Annotation:Gatehouse Maid (2) (The)

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X:1 T:Gatehouse Maid [2], The S:As played by Niall Kenney, flute player N:From a session tape Z:Nigel Gatherer <gatherer@argonet.co.uk> M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel K:G G2 BG EFGE | FDFA dAFD | G2 BG EFGA | BcBA GFEF | G2 BG EFGE | FDFA dAFD | G2 BG EFGA | BcBA G2 || eB (3BBB efge | fede fagf | eB (3BBB efge| fagf (3efg f2 | eB (3BBB efge | fede fagf | eB (3BBB cBAG | d2 de fdAF|]



GATEHOUSE MAID [2], THE. AKA - "Sean Maguire's." AKA and see "Butter and Peas." Irish, Reel. G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB: AABB (McGuire & Keegan). Fr. John Quinn finds the first strain to be a derivative of "Mrs. Gunn's Strathspey," printed in London by John Gow in the very early 19th century.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - obtained by fiddler Séan McGuire from his father Jack (County Cavan), a piccolo, flute and tin whistle player [McGuire & Keegan].

Printed sources : - McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tune by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 59, p. 15.

Recorded sources: -Virgin 7243 8 41381 2 7, Altan - "Blackwater" (1996). Altan - "The Blue Idol" (appears as "gan anim").



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