Sheet Music: The Old Horned Sheep

TitleThe Old Horned Sheep
Alternate titlesThe Boss
The Pet in the Kitchen
Humors of Donnybrook
Sweet Biddy Daly
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyG major
RangeD4–G5
Time signature6/8
Tempo108 BPM
Performance time0:45
Difficulty levelintermediate
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Date added2024-09-15
Last updated2024-09-15
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Categories
Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Sunday 15 September 2024

Tune of the Day: The Old Horned Sheep

Traditional Irish jig

This melody was first printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (Boston, 1883), under the title “The Boss”. It appears to be an amalgam of two old Irish tunes, “Humors of Donnybrook” and “Sweet Biddy Daly”.