At last night's session, for some odd reason, the second time through of The Wise Maid came out as The Maid Behind The Bar.
Now, this is pretty embarassing, obviously, however I'm sure it'll sort itself out soon enough. Really I'm just fishing for funny comments. Anyone else ever have any amusing mix-up issues? This particular one ever happen to anyone?
I hope the maids weren't offended at being confused for each other like that.
Well, not nearly as funny, but a few weeks ago I was playing Drunken Landlady, but then stumbled into the B section of Tommy Coen's, then over corrected back into the Green Fields of Rossbeigh. Stupid A minor reels!
And don't even get me started on the B sections of Star of Munster/ Bag of Spuds / Down the Broom....
I'll never forget the time we were playing Mickey Chewing Bubblegum and the seventh time through accidentally everyone simultaneously started playing the 2nd movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony. After few furtive looks and we all tacitly agreed to shift quickly to YMCA and hope nobody would notice, but the bartender caught us and charged us double for our next beer.
LOL SWFL, we had the EXACT same problem tonight at our session. I called out a set with Wise Maid, and even played a couple bars so everyone knew what was coming. And the piper launches into Maid Behind the Bar to start the set. He stopped when we all laughed.
I have been known to put a number of maids together for a spot of fun, though!
Played by Joe Cooley (particularly the Wise Maid which nearly always follows Cooley's Reel in sessions) but I don't think he wrote either. Although one of the greatest trad musicians of all time, I'm not sure that he ever composed any tunes but I could be wrong.
As long as those two maids aren't confused with "The Old Maid" - they wouldn't like that
The Tunes section is replete with tunes with "maid" in the title, probably at least a couple of dozen, so I'm not going to bother to list them. I've got some practice to do.
Normally I prefer to see the Maids one at a time, it's much easier that way. They don't fight, get jealous, etc. It's a "what they don't know won't hurt them" kind of thing.
Thanks everyone for your support and humor, and yes, we were playing Cooley's first, which probably makes it all the more strange.
I wonder how the great Mr. C would have dealt with two Maids at the same time?
I've wondered sometimes about the title of this reel, and whether it has anything to do with the parable of the 5 wise maidens and 5 foolish maidens, the wise ones who kept oil for their lamps, as they slept, whereas the foolish ones didn't. So the wise ones were ready for the coming of the lord...ahem, as it were.
I don't know how this would go along with today's health and safety legislation though. http://biblebrowser.com/matthew/25-3.htm
When I was first learning Maggie Brown's Favorite, in the last bit of the B part, I would almost always go into the theme of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. My teacher called it Jesu, Joy of Maggie Brown.
We have a clown insists on playing the Green Hills of Tyrone (back to Andy Stewart and the White Heather Club thread) - I always try to turn it into the slow klezmer bit of Mahlers 1st symphony.
The parable was about 5 foolish session-virgins who didn't practise and the 5 wise session-sistaz who learned reels properly.
The Two Maids Were Mixed
The Two Maids Were Mixed
At last night's session, for some odd reason, the second time through of The Wise Maid came out as The Maid Behind The Bar.
Now, this is pretty embarassing, obviously, however I'm sure it'll sort itself out soon enough. Really I'm just fishing for funny comments. Anyone else ever have any amusing mix-up issues? This particular one ever happen to anyone?
I hope the maids weren't offended at being confused for each other like that.
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
Well, not nearly as funny, but a few weeks ago I was playing Drunken Landlady, but then stumbled into the B section of Tommy Coen's, then over corrected back into the Green Fields of Rossbeigh. Stupid A minor reels!
And don't even get me started on the B sections of Star of Munster/ Bag of Spuds / Down the Broom....
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
Sorry E minor reels - see I'm still confused!
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
I'll never forget the time we were playing Mickey Chewing Bubblegum and the seventh time through accidentally everyone simultaneously started playing the 2nd movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony. After few furtive looks and we all tacitly agreed to shift quickly to YMCA and hope nobody would notice, but the bartender caught us and charged us double for our next beer.
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by GaryAMartin
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
LOL SWFL, we had the EXACT same problem tonight at our session. I called out a set with Wise Maid, and even played a couple bars so everyone knew what was coming. And the piper launches into Maid Behind the Bar to start the set. He stopped when we all laughed.
I have been known to put a number of maids together for a spot of fun, though!
Pete
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by Reverend
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
Both written by Joe Cooley are they not.
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by piobagusfidil
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
Played by Joe Cooley (particularly the Wise Maid which nearly always follows Cooley's Reel in sessions) but I don't think he wrote either. Although one of the greatest trad musicians of all time, I'm not sure that he ever composed any tunes but I could be wrong.
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by Bannerman
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
Looks like you are right! well , ''the maid'' can be traced to 1850! so.......
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by piobagusfidil
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
As long as those two maids aren't confused with "The Old Maid" - they wouldn't like that
The Tunes section is replete with tunes with "maid" in the title, probably at least a couple of dozen, so I'm not going to bother to list them. I've got some practice to do.
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by Trevor Jennings
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
Watch out for the Maids of Castlebar which has a second part almost identical to the Barmaid.
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by Bannerman
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
Normally I prefer to see the Maids one at a time, it's much easier that way. They don't fight, get jealous, etc. It's a "what they don't know won't hurt them" kind of thing.
Thanks everyone for your support and humor, and yes, we were playing Cooley's first, which probably makes it all the more strange.
I wonder how the great Mr. C would have dealt with two Maids at the same time?
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by SWFL Fiddler
Wise and foolish maidens?
I've wondered sometimes about the title of this reel, and whether it has anything to do with the parable of the 5 wise maidens and 5 foolish maidens, the wise ones who kept oil for their lamps, as they slept, whereas the foolish ones didn't. So the wise ones were ready for the coming of the lord...ahem, as it were.
I don't know how this would go along with today's health and safety legislation though.
http://biblebrowser.com/matthew/25-3.htm
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by Rudall the time
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
When I was first learning Maggie Brown's Favorite, in the last bit of the B part, I would almost always go into the theme of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. My teacher called it Jesu, Joy of Maggie Brown.
# Posted on September 20th 2007 by Bush Q'oran
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
We have a clown insists on playing the Green Hills of Tyrone (back to Andy Stewart and the White Heather Club thread) - I always try to turn it into the slow klezmer bit of Mahlers 1st symphony.
The parable was about 5 foolish session-virgins who didn't practise and the 5 wise session-sistaz who learned reels properly.
# Posted on September 21st 2007 by geoffwright
Re: The Two Maids Were Mixed
What's the difference between a maid and a maiden?
(I don't have the answer, please advise)
# Posted on September 21st 2007 by oldstrings