Annotation:Shepherd kept Sheep (A)

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X:1 T:Shepherd Kept Sheep (A), &c. M:6/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:D'Urfey - Wit and Mirth; or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 5 (1725, p. 35) N: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87908399 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C B2|B3c B2 B3A ^G2|A4A2 c6|d3c B2 c3de2|e3de2c2A4| z4 z4 z2B2|B3c B2 B2A2^G2|A4 A2 c6|d3c B2 c3de2| e3d e2c2 A4|c2B2c2 d3cB2|c3B c2d6| 3Bc2 G3A G2|A>B A3B c4B2|B3cB2 B2E4| A3B A2 A2D4|G3F E2 c3de2|e3d e2c2A4||


SHEPHERD KEPT SHEEP, A. English, Air (6/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.

A shepherd kept sheep on yon mountain so high,
Fa-la-la- fa-la fa-la-la-la-la-la-la;
A shepherd kept sheep on yon mountain so high,
When a pretty young damsel came tripping there by:
Fa-la-la-la-la-la, fa-la-la-la-la, fa-la-la, fa-la-la, fa-la-la-la.

The air appears in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) under the title "In the days of my youth.” It also appears in Thomas D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. V, p. 35.



Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 64.

Recorded sources: -


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