Annotation:Maid of Selma (1)

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MAID OF SELMA (An Maigdean Ua Selma). AKA - "Maids of Selma." Scottish, Irish; Air (6/8 time, "gaily"). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AAB (Cole, Roche). This melody is identified as Scottish in origin in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), and can be found under the "Maid of Selma" title as a song in Thompson's Scots Musical Museum, with lyrics taken from Ossian's poen "Oina Morul."

The melody is a variant of the Scots' "Todlin' Hame," with variants and antecedents that include Oswald's "Lude's Lament" (from a medley entitled "Battle of Falkirk (The)"). Another Scottish medley, called "Highland Battle (The)" also contains a tune based on "Lude's Lament," called "Lament for the Chief (The)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 73. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 250, p. 43. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 65, p. 19 (listed as an Air). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 105.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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