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BRITISH FOLK-MUSIC SETTINGS.(Lovingly and reverenetly dedicated to the memory of Edvard Grieg)

Nr 4. "SHEPHERD'S HEY". MORRIS DANCE TUNE.

(By kind permission of Novello & Co Ltd.)

4 variants, collected by

Cecil J. Sharpfrom the playing of the fiddler of the Bidford Morris dances (1906,) J. Mason, (Stow on the Wold,)

W. Hathaway (Cheltenham) & William Wells (Bampton.)

Dished up for piano

by

PERCY ALDRIDGE GRAINGER,

for setting for full band see BRITISH FOLK-MUSIC SETTINGS Nr 16.

for setting for room-music 12-some (flute, clarinet, horn, Cnocertina, &

8 strings) see BRITISH FOLK-MUSIC SETTINGS Nr 3.

See: MORRIS DANCE TUNES [set 2, Nr 4] (Novello & Co Ltd..)

and THE MORRIS BOOK (Novello & Co Ltd.)

both by Cecil J. Sharp & Herbert C. Macilwaine.

All held within the above square is meant to be used in full in programs, where possible.

This setting is not suitable to dance Morris dances to.

All big stretches may be played broken (harped).

FAST. (Presto) MM between 96 and 116

No pedal(senza ped)

shortish

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4

3

7

3

11

not short(non stacc.)

15

3

2

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3

23

27

31

3

short(stacc.)

merrily

The bigger printed notes should

be heard well above the others.

or(ossia)

louden

or

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34

3

37

40

3

43

4

chippy louden

hold back

slighty

louden

(or)

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47

50

3

3

53

3

56

3

5

short

short

short

(The bigger printed notes well to the fore and very clingingly)

below a note means that the last pedal is to be raised at the moment of striking the keys and pressed down again

as fast as possible

P

smooth

No pedal

short

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60

64

glissando

(withthumbnail)

67

3

70

3

6

louden richly louden quickly

don't break theseshort

top note

It doesn't matter exactly what

note the glissando ends on.

short

hold back

Bumpingly

or

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74

77

80

83

7

Clangingly

bright

lots

Quicken to the end.

huge

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86

89

92

slide(n

ottoof

ast)on

whitek

eys

(gliss,n

ontrop

peprest

o)

96

3

3

!

8

or

firmly

hold back

slightly

Fast

long

long

very fast or

Begin (as low as possible) & end (ashigh as possible) on any notes