Key signature: Amixolydian
Submitted on July 21st 2009 by bhambagpiper.
This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Goatherd And The Shepherd, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
|:cAA cAA|BGG BdB|cAA cAA|cAA efe|
cAA cAA|BGG BdB|cec dcB|~A3 ~a3 :|
|:cAA eAe|BGG BdB|cAA eAe|cAA efe|
cAA eAe|BGG BdB||cec dcB|1~A3 ~a3 :|2~A3 ~a2|]
|:e|fed c2A|cec ~d2e|fed c2A|cee efg|
fed c2A|cee ~g3|agf ~g2e|fdd ~d2:|
|:e|fdd add|ecc ~g2e|fdd add|fdd ~a2g|
fdd add|ecc ~g2e|agf ~g2e|fdd ~d2:|
As played ...
By Back of the Moon.
# Posted on July 21st 2009 by bhambagpiper
composer known? or is it a trad.?
and is it: one tune with several parts (the last one doesn't seem to belong there) or two tunes in a set; The Goatherd + The Shepherd?
# Posted on July 21st 2009 by birlibirdie
It is listed on the Back of the Moon CD as being trad. It also is not 2 tunes. It is one tune called The Goatherd & the Shepherd.
I don't know about the veracity of the ABCs however. They may very well be right. I will have a listen to the CD when I get the chance and see how I hear it.
# Posted on July 22nd 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
One tune
It's one tune and it's trad - no known composer. First published without a title in Patrick MacDonald's Highland Vocal Airs (c. 1784), then taken into the GHB repertoire and published many times, with variants of the present title and different details in the music from one version to another.
# Posted on July 22nd 2009 by Matt Seattle
I first heard this tune (almost as written here) by Angus Grant. It's on his LP 'Highland Fiddle' released by Topic in 1978. He follows it with 'The Curlew' and a grand set it makes.
# Posted on October 12th 2009 by The Archivist
Oh and by the way, Angus Grant calls it just 'The Goatherd'
# Posted on October 12th 2009 by The Archivist