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X:1 T: Sheep, The C: Robert Whinham M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe K:G D2|GABc dGBd|eGce d2 Bd|



SHEEP, THE. English, Hornpipe (whole time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB. Composed by teacher, musician, composer, dancing master and fiddler Robert Whinham (1814-1893), originally from Morpeth.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - an unattributed late 19th century manuscript in the Beamish Museum [Dixon].

Printed sources : - Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 21.

Recorded sources: -



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