Gathering Sheep

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on February 19th 2005 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy

X: 1
T: Gathering Sheep
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
ag | f2 df edBA | fAdf a3 g | f2 df edBA | (3 Bcd ed B3 g |
fAdf edBA | fAdf a3 g | fAdf edBA |(3 Bcd ed B3 A |
|:FBBA FADA | FBBA Bc d2 | FBBA Bcde |1 fedf e2 dc :|2 fedf e4 |

Clonmel 1994

The last Fleadh I was at in Ireland was Clonmel in 1994. I recorded a ceili band playing this tune on the back of a lorry in the middle of the town. Anyone recognise it?

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by Kenny

I learned this tune from NH box player Bob Abrams as The Cow in the Bonnet.

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by jdicarlo

Thanks..

Interesting title. Do you know where he got that from? Pardon my Scottish ignorance, but what's "NH"? New Hampshire, as a guess?

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by Kenny

A google search gave me his album with a tune called The Cow *On* The Bonnet, with a possible alternative title of The Road To Cuil Aodha.

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by Dow

http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/498, track 6 3rd tune, same?

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by Dow

Link to recording

I've accepted the 2 names given by the lads above. I see that "The Road To Cuil Aodha" is coming up on a recording by Eoin Duignan. The track listing for that CD doesn't have any traditional tunes that I recognise the names of, and none that have been posted on this site, so it's possible, maybe even probable, that all the tunes on that recording, including this one, were composed by Eoin Duignan.

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by Kenny

Of course, The Cow *on* the Bonnet wouldn't make sense to a Statesider - it would have to be The Cow on the *Hood*. The Cow *in* the Bonnet, on the other hand, makes perfect sense - at least, it did in the days when cows wore bonnets.

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by granama

Now, what days were those, exactly, David? *smirk*

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by Zina Lee

This is a different tune from that on the Mulcahy Family CD. I have posted the Mulcahy Family version to day. THey say Seamus Creagh at a session in Ballymakerra 12 years ago (from year 2000)

# Posted on June 25th 2005 by kiwi

Odd...

This is on the 2nd Mulcahy family CD as "Gathering Sheep", composed by Peadar O'Riada.
It would be strange if it was on their 1st CD as well.
I've changed the title.

# Posted on October 12th 2005 by Kenny