Maggie Brown's Favourite

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 20th 2002 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 64 tunebooks.

Also known as Maggie Brown's, Maggie Brown's Favorite, Margrett Brown's Favourite, Miss Brown's Fancy, Miss Browns Fancy, Miss Margaret Brown's Favourite, Planxty Brown, Planxty Browne, Planxty Maggie Brown, Trip To Gorey.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Chieftains Celebration by The Chieftains
Battlefield Band by Battlefield Band
Celtic Harp/O'Carolan's Dream/The Music Of O'Carolan by Aryeh Frankfurter
Crann Ull by Clannad
In Season by Wild Asparagus
Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
Lios A 'Cheoil by Tom And Kerry Barrett
New England Chestnuts Vol. 2 by Rodney Miller, Randy Miller And Friends
New England Chestnuts Volumes 1 and 2: Classic New England Contra Music by Various Artists
Piper's Dream by Jack Brennan
Scottish Fiddle by John Martin And Jack Evans
Selkie by Mick Conneely
Slow Airs And Set Dances by Eugene O'Donnell
Sporting Nell by Tommy McCarthy
Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
The Final Round CD 1 by Kevin Joyce
The Funny Reel by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
The King Of The Pipers by Leo Rowsome
The Seventh Veil by Theresa Kavanagh
Traditions by Maggie Sansone

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Maggie Brown's Favourite
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
dBG GAB|E2E E2c|AFD DEF|G2G G2g|
dBG Bcd|E2E E2c|AFD DEF|GBA G3:|
bgb afd|efg gfe|dBg dBG|AFD Dga|
bgb afd|efg gfe|faf ge^c|d3 de=f|
ece dBd|cac BgB|Ace dBG|FAF DEF|
GAB EFG|ABc def|gdB cAF|G3 G2g||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

From an old New England collection of fiddle music. Is this the Maggie of other tunes?

# Posted on November 20th 2002 by lazyhound

This piece has been represented as an O'Carolyn number. It's True that the tune is a bit on the flouncy side, but I couldn't believe that it fit him. In the Neil Gow collection I believe I caught the insinuation that Gow himself wrote it.

I am happy to know this tune but I rarely find occasion to play it.

Mark

# Posted on November 21st 2002 by Mark Cordova

Planxty Brown

This tune is more commonly known as Planxty Brown. I would give the Chieftains credit for re-popularizing it. It is often played more slowly with a light drive.

# Posted on November 21st 2002 by SPeak

I don't believe Gow wrote it. It sounds more Northumbrian than Scottish. Those 6th leaps are a dead giveaway.

# Posted on August 5th 2004 by Dow

Claimed by Nathaniel Gow

This has been claimed by Nathaniel Gow who is Niel's son and has been published in The Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music. Mind you, Nathaniel Gow has a reputation for being one of the greatest plagiarists of all time.
There's a good version of the this tune on an early Battlefield album.
Yes, it's very Northumbrian sounding, Mark but aren't you all honorary Scots from there, anyway? :-)

SPeak, this tune is more commonly known here as Miss Margaret Brown's favourite. Never heard of Planxty Brown. :-)

# Posted on August 5th 2004 by Johannes J

Hmmm, well, okay I'll let yuz have it then :-)

# Posted on August 5th 2004 by Dow

Planxty Browne

O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1850 melodies) Tune Number 692 (page 127)

# Posted on November 4th 2005 by *Davy Rogers

Old? ~ "New England Fiddler's Repertoire"

Randy Miller & Jack Perron, 1983 / 2nd edition 2003

Page 50: "Maggie Brown's Favourite"

http://www.randymillerprints.com/
http://www.randymillerprints.com/fiddletunebooks.htm

Second Edition: "Easier-to-read music typesetting, chords added, index by key, list of alternate titles, decorated with over two dozen Randy Miller wood engravings, including "A Time to Dance"."

~ another Randy Miller publication:
"Irish Traditional Fiddle Music"

# Posted on November 26th 2005 by ceolachan

Name / Origin

I found this tune in an old book belonging to my mother of Scottish tunes and 'twas simply names "Maggie Brown's Jig"

# Posted on January 10th 2006 by martin clarke

Mickey Dunne taught this at the 2007 San Francisco Piper's tionol and we all had a great time with it. Good tune on the pipes.

# Posted on February 26th 2007 by I_Fel

"Planxty Brown" ~ rescued duplication, few differences

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on April 3rd 2007 by Falkbeer.

"This is a very nice tune by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). It´s no real jig but that was the time that fit."

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by Falkbeer

# Posted on April 4th 2007 by ceolachan

i always new it as miss brown's fancy, it is a modern set dance in irish dancing

# Posted on June 22nd 2007 by Champ_irish_dancer

Another name

Ah,it was THIS tune that i was told was also known as "Trip to Gorey",not the Orange Rogue,my mistake.

# Posted on December 4th 2007 by Ceilt101