The Old Maid Of Galway

reel

Key signature: Gminor

Submitted on September 19th 2002 by Will Harmon.

This tune has been added to 71 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Lost In The Loop by Liz Carroll

X: 1
T: Old Maid Of Galway, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmin
|:GD (3DDD GDFD|CDB,C DGGF|G4 GDFD|
CDB,C DGBA|GD (3DDD GDFD|CDB,C DGGF|
G3 A BAGF|1(3CCC DF G3 F:|2 (3CCC DF G3 A||
|:B2 AB G3 A|BGAF Gc c2|B2 AB G2 FD|
|C2 B,C DGGA|B2 AB G3 A|BGAF Gc c2|
|cdcB G2 FD|1 C2 B,C DG[GG,]A :|2 C2 B,C DG[G2G,2]||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Old Maid of Galway

This is Liz Carrol's chewy setting from her Lost in the Loop cd of an otherwise fairly straight-laced tune. She kicks it from the more common D/Bm into Gm/Bb and then swings the heck out of it.

I really like the syncopation Liz gets from hanging on those long notes and using a pulse in her bow pressure to blur them into the following phrase, a common trait in her playing nowadays.

I'll also post the more session-friendly version in D tomorrow.

# Posted on September 19th 2002 by Will Harmon

Thanks, Will *very* much! I love Liz's version of this tune...wish it was more session friendly...!

Zina

# Posted on September 19th 2002 by Zina Lee

This one, and Michael Kennedy's--she takes the same approach to both and they're a lot of fun to play along with the cd on. Wouldn't it be great to teach Liz's Old Maid of Galway to your session mates and *make* it session friendly? Heh, at least if you and I both know it, and we ever end up in the same pub or coffee house, *we* can have a little session....

# Posted on September 19th 2002 by Will Harmon

I'm also hearing her play measure 2 and 6 of the A part as |CDB,C DCDF|. Have to confess...I transcribed this based on listening to the track on Green Linnet's web site, using an outdated Realplayer. So it's a bit grainy. And Liz throws a few variations in....

# Posted on September 19th 2002 by Will Harmon

Yes, and Billy (Lizzy) in the Lowground -- it's *such* a very cool set. Blink 182 adds aside.

Sooner or later, we really are going to have to end up in the same place for a session, Will.

Zina

# Posted on September 19th 2002 by Zina Lee