Annotation:Maid at the Well

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MAID AT THE WELL (An og-bean air an tobair). AKA and see "Arthur McBride (1)," "Black Stripper (The)," "Blackthorn Stick (5) (The)," "Castle Street Jig," "Hawk from Dundalk (The)," "Jig of Clonmore (The)," "Kilkenny Jig (2) (The)," "Maide Draighin (An)," "Maids of Glenroe (The)," "Milkmaid (2) (The)," "Mullagh Jig (The)," "Pat Curtins Jig," "Silver Tip (2) (The)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB' (O'Neill/1915). See also the related "Milkmaid (5) (The)" and "Blackthorn Stick (The)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 159, p. 89. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 24, p. 20. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 724, p. 135. Vallely (Companion to Irish Traditional Music), 1999; p. 92 (as "The Blackthorn Stick").

Recorded sources: Kells Music KM 9505, Tommy Keane & Jaqueline McCarthy – "Wind Among the Reeds."

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
See also the tune in the Dunn Family manuscript collection [3]

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