Annotation:Milltown Maid (1)
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MILLTOWN MAID. AKA and see "Bush on the Hill (2) (The)," "Humors of Miltown (3)," "Lowdown Jig (The)," "McGlinchey's Jig." Irish, Jig. See note for "Bush on the Hill." The tune is credited (in notes to the Ennis Ceili Band CD) to New York fiddler Paddy Killoran, originally from County Sligo, composed as "Humors of Miltown (3)." The only other tune routinely credited to him is "Maid of Mount Kisco." The melody was named in honor of his wife, who hailed from Coore, near Milltown Malbay, County Clare.
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