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T:Dairymaid [4], The
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S:Brian Conway
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dB||A(~F3 D2)dB|AFD(E {G}FE)EB|A~F3 B(FA)F|(3EFE D(E {G}F)DDB|
A(~F3 D)A{c}dB|AFD(E {G}FE)EB|[F3A3] d B2AF|(3EFE D(E {G}F)DD(c||
{e}dc)df abag|(3fgf eg f(dB)(c|{e}dc)df adfa|bgeg fd{e}dc|
dfa(f {a}g2) ag|(3fgf eg f(eB)c|def(g af)bf|afeg {fg}fedB||
DAIRYMAID [4], THE (Bean an Bhainne). AKA and see "Kiss the Bride in the Bed," "Kiss the Maid in Bed," "Maids of Tipperary (The)," "Milkmaid (3) (The)," "Rockaway Bound," "Shuffle the Cards," "Tom the Fisherman." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian (Breathnach): D Major (Moylan, Sullivan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (most versions): AAB (Beisswenger): AA'BB' (Harker/Rafferty). The tune was recorded in 1926 in New York by County Sligo fiddler James "The Professor" Morrison, as part of a three-tune medley (including "Flax in Bloom (The)" and "Millstone (The)"), a medley reprised by Paddy Cronin on Copley 9-116 (78 RPM) in 1950. Another famed expatriate Irish fiddler, Michael Coleman, recorded the tune on a radio disc under the title "Rockaway Bound," a reference to a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. County Sligo fiddler Paddy Killoran recorded it for RTE as "Kiss the Bride in Bed.
According to Paul Cranford, "The Dairymaid [4]" was introduced to Cape Breton by Johnny Wilmot.
See also the related "Billy Brocker."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Tommy Peoples (Donegal, Ireland) [Breathnach]; recorded in Ballydesmond, February, 1973, from the playing of accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra) who associates the tune with box-player John Brosnan [Moylan]; Planxty [Sullivan]; fiddler Sean McGuire [Bulmer & Sharpley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources : - Beisswenger (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 49. Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III), 1985; No. 191, p. 86. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland vol. 3), No. 38. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 111, p. 34. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 21, p. 13. Sullivan (Session Tunes, vol. 3); No. 54, p. 22.
Recorded sources : - Copely Records 9-116 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (1950). Folktrax FTX-375, The Belfast Fiddlers - "The Mason's Apron." MKM 7590, Mike McHale - "The Schoolmaster's House" (2000. Learned from Pat Lavin). RTE CD183, Denis Murphy & Andy McGann - "Music from Sliabh Luachra" (1995, recorded 1962). Shanachie 29003, Tommy Peoples - "The High Part of the Road" (1979). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway - "First Through the Gate" (2002). Viva Voce 001, James Morrison - "The Professor: Recorded 1921-1936" (1989).
See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]
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