Annotation:Sheep on the Mountains (The)

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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||

SHEEP ON THE MOUNTAINS, THE ("Caoire air/ar na sleibtib (Na)" or "Caoirigh ar na sléibhte (Na)"). Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Mixolydian (Breathnach): D Major (O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). 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).”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - P.W. Joyce (1909) printed a version of the tune as an untitled jig from the Pigot Collection; piper Jack Wade, 1968 (Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 41, p. 24. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 833, pp. 403-404 (appears as untitled jig). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 831, p. 155. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 95, p. 31.

Recorded sources: -

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