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Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	P.W. Joyce
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
Tune and/or Page number	833/403-404
Year of publication/Date of MS	1909
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Sheep on the Mountains, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 95
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D||F3G3|A<dB cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|F3G3|A2d cAF|
~G3 AFD|G3 AFD|F3G3|A<dB cAG|AB/A/G/A/ D3|
AB/A/G/A/ d3|FFF GGG|A<dB cAF|~G3 AFD|GFE D2||
f|fed efg|afd cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|fed efg|
afd cAF|~G3 AFD|G3 AFD|fed efg|afd cAG|
A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|f3 ~g3|afd cAF|~G3 AFD|~G3 AFD||

X:2
T:Untitled
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”Softly and not too quick” (Miss G.).
B:P.W. Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, No. 833  (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Mixolydian
F3 G3|A3 cAG|A3 d3|A3 d3|F3 G3|A2d cAF|
G3 AFD|~G3 AFD|~F3 G3|A3 cAG|c B/A/G/A/ d3|
A B/A/G/A/ d3|FF/E/F/F/ GG/F/G/G/|A2d cAF|GGG G2A|GGG G3||
=fed e^fg|{a}afd cAG|A3 d3|~A3 d3|=fed e^fg|
afd cAF|G3 AFD|~G3 AFD|=fe3d e^fg|{f}afd cAG|
A3 d3|A3 d3|~f3 g3|{f}afd cAF|~G3 AFD|~G3 AFD||

Tune annotations

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 |f_accidental=2 sharps
 |f_mode=Ionian (Major)
+|f_structure=AB
 |f_book_title=Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
 |f_collector=P.W. Joyce
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 |f_page=833/403-404
 }}
-<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">
+=[[ANNOTATION:{{PAGENAME}}|Tune annotations]]=
-'''SHEEP ON THE MOUNTAINS, THE ("Na Caoire Air/Ar na Sleibtib" or "Na Caoirigh ar na Sléibhte")'''.
+<!-- REPLACE THE ABC CODE BETWEEN THE <PRE> </PRE> TAGS -->
-<br>
-Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian (Breathnach): D Major (O'Neill). Standard tuning. AB. Breathnach (1976) notes this was the version played in Fingal, North County Dublin, and that O’Neill prints another version.
-<br>
-See also the related “[[Oh! Hag You Have Killed Me (ver.1)]].”
-<br>
-P.W. Joyce (1909) printed a version of the tune as an untitled jig from the Pigot Collection. Source for notated version: piper Jack Wade, 1968 (Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 41, pg. 24. Joyce (''Old Irish Folk Music and Songs''), 1909; No. 833, pgs. 403-404 (appears as untitled jig). O'Neill (''[[Appears in::Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies]]''), 1903/1979; No. 831, pg. 155. O'Neill (''[[Appears in::Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems]]''), 1907/1986; No. 95, pg. 31.
-</font></p>
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 <pre>
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 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
 K:D
-D||F3G3|A<dB cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|F3G3|A2d cAF|~G3 AFD|G3 AFD|F3G3|
+D||F3G3|A<dB cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|F3G3|A2d cAF|
-A<dB cAG|AB/A/G/A/ D3|AB/A/G/A/ d3|FFF GGG|A<dB cAF|~G3 AFD|GFE D2||
+~G3 AFD|G3 AFD|F3G3|A<dB cAG|AB/A/G/A/ D3|
-f|fed efg|afd cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|fed efg|afd cAF|~G3 AFD|G3 AFD|
+AB/A/G/A/ d3|FFF GGG|A<dB cAF|~G3 AFD|GFE D2||
-fed efg|afd cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|f3 ~g3|afd cAF|~G3 AFD|~G3 AFD||
+f|fed efg|afd cAG|A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|fed efg|
+afd cAF|~G3 AFD|G3 AFD|fed efg|afd cAG|
+A3 ~d3|A3 ~d3|f3 ~g3|afd cAF|~G3 AFD|~G3 AFD||
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 <pre>
 X:2
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 afd cAF|G3 AFD|~G3 AFD|=fe3d e^fg|{f}afd cAG|
 A3 d3|A3 d3|~f3 g3|{f}afd cAF|~G3 AFD|~G3 AFD||
+</pre>
 </pre>
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-<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">
+=[[ANNOTATION:{{PAGENAME}}|Tune annotations]]=
-'''© 1996-2010  Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.'''
-<br>
+<!-- REPLACE THE ABC CODE BETWEEN THE <PRE> </PRE> TAGS -->
-Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni
-</font></p>