John Riley the Shepherd

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Theme code Index	5557bL 125L5L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Art Stamper
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	2/4
History	USA(Upland South)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Claire Milliner & Walt Koken
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 344-345
Year of publication/Date of MS	2011
Artist	Biography:Art Stamper
Title of recording	Goodbye Girls I'm Going to Boston
Record label/Catalogue nr.	County CO-CD-2729
Year recorded	2000
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X:1
T:John Riley the Shepherd
S:Art Stamper
r:Transcribed from the playing of Craig Judelman, old-time fiddle tutor
r:at Camp Fire in the Mountain fiddle course August-September 2022
r:Starts off with A minor, G and E minor chords in A Dorian then gradually
r: replace the Am with a C and the Em with a G, and the Am at the end of 
r:the A part with a D.
r:The replacement chords for the B part can be G, C, G, C, G, C, G, D
L:1/8
K:G
d|:"Am" v[e2 e2] ud2 ve2 uJg2 |"G" veudv(BA) uG2 vAuG |"G" v(AB2) u(d B)v(AG)uF |"Em" v(DE3)u[E2G,2], (Jve2 | 
"Am" [e2 e2]) ud2 ve2 ug2 |"G" veudv(BA) uG2 u(AuG) | "G" v(AB2) ud v(BAG2) |1 "Am" u([JA4 A4] [A3 A3]) [de]:| 
|2"Am" u([JA4 A4] [A3 A3]) v([D/ A/](B/)||"Em"B2) u(BA) vBuAv(GF) |"Em" uE2u[E4G,4]v(A2|"Em"JB2) u(Bd) v(BA)v(GF)| 
"Em" uE2u[E4G,4]v(AB) |"Em" vB2 u[B2 G2] vBuAv(GF) | "Em" uE2uE2 vBuAvBud |"Em" ve ud3 vBuA vG2 | "Am" uA8 ||

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