Sheep on the Mountains (The)

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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
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
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SHEEP ON THE MOUNTAINS, THE ("Na Caoire Air/Ar na Sleibtib" or "Na Caoirigh ar na Sléibhte").
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.
See also the related “Oh! Hag You Have Killed Me [1].”
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 (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 831, pg. 155. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 95, pg. 31.

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||