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X:1 T:Maid's Complaint [1], The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F c2A A2f edc | d2e f2g afd | c2A A2f edc | def gfe f3 | c2A A2f edc | d2e f2g afd | c2A A2f edc| def cAF F3 || a2f f2a agf | g2e e2g gfe | f2d d2f edc |def gfe f3| a2f f2a agf | g2e e2g gfe | f2d d2f edc |def cAF F3 ||

MAID'S COMPLAINT [1], THE. AKA and see "Connemara Jig," "McCarthy's Jig," "Rouse It," "Top it off." Irish, Slip Jig (8/8 time). F Major (Manson, Ryan): D Major (Joyce). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Joyce): AABB (Cole, Ryan): AA'BB' (Kennedy). The tune as published in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) is an exact copy of an untitled jig in James Mason's Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (Glasgow, 1846, p. 1). An untitled version was also published as a hop jig in P.W. Joyce's Ancient Irish Music (1873). It is a member of the "Top it off/Tip it Off" family of slip jigs.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - "I noted this from the flute playing of David Grady, a native of Ardpatrick in the county Limerick, but unfortunately I neglected to ascertain its name" [Joyce].

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 70. P.W. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873; No. 7, p. 7 (appears as untitled "Hop Jig"). Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 44, p. 11. Manson (Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2), 1846; p. 1 (appears as "Irish Jig"). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 100.

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