Sheep on the Mountains (The)

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 Theme code Index    3457 51H51H
 Also known as    Caoire ar na sleibtib (Na), Caoirigh ar na sléibhte (Na)
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 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Francis O'Neill
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 831, p. 155
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1903
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X:1 T:Sheep on the Mountains, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 95 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D||F3G3|A<dB cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|F3G3|A2d cAF|~G3 AFD|G3 AFD|F3G3| A<dB cAG|AB/A/G/A/ D3|AB/A/G/A/ d3|FFF GGG|A<dB cAF|~G3 AFD|GFE D2|| f|fed efg|afd cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|fed efg|afd cAF|~G3 AFD|G3 AFD| fed efg|afd cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|f3 ~g3|afd cAF|~G3 AFD|~G3 AFD||


X:2 T:Untitled M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:”Softly and not too quick” (Miss G.). B:P.W. Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, No. 833 (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D Mixolydian F3 G3|A3 cAG|A3 d3|A3 d3|F3 G3|A2d cAF| G3 AFD|~G3 AFD|~F3 G3|A3 cAG|c B/A/G/A/ d3| A B/A/G/A/ d3|FF/E/F/F/ GG/F/G/G/|A2d cAF|GGG G2A|GGG G3|| =fed e^fg|{a}afd cAG|A3 d3|~A3 d3|=fed e^fg| afd cAF|G3 AFD|~G3 AFD|=fe3d e^fg|{f}afd cAG| A3 d3|A3 d3|~f3 g3|{f}afd cAF|~G3 AFD|~G3 AFD||