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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#1763 (Shepherd's Daughter)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Shepherd's Daughter about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording WaMoDub (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Shepherd's Daughter, The / The Sheperds Flock [The Shepherd's Flock] / Major Moran's / Merry Sisters / John Egan's (3rd in set John Egan's Reels on WaMoDub) (compare Merry Sisters #6406 and #7727, compare with the 3rd and 2nd parts of Merry Sisters #1275, compare 1st part with 1st part of Traveller #3099 and with 1st part of Dan Breen's #217) (also in Mixolydian, also in E, also doubled)
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19898#2
[CmA 1] The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. Tommy Hunt (whistle).
~19907#2
[VK 1] Vinnie Kilduff. The Boys from the Blue Hill. Vinnie Kilduff (whistle, mandolin, guitar, keyboards, bass, bodhrán).
~199210#2
[CTL 3] Cherish the Ladies. The Back Door. Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán), Eileen Golden (feet), Winifred Horan (fiddle, feet), Maureen Doherty Macken [Mary Rafferty] (accordion, flute), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Cathie Ryan (vocals), Linnane Wick (feet).
19958#3
[WaMoDub] Paul McGrattan, Paul O'Shaughnessy. Within a Mile of Dublin. Paul McGrattan (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle).
~19956#2
[LkMgc] Todd Denman, Bill Dennehy. . . .Like Magic. Todd Denman (pipes, whistle), Bill Dennehy (fiddle, bouzouki).
~20026#2 (1:40)
[Boh 3] Bohola. Bohola. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion), Sean Cleland (fiddle, viola, baritone fiddle), Pat Broaders (dordan, bouzouki, vocals).
20046#3
[RogRd] Jason O'Rourke and Ruadhraí O'Kane. Roguery Road. Jason O'Rourke (concertina), Ruadhraí O'Kane (fiddle).
~20097#2
[PCrbry] Peter Carberry. Traditional Irish Music from Co. Longford. Peter Carberry (accordion, banjo, tenor guitar). For this tune: (accordion), with Angelina Carberry (banjo).
201211#2
[CtNGn] Caitlín Nic Gabhann. Caitlín. Caitlín Nic Gabhann (concertina, dance).
20122#2
[JKn 7] James Keane. Heir of the Dog. James Keane (accordion).
~201214#3
[ECottr 2] Eamonn Cotter. The Knotted Chord. Eamonn Cotter (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute), with Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Charlie Harris (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Seán sa Cheo		VK 1
Pepin Arsenault		CTL 3
Drogheda Lasses		WaMoDub
Old Man's Blackthorn Stick		LkMgc
Scatter the Mud		CmA 1
Reagan's		Boh 3
Drag Her around the Road		RogRd
Our House at Home		PCrbry
Elevated		CtNGn
Ladies' Pantalettes		JKn 7
I Wish I Never Saw You		ECottr 2
Played beforeOn Albums
A Punch in the Dark		CTL 3
Rolling in the Hay		Boh 3
Mullin's Fancy		CtNGn
Kilty Town		JKn 7

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #230 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
On page 105 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #13 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As reel #119 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #721 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1968
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