Annotation:Maggie in the Woods

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MAGGIE IN THE WOOD(S). AKA - "If I Had Maggie in the Woods," "Maggie in the Corner." AKA and see "bhFaca tú mo shéamaisín (An)" (Did You See My Seámaisín?)," "Nancy Wants Her Own Share." Irish, Polka. Ireland, West Kerry. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Taylor): AABB (Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham, Sweet): AABB' (Sullivan): AA'BB' (Tubridy). The melody appears under the title "Nancy Wants Her Own Share" as a march in Arthur Darley and Francis McCall's The tune was popularized by the Chieftains. Words set to the tune go variously:

If I had Maggie in the woods,
I'd do her all the good I could;
If I had Maggie in the woods
I'd keep her there till morning.

and:

If I had Maggie in the wood
I know she would, I know she could;
Nothing else would do her good
So early in the morning.

Source for notated version: set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor].

Printed sources: Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stoir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibn/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 6, p. 14. O'Brien (Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor), 1949. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 15, p. 7. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; p. 57. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 34. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 9.

Recorded sources: Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Two Fiddles - "Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire" (1999).

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]



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