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SHEEP SHANKS. AKA and see “Honorable Mrs. Maule,” "Linen Cap (The)," “Miss Maule's Reel.” Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole, Hunter): AABB' (Gatherer, Kerr). An 18th century composition by biography:Robert Mackintosh ('Red Rob', 1745-1807), a contemporary of fiddler-composer Niel Gow, originally titled “Miss Maule's Reel,” or “Honorable Mrs. Maule” (in MacDonald’s collection). It is among Mackintosh's more popular melodies among Cape Breton fiddlers.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; p. 12. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 252. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880’s; No. 98, p. 12. Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, Book 6); 1844. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 27.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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+'''SHEEP SHANKS'''. AKA and see “[[Honorable Mrs. Maule]],” "[[Linen Cap (The)]]," “[[Miss Maule's Reel]].” Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole, Hunter): AABB' (Gatherer, Kerr). An 18th century composition by [[biography:Robert Mackintosh]] ('Red Rob', 1745-1807), a contemporary of fiddler-composer Niel Gow, originally titled “[[Miss Maule's Reel]],” or “[[Honorable Mrs. Maule]]” (in MacDonald’s collection). It is among Mackintosh's more popular melodies among Cape Breton fiddlers.
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