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Sheet Music for "The Sheep Sheering"The Sheep SheeringBook: Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)Transcription: Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion



SHEEP SHEERING. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s third country dance collection (London, 1773).

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Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 36.

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