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X:1 T:Sheep Shanks M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys & Jigs, Book 6 (1844, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A g|a2 ed (cA)ec|Bcde fBbg|a2 ed (cA)ec|dfec A/A/A A:| e|cAEA cAec|Bcde fBfd|cAEA cAec|dfec A/A/A (Ae)| cAEA cAec|Bcde fBfd|ceae dfba|gefg aAA||

SHEEP SHANKS. AKA and see “Honorable Mrs. Maule's Reel,” "Linen Cap (The)," “Miss Maule's Reel.” Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole, Hunter): AABB' (Gatherer, Kerr). An 18th century composition by biography:Robert Mackintosh ('Red Rob', 1745-1807), a contemporary of fiddler-composer Niel Gow, originally titled “Miss Maule's Reel,” or “Honorable Mrs. Maule's Reel” (in MacDonald’s collection). It is among Mackintosh's more popular melodies among Cape Breton fiddlers.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; p. 12. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 252. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880’s; No. 98, p. 12. Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, Book 6); 1844. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 27.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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