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 Theme code Index    3544 3522
 Also known as    Vexed Editor (The), What You Please (3)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    Morris
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Maude Karpeles & Derek Schofield
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 36
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1951
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   


Shepherd's Hey (1): Annotations

X: 1 T:Shepherd's Hey,aka. TJD.36 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 S:T.J.Dixon MS1, Lincolnshire, 1798 R:air A:Lincolnshire, Holton le Moor Z:vmp.R.Greig2010 B:Village Music project, Dixon, Thomas F:http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/abc/dixontj.abc K:C egf2|egd2|egfd|gfc2::ec fd|ecd2|ec fd|gec2:|]


X: 1 T:Shepherd's Hey [1],aka. ST.14 A:Staffordshire L:1/8 M:2/4 N:Time signature is given as 2/4 in ms. However first 4 bars have 3 N:croche N:/bar, and other bars have extra beats. I have retained this in abc. as N:"correcting" would involve more than a minor editorial decision. O:England Q:1/4=100 R:.Country-dance S:Anonymous Staffordshire MS, Early 19thC. Z:vmp.Tim Willets K:G "qu's"G/B/d/B/ cc|"qu's"G/B/d/B/ AA|"qu's"G/B/d/G/ cc/2e/2|\ d/2c/2B/2A/2GG:|! |:"qu's"g/d/c/B/ "^crs"cc|e/2c/2e/2c/2 AA|"qu's"g/d/c/B/ cc/2e/2|\ d/2c/2B/2A/2 GG:|! |:D/2G/2B/2G/2 D/2A/2c/2A/2|D/2G/2B/2G/2 AA|\ D/2G/2d/2B/2 D/2B/2c/2e/2|d/2c/2B/2A/2 GG|


X:1 T:Shepherd’s Hey [1] L:1/8 M:2/2 S:Headington version K:G B2d2c2c2|BcdB A2A2|BcdB ccBc|d2A2G3A| B2d2c2c2|BcdB A2A2|BcdB ccBc|d2A2G3|| A|B2G2c3A|B2G2A4|BcdB cBcA|d2A2G3A| B2G2c3A|B2G2A4|BcdB cBcA|d2A2 G4||