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MAID IN THE MORNING, THE. AKA - "Maids in the Morning (1)." Irish, Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A composition attributed to the famous 18th century gentleman musician uilleann piper Walker 'Piper' Jackson, of the townland of Lisduan, in the parish of Ballingarry, Limerick. The tune was first published by Samuel Lee in Dublin c. 1774 in Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes, a volume reprinted in 1790. O'Farrell gives the tune's provenance as "Irish." The tune was also entered into the music manuscripts of flute player Thomas Molyneaux, who entitled his c. 1788 copybook "Thos Molyneaux, Ensign - 6th Regnt." Molyneaux was evidently stationed in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

Source for notated version: copied from O'Farrell's Pocket Companion (1804-10) [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Aird (Aird's 6th and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), c. 1803; p. 53. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 104. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 149.

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-'''MAID IN THE MORNING, THE.''' AKA - "Maids in the Morning (1)." Irish, Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A composition attributed to the famous 18th century gentleman musician uilleann piper Walker 'Piper' Jackson, of the townland of Lisduan, in the parish of Ballingarry, Limerick. The tune was first published by Samuel Lee in Dublin c. 1774 in '''Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes''', a volume reprinted in 1790. The tune was also entered into the music manuscripts of flute player Thomas Molyneaux, who entitled his c. 1788 copybook "Thos Molyneaux, Ensign - 6th Regnt." Molyneaux was evidently stationed in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
+'''MAID IN THE MORNING, THE.''' AKA - "Maids in the Morning (1)." Irish, Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A composition attributed to the famous 18th century gentleman musician uilleann piper Walker 'Piper' Jackson, of the townland of Lisduan, in the parish of Ballingarry, Limerick. The tune was first published by Samuel Lee in Dublin c. 1774 in '''Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes''', a volume reprinted in 1790. O'Farrell gives the tune's provenance as "Irish." The tune was also entered into the music manuscripts of flute player Thomas Molyneaux, who entitled his c. 1788 copybook "Thos Molyneaux, Ensign - 6th Regnt." Molyneaux was evidently stationed in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
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