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ETTRICK SHEPHERD. Scottish, Air or Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to Scottish poet James Hogg [1] (1770-1835), known as 'The Ettrick Shepherd'.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Pringle (A Second Collection of Strathspeys, Reels & Jiggs &c.), c. 1805; p. 5.

Recorded sources:

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-'''ETTRICK SHEPHERD'''. Scottish, Air or Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The words are by Scottish poet James Hogg [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogg] (1770-1835), setting by Niel Gow junior (c. 1795-1823), the son of Nathaniel and grandson of Niel Gow. He was "a keen amateur musician" who entered the medical profession, but died at age 28. James Hogg himself was known as 'The Ettrick Shepherd'.
+'''ETTRICK SHEPHERD'''. Scottish, Air or Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to Scottish poet James Hogg [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogg] (1770-1835), known as 'The Ettrick Shepherd'.
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