf cAc ABc|G2g fef g3|B/c/dg dBG ABc:|

 

SHEW'S THE WAY TO WALLINGTON [2]. See "Show Me the Way to Wallington" [2].

 

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