Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on September 26th 2008 by dlkes.
This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Merry Old Maid, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
|:(G/F/) | E2 e eB^c | d2 B AFD | E2 e e2 B | efg fdB |
E2 e eB^c | d2 B AFD | GFG AcA | BGE E2 :|
|:(e/f/) | g2 e efg | fgf def | g2 e efg | a>fd d2 (b/a/) |
gfe efg | fdB Bcd | e2B a2A | BGE E2 :|
The Merry Old Maid
I learned this tune years ago playing fingerstyle guitar, but hadn't played it in a while and couldn't quite remember the B part. In looking for the dots to refresh my memory I couldn't find it here, though I ran across a few tunes that were close. I haven't heard it in a session recently, but it seems like I heard it a lot in years past.
The tune appears in O'Neill's as no. 738, and credit where credit is due, the transcription into abc was done by Michael Hogan.
It's a nice little tune that sets well on the mandolin.
# Posted on September 26th 2008 by dlkes