Annotation:She's a Dear Maid to me
X:1 T:She's a Dear Maid to me M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:"Slow" B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 60, no. 349 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:Dm A=B/^c/|d2 A2 de|dc AG FG|{F}TE4 D2|D4 de| f2 ed d/e/f|e2 dc ed|c4 (PBA)|A4 de| f2 f/g/a gf|e2 e/f/g fe|fe dc AG|G4 A=B| c=B A2 fe|dc AG FG|TE4 D2|HD4|]
SHE'S A DEAR MAID TO ME. AKA - "Is cailm muirneac domsa i." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. See also P.W. Joyce's "She's the Dear Maid to Me," an almost identical title but a musically different tune. Joyce included some remarks on the background of the air and gives one verse, which also would fit O'Neill's tune.
