The Maids Of Mitchelstown

reel

Key signature: Dminor

Submitted on June 5th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 251 tunebooks.

Also known as The Chicken In The Saucepan, The Maid Of Mitchelstown , Maids Of Mitchellstown, The Maids Of Mitchellstown, Maids Of Mitchelstown.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bang On by Oige
• Barking Mad by Four Men And A Dog
• Celtic Graces: A Best Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Ceol An Clair by Various Artists
• Crossroads by Joe Ryan, Eddie Clark
• Culann's Hounds by Culann's Hounds
• Dearga by Matt And Shannon Heaton
• Finnegan's AWake by Finnegan's AWake
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• In Good Company - The Very Best Of by Kevin Burke
• In Safe Hands by Various Artists
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• Melodeon by John Gannon
• No Doubt by Six Mile Bridge
• Out Of The Wind Into The Sun by The Bothy Band
• Over The Edge by Moher
• Paddy And Bridget And Their Great Friends 2 by Various Artists
• Song Of The Chanter by Various Artists
• Spinndrift by Mooncoin
• Sweeney's Dream by Kevin Burke
• The Best Of by The Bothy Band
• The Coming Of Spring by Cliff Moses
• They'll Be Good Yet by Kitty Hayes And Peter Laban
• Tracin' by Gearóid Ó HAllmhuráin And Patrick Ourceau
• Trip To Fanore by Eugene Lambe
• Up Close by Kevin Burke

X: 1
T: Maids Of Mitchelstown, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmin
|:D2AG EEG2|A2GA cAGE|D2AG EEG2|A2GE EDDC:|
|:EGA=B c2AG|Adde f2ed|cAGE F3G|1AcGE EDD2:|2Ac=Bd cAGE|

This is one to play nice and slow.

The Bothy Band do a wonderful version of this with a countermelody running throughout.

# Posted on June 5th 2001 by Jeremy

Pay this one slow and beautiful

Jeremy has it right. Matt Molloy of the Bothy Band playing this one makes you want to weep. Beg or buy 'Old Hag You Have Killed Me' or the BBC 'Live In Concert' for an unforgettable rendition.

# Posted on September 27th 2004 by Brother Swampicus

Maids Of Mitchelstown, The

T:Maids Of Mitchelstown, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Dmin
|:D2AG EG~G2|A2GA cAGE|D2AG EG~G2|1A2GE EDCE:|2A2GE EDD2|
|EGA=B c2BG|Adde f2ed|cAGE F3G|AcGE EDD2|
|EGA=B cEGc|^FAde =f2ed|cAGE F3G|A/B/c =B/c/d cAGE|

# Posted on September 27th 2004 by gian marco

Just listen to Kevin Burke play it on Up Close

I'm familiar with the Bothy Band live version - it's a tune which just 'blew me away' when I first heard it : The interplay between the Matt Molloy melody, the Kevin Burke counter melody and the (?) harpsichord was just fantastic and the speed - slow reel - just right. I think I looped through it about 15 times to just soak up what they were doing.

Well I've just heard Kevin Burke's later version on Up Close (in a set with Tuttles - another favourite of mine - and The Bunch of Green Rushes) and it is amazing too. Brings out a whole different set of qualities from the same tune. Kevin Burke is without doubt a genius.

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by Edgar Bolton

Bothy Band counter melody

I think I've got this right but I'm open to corrections...

|:F3D E4|DFED CA,A,2|F3D E2EF|GAGE EDD2:|
|:C2AD D4|AG^FA G4|ECDB, C4|B,CDE A,DD2:|

# Posted on September 2nd 2006 by cferrie

The same version up a tone in E dorian

X: 1
T: Maids Of Mitchelstown, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor

|:E2BA FFA2|B2AB dBAF|E2BA FFA2|B2AF FEED:|
|:FABc d2BA|Beef g2fe|dBAF G3A|1BdAF FEE2:|2Bdce dBAF|

# Posted on August 21st 2007 by Mairtin Lom

E2BA FA~A2 is the tune played as you'd play Irish music.

# Posted on August 21st 2007 by Dow

Key

In what key is it played in sessions?

# Posted on August 22nd 2007 by Kheelch

Key

Dmin - as originally posted.

# Posted on August 23rd 2007 by Kenny

Key

I think it sounds better in Dmin too - which means half-covered holes for the F-naturals when playing keyless flute or whistle. For a solo though, I can be reliably smoother in E dorian.

# Posted on August 24th 2007 by Mairtin Lom