X:1
T:Maid of Calligan
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
B | e>f g/f/e/d/ B2 AG | d>e dB gf e2 | e>f (g/f/)(e/d/) B2 (AG) | GA GF E>F G2 |
G>A Bd G2 F>D|E>F (G/F/)(E/D/) EF G2|(E/F/)(G/A/) (B/c/)(d/B/) (e>f) (g/f/)(e/d/)|B>c dF (FE) E2||
MAID OF CALLIGAN, THE. AKA and see "Maid of Daliyan (The)." Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Dublin dentist, collector, composer, musician, scholar and editor wikipedia:Henry_Philerin_Hudson's name for the tune was "Maid of Daliyan (The)", differing from O'Farrell's title although the melodies are identical. A version of this air was used for the song "I've come unto my home again" in Alfred Moffat's Minstrelsy of Ireland (1897).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Henry Philerin Hudson (Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), c. 1840-50; No. 71. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II) [1], c. 1806; p. 150.
