FAIR MAIDENS [1], THE ("Na Aindear Maisaig" or "Na Maigdine Alainn"). AKA and see "Rival Hornpipe," "Turner's Hornpipe." Irish(?), Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The hornpipe may or may not have an Irish provenance. It was printed in Boston music volumes of the 19th century as "Rival Hornpipe" in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), and as "Turner's Hornpipe" in Boston Collection of Instrumental Music (1850).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 319, p. 157. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 179. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1626, p. 302. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 857, p. 148.
