Annotation:Rob Shear'd in Her'st
X:1 T:Rob shore in Harvest M:3/2 L:1/8 R:Triple Hornpipe B:David Young – Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript (1734, No. 39) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F ABc2 F2A2 c4|AB c2F2A2 f2c2|AB c2F2A2 c4|G4 B3c d4:| |:f4 A2c2 dcBA|f4 Te3d ef g2|f4 A2c2 dcBA|B2G2 B3c d4:|]
ROB SHEAR'D IN HER'ST. AKA - "Rob Shore in Harvest." Scottish, Triple Hornpipe and Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFFGG (Oswald). The melody, written in the old hornpipe metre (3/2 time), appears earliest in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734."