Annotation:Maid Who Left the County (1) (The)
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MAID WHO LEFT THE COUNTRY [1], THE. AKA - "The Maid That Left the County." AKA and see "Cor Mi na bPog," "Girl that Left the Country (The)," "Half-Penny (The)," "Ha'Penny Reel," "Honeymoon Reel (2) (The)," "Lady O'Brien's Reel (2)," "Lumberjack's Reel (1) (The)," "Neil Rooney's Reel," "Pure Drop (1) (The)," "Rap Halfpenny Reel (The)," "Rooney's Reel," "Windy Gap (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is usually know as "The Honeymoon Reel" and has been frequently recorded under that title. See also "Girl that Left the Country (The)," version of the reel collected by Rev. Luke Donnellan in South County Armagh in the early years of the 20th century. The first strain is shared with "Old Crow (The)."
Source for notated version: set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor].
Printed sources: Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 29 (appears as "The Maid that Left the County").
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]