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X:1 T:Shearing the Sheep [2] M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F AG|F2D2D2|F2G2A2|c2A2G2|F4F2|F4G2|A2c2c2| d2e2f2|e2d2c2|d4c2|c4AG|A2c2c2|d2e2f2|e2d2c2| c2d2e2|f4d2|c2A2F2|F2G2A2|c2A2G2|F4F2|F4||

SHEARING THE SHEEP [2]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Minor/F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - "Mr. John Healy, Teacher of Smithstown National School near Castle comer, Co. Kilkenny (c. 1884). He was then over 70 years of age, and had learned these tunes early in life" (Joyce).

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 339, p. 156.

Recorded sources: -

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