Brown Maid (The)

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Theme code Index	6542 2110
Also known as	Cailin Donn (An), Oh! Touch Dear Maid that String, Oh! Breathe Not His Name
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 154, p. 27
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BROWN MAID, THE (An Cailin Donn). AKA and see "Oh! Touch, Dear Maid, That String," "Oh! Breathe Not His Name." Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 154, p. 27.

X:1
T:Brown Maid, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"With expression"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 154
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
f>e | dcAc BAGF | G>AFF F2 zF | BAGF A>Bcc | d/e/f ed c2 zc | 
BAGF F2 zG>A | cfef {e}d2 f>e | d>cAc BAGF | DFF>G F2 || 
F>G | ABcd cAGF | Acde f2 zc | fedc AdcA | DEFA G2 F>G | 
ABcd cAGF | Acde f2 f>e | dcAc BAGF |DFF>G F2 ||