The Maids Of Ardnaree

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on November 14th 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.

Also known as The Clare, Drunken Maids Of Ardnare, The Drunken Maids Of Ardnaree, The Last Word, The Scolding Wife.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ceol Cill Na Martra by Connie O'Connell
• Classic Recordings Of The Irish Fiddle Legend by Paddy Reynolds
• Crossing by Any Old Time
• Different State by Paudie O'Connor
• Give Us Another by Joe Derrane
• Journeyman by Gerry O'Connor
• Live 2004 by Planxty
• Loozin Air by Garry Shannon
• Lucky In Love by Charlie Lennon And Mick O'Connor
• Mind The Dresser: Music For The Sets Volume 2 by Various Artists
• Osna by Osna
• Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
• Sligo Fiddle (Disk 2) by John Vesey
• Step Into The Beat: Modern Irish Dance Music by Ellery Klein And Ryan Lacey
• The Blue Bottle by InisFail
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Factory Turn by Damian O'Brien And Oliver Loughlin With Arty McGlynn And Kevin Brehony
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The Long Grazing Acre by Paddy Keenan And Tommy O'Sullivan
• The Roseland Barndance by North Cregg
• The Session by Na Connerys
• The Star Of Munster Trio by The Star Of Munster Trio
• The Ulster Outcry by Ar Leitheidi
• Tunes by Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Michael McGoldrick And Jim Murray
• Welcome Here Again by Martin Hayes And Dennis Cahill

X: 1
T: Maids Of Ardnaree, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
D2 DE FGAF | G2 GA BGAF | D2 DE FGAB |1 d2 =cA BGAF :|2 d2 =cA AG G2 ||
fdde fgaf | g2 ga bgag | fdde fgag | fd=cA AG G2 |
fdde fgaf | gfag fa a2 | abag fgag | fd=cA AG G2 |

Maids Of Ardnaree

I think the only Irish tune I ever learned from sheet-music without hearing it played first. It was in an edition of "Treoir" in the early 1980s. It is in "O'Neill's" as "The Scolding Wife" and has been recorded under that title by "Any Old Time". It has also recently been recorded by Gerry O'Connor, although both recorded versions are slightly different from the version I have posted.

# Posted on November 14th 2004 by Kenny

Gerry O'Connor's version

Gerry O'Connor calls this "The Drunken Maids of Ardnaree." The track on his Journeyman cd is cluttered with noise, but the following is close to what he plays. In place of the long D3 in the A part, Gerry throws in some triplets on subsequent rounds through the tune. e.g, |D/D/D DE FGAF|

X: 1
T: Drunken Maids Of Ardnaree, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Journeyman, Gerry O’Connor
K: Dmaj
|D3E FGAF|G/G/G GA BGAF|D/D/D DE FD E/F/G|1 Add=c ABGE:|2 Add=c ABGA||
|d3e fgaf |(3gag dg bgaf|~d3e fgag|fd=cA AG G2 |
|dcde fgaf|g/g/g dg bgaf|d2 e/f/g abag|fd=cA GBAF||

# Posted on February 8th 2005 by Will CPT