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Annotation:Shearing the Sheep (1)
X:1 T:Shearing the Sheep [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 280, no. 1515 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:A EAAB ABcB|ABcA BFF2|EAAB ABce|faec d2(cB)| A3B ABcB|ABcA BFF2|EA (3ABA ABce|faec HA2 cd|| e2(ae) feaf|eaec d2(cd)|e2(ae) fefb|afec d2(cd)| e2(ae) feaf|eaec d2(cB)|c2(cB) cefb|afec dBcA!D.C.!|]
SHEARING THE SHEEP [1] ("Ag bearrad na caoire" or "Ag lomairt na gcaorac"). AKA and see "Red Haired Lass." AKA – “Dipping the Sheep.” Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB. "Shearing the Sheep (1)" is similar in both strains to the well-known session reel “<incipit title="load:Red" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Red Haired Lass">Red Haired Lass</incipit>.” Parts of the tune also bear a striking resemblance to parts of "<incipit title="load:Boys" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Boys of Portaferry (The)">Boys of Portaferry (The)</incipit>" and "<incipit title="load:Peter" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Peter Kennedy's Fancy">Peter Kennedy's Fancy</incipit>," both of which appear in the O'Neill publications. Paul de Grae is of the opinion the tune "may represent another product of variation-addict McFadden's creative imagination."
X:1 M:C| L:1/8 K:G BA|G2 GG G2 BA|GABA GEED|EGGA GABd|(3efg dB BAAB|
X:1 M:C| L:1/8 K:G BA|G2 BG AcBA|G2 BG GEDE|G2 BG ABce|dBgB c2 BA|
X:1 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G DGGF ~G2 BG|GABG ~AGEG|DGGF GABd|egdB AGEG|