Annotation:Maid's Complaint (1) (The)
X:1 T:Maid's Complaint [1], The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F c2A A2f edc | d2e f2g afd | c2A A2f edc | def gfe f3 | c2A A2f edc | d2e f2g afd | c2A A2f edc| def cAF F3 || a2f f2a agf | g2e e2g gfe | f2d d2f edc |def gfe f3| a2f f2a agf | g2e e2g gfe | f2d d2f edc |def cAF F3 ||
MAID'S COMPLAINT [1], THE. Irish, Slip Jig (8/8 time). F Major (Manson, Ryan): D Major (Joyce). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Joyce): AABB (Cole, Ryan): AA'BB' (Kennedy). The tune as published in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) is an exact copy of an untitled jig in James Mason's Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (Glasgow, 1846, p. 1). An untitled version was also published as a hop jig in P.W. Joyce's Ancient Irish Music (1873). It is a member of the "Top it off/Tip it Off" family of slip jigs.