Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Also known as Merry Maid's Meeting, The Merry Maid's Meeting, Merry Maid's Wedding, Merry Maids Meeting, The Merry Maids Meeting, Merry Maids Wedding, The Merry Maids Wedding.
X: 1
T: Merry Maid's Wedding, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Ador
|: A>f |
e>A (3AAA e>d (3Bcd | e<AA>B G>AB>d |
e>AA<f e>dB<d | e<gd>B A2- :|
|: A<g |
e>de<g a>ba>g | e<gd<B e>gd>g |
[1 e>d (3efg a>ba>g |e<gd>B A2- :|
2 e>de>f g>ab>a | g<ed>B A2 ||
K: Edor
|: (3edc |
B<EE>=c B>A (3FGA | B<E (3EEE D>EF>A |
B<EE>=c B>AF<A | B<Ad>F E2 :|
|: d>c |
B>A (3Bcd e>fd<B | A>BA>F A>Bd<A |
[1 B>AB<d e2 (3dcB |A>BA<F E2 :|
2 B2 B>c d2 f<e | d>BA<F E2 ||
"The Merry Maid's Wedding" ~ strathspey / reel ~ A & E Dorian
This is the other member of the family, the links to the rest to follow. It has the same basic A-part as "The Haughs of Cromdale" but a different B-part, however, both parts closely mirror the tune "Barrack Hill", single jig / slide...
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
“Barrack Hill” ~ slide / single jig ~ the closest genetically
Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on October 6th 2002 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1014
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Haughs Of Cromdale" ~ strathspey ~ the elder?
Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6031/
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"Tralee Gaol" ~ the polka in "The Haughs of Cromdale"
Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on November 6th 2002 by alastair wilson.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1113
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"Johnny O'Leary's" ~ the slide in "The Haughs of Cromdale"
Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on October 24th 2005 by Ptarmigan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5117
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Merry Maid's Wedding" ~ strathspey / reel
Key signatures: A Dorian (some play and notate it as Mixolydian, c#'s) & E Dorian...
Here are the same basic takes straight, as single reels, except I've taken the second take in E to minor, and I've rolled the hell out of them. All this dry brown grass around here has me wanting to flatten things and poke holes in them and just be miserable in a minor key...
K: A Dorian
|: f |
e ~A3 ed (3Bcd | eAAB GABd | eAAf edBd | egdB ~A3 :|
|: g |
ed (3efg ~a3 g | egdB e ~g3 |1 edeg abag | egdB A3 :|
K: e minor
|: c |
BEE=c BA (3FGA | B ~E3 DEFc | B ~E3 B ~A3 | BAdF FE- E :|
|: c |
BABd ~e3 d | ~A3 F ABdF | BABd e2 dc | ~A3 F FE- E :|
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Merry Maid's Wedding" ~ earliest printing?
"Collection of Strathspey Reels", 1780 ~ Alexander McGlashan
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"The March to Aughrim" / O'Neill's" / "The Battle Of Yellow Ford" ~ march
Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on January 4th 2003 by ScottC.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1287
Another member of the family here on site... But really just Trallee Gaol in 4/4... But the melody is used for both polka-ing and marching... And as shown here and elsewhere, as a strathspey and a reel too...
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Merry Maid's Wedding" ~ strathspey
"Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton"
Kate Dunlay & David Greenberg
ISBN: 0-9680802-0-0
http://www.dungreenmusic.com/
http://www.dungreenmusic.com/tunebook/book.html
Page 36: "The Merry Maid's Wedding"
A transcript from the fiddling of John Campbell
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan