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The Shepherd And Shepherdess polka

There is 1 recording of this tune.

The Shepherd And Shepherdess has been added to 2 tune sets.

The Shepherd And Shepherdess has been added to 37 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Shepherd And Shepherdess
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
c/d/e Aa|f2 fa|e>f ec|B/A/G/A/ Bc|
AE2B/c/|dB e/d/c/B/|ce Bc|A2 A>B:|
|:cA dB|cA A>B|cA ec|B/A/G/A/ Bc|
AE2B/c/|dB e/d/c/B/|ce Bc|1 A2 A>B:|2 A2 A2||
a/g/f/g/ ab|ag fe|c/d/e f/g/a|AG FE|
FD dB|cA e/d/c/B/|ceBc|1 A2 a2:|2 A2 A>B||
2
X: 2
T: The Shepherd And Shepherdess
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
c/d/e Aa|f2 fa|e>f ec|B/A/G/A/ Bc|
AE2B/c/|dB e/d/c/B/|ce Bc|A2 A>B:|
|:cA dB|cA A>B|cA ec|B/A/G/A/ Bc|
AE2B/c/|dB e/d/c/B/|ce Bc|1 A2 A>B:|2 A2 A2||
|:a/g/f/g/ ab|ag fe|c/d/e f/g/a|AG FE|
FD dB|cA e/d/c/B/|ceBc|1 A2 a2:|2 A2 A>B||
3
X: 3
T: The Shepherd And Shepherdess
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
B/c/d Gg|e2 eg|d>e dB|A/G/F/G/ AB|
GD2A/B/|cA d/c/B/A/|Bd AB|G2 G>A:|
|:BG cA|BG G>A|BG dB|A/G/F/G/ AB|
GD2A/B/|cA d/c/B/A/|Bd AB|1 G2 G>A:|2 G2 G2||
|:g/f/e/f/ ga|gf ed|B/c/d e/f/g|GF ED|
EC cA|BG d/c/B/A/|BdAB|1 G2 g2:|2 G2 G>A||

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Source

Transposed from Boldwood’s recording, and according to their sleevenotes is from unpublished manuscripts in the Vaughan Williams Library, Cecil Sharp House, London.

Re: The Shepherd And Shepherdess

There’s a lovely performance of this tune (in G and set with Playford tune “Maiden Lane”) by Christine Cooper & Jamie Huddlestone here: https://youtu.be/B8H8W7eAQJM


Boldwood play The Shepherd and Shepherdess live here: https://youtu.be/3x8o9LYordA and their album track is here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4NSD338CTge52ykXI3OyT5?si=mBqgeKJpT7SZfjnqYO6_LQ


I’ve made a document including both tunes in both tonalities, downloadable here: https://app.box.com/s/cvqqlvza932xt2qu7299gto4fd6btijw