Annotation:Maids of Glenroe (The)
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MAIDS OF GLENROE, THE. AKA and see "Arthur McBride (1)," "Black Stripper (The)," "Blackthorn Stick (5) (The)," "Castle Street Jig," "Christmas Jig," "Kilkenny Jig (The)," "Maid at the Well," "Maide Draighin (An)," "Milkmaid (2) (The)," "Silver Tip (2) (The)." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Roche): AABB' (Mulvihill). The tune was recorded by the Ballinakill Ceili Band under this title in 1931.
Source for notated version: "learned from my mother" [Mulvihill].
Printed sources: Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 3, p. 65. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1), 1912; No. 83, p. 38.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
See/hear Gerry O'Connor teaching the tune in 2010 on youtube.com [2]
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