Annotation:Shepherd's Daughter (1) (The)
X:1 T:Shepherd’s Daughter [1] T:Shepherd’s Flock R:reel Z:Michael Hogan M:C| L:1/8 K:G Bd|:e2ge edBd|e~A3 ed(3Bcd|e2ge edBc|dGBG DG(3Bcd| e2ge edBd|e~A3 AcBA|G2(3Bcd g2ga|bgaf gbag:|| eaaf g2ag|eaag edBd|e2af gbag|eede gdBd| eaaf g2ag|eaab c'bag|eaaf gbag|e2de gd(3Bcd:||e4|
SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER [1], THE. AKA and see “Dan Breen's Reel,” “John Egan's (Reel (3),” “John O'Neill's Reel,” “Shepherd's Flock (The).” Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Miller & Perron): AA'BB (O'Neill). Known especially as a flute tune, this melody appears as an untitled reel in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉirreann, vol. II (1976, No. 230). According to Philippe Varlet, it was recorded in 1928 by Galway flute player Tom Morrison, and by fiddler Michael Coleman on a private recording. The first strain of “Dan Breen's Reel” is similar to the second strain of “Shepherd’s Daughter,” while the 'B' part of “Merry Sisters (The) (of Fate)” is identical with the ‘B’ part of “Shepherd’s Daughter [1].”