Annotation:My Pretty Fair Maid
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MY PRETTY FAIR MAID. AKA and see "Pretty Brown Girl (2) (The)," "Cailín Deas Donn (1) (An)," "Buachaillín Óg (1)," "Move up to Me," "Mairin Buggerty," "Pretty Maid (1)," "Did You See My Man Looking for Me? (1)" Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain of "My Pretty Fair Maid" is cognate with the tunes listed as alternates, above. The first strains are variously more or less similar.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 53. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2); No. 302, p. 33. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 82. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 27, p. 5 (as "Pretty Maid").
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