X:1
T:Pretty Maiden’s
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:G
R:Jig
S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection
N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate
N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873.
S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of
S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology,
S:2007, pp. 23-24. Carolan ms. 1, No. 69
K:G
B/c/|dBG GFG|f3 efg|dBG GFG|AcB A2 B/c/|
dBG GFG|g3 gfe|edB dcA|A3G2:|
f/g/|afd d^cd|g3 gef|gec ABG |G3 F2 f/g/|
a3^a3|b3 b2a|g3 aga|bBB Bc^c|
dBG GFG|e3 efg|dBG GFG|AcB ABc|
dBG GFG|g3 gfe|edB dcA|A3 G2G|
geB dcA|^G3A2A|Ae^c edB|c3 B2d|
ded def|agf ^cda|agf gfe|d3 d2||
PRETTY MAIDEN'S. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune is contained in vol. 1 of County Mayo farmer and fiddler Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910), compiled c. 1863-73. The first strain is shared with "Graces (5) (Les)" but the remainder of the tunes differ.
