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Maud Millar

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 104 tunebooks.

Also known as Maud Miller, Maud Miller's, Maude Millar's, Maude Miller's, Sporting Molly.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

40th Anniversary Album by Armagh Pipers Club
Across The Black River by Kevin Burke And Cal Scott
An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
Beal A' Mhurlaigh by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
Bruach An TSuláin by The Abbey Céilí Band
Cathal Hayden by Cathal Hayden
Easter Snow by Seamus Tansey
Familiar Footsteps by Dezi Donnelly
Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
Feadoga Stain by Mary Bergin
Fiddle Fair: Declan McCarthy's Baltimore by Various Artists
Fierce Traditional by Frankie Gavin
Gan Bua by Gan Bua
In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Jody's Heaven by Jody's Heaven
Kitty Hayes Remembered by Kitty Hayes
Like Magic by Todd Denman And Bill Dennehy
Live At The Crane by Dusty Banjos
Live In Belfast by Cathal Hayden
Matt Molloy by Matt Molloy
May Morning Dew by Mick O'Brien
Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
Pride Of New York by Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey And Brendan Dolan
Remember Des Donnelly by Des Donnelly
Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
Seven Streams by The Turloughmore Ceili Band
Strange But True... by Takuji Tamura And Yukio Kashiwagi
The Daisy Field by Claire Keville
The Humours Of Derrybeha by Pat O'Connor
The Maid At The Well by Tony O'Rourke
The Professor by James Morrison
The Ships Are Sailing by Comhaltas Concert Tour Group 1978
The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
The Well Tempered Bow by Liz And Yvonne Kane
The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol 2 by Various Artists
Through The Round Window by Eamonn Coyne
Toss The Fiddles by Various Artists
Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Con Cassidy
Traditional Irish Music From London by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
Traditional Music From Ireland by Kieran Fahy
Up She Flew by Dana Lyn
With Friends Like These by James Keane
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists
Yvonne Casey by Yvonne Casey

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

This tune can be played as a galloping, fast reel, but I feel that it then loses a lot of its beauty. I prefer to play it a steady pace, emphasising the first note of every bar.

For variation in the first part, try lengthening the first note, and play a triplet on the low E.

# Posted on June 2nd 2001 by Jeremy

Maud Millar

This is quite a different Maud Millar to the girl I know. It has echoes of The Boy in The Gap and
the Jenny Picking Cockles/Jenny's Welcome to Charlie family.

The one I know is in G/Em with quite a different feel to it. I'll post it soon

# Posted on September 7th 2001 by OrganicPeatCreature

This is certainly not the Maud Millar one can find on the Matt Molloy album, so be careful when putting it in your tunebooks thinking that it is..

# Posted on August 15th 2002 by Jan

Maud Millar

I find it interesting how the actual contour formed by the notes of this tune is similar to the one in G, particularly in the A part. Does anyone know anything about the 2 tunes? Is it likely they are both derived from the same song or something?

# Posted on June 10th 2003 by Dow

This is slightly twisted

The tune submitted under the name "Maud Millar" is actually "Sporting Molly." Here's a setting I heard fiddler Pat O'Connor play:

X:1
T:Sporting Molly
R:reel
D:Pat O'Conner
Z:Jack Gilder
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmixolydian
dcAG FADF|E2 cE dEcE|dcAG FDDF|Adde fde^c|!
dcAG FADF|E2 cE dEcE|dcAG FDDF|Add^c d2de||!
f2df efge|afge afge|f2df efge|afge fdde|!
f2df efge|afge afge|afge fded|Add^c d2de||

Here's a setting of the well known tune, Maud Millar that appears many places including the "Music at Matt Malloy's" CD:

X:1
T:Maud Millar
R:reel
Z:Jack Gilder
M:C|
K:Edor
gf||edBA GEDE|~G2BG dGBd|~e2dB ~A2GA|1 Beed e2gf:|2 Beed e2ge||!
dega bg~g2|agef gage|dega bg~g2|ageg dg~g2|!
dega bg~g2|agef ~g3a|bgaf gfed|Beed e2||!

# Posted on March 30th 2004 by Phantom Button

More than one name

Jack, is it so hard for you to believe that a tune can have more than one name?

The other, more common, Maud Millar can be found here:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1177

You might want to brace yourself for a shock if you go searching for *the* tune called The Ballydesmond or *the* tune called Toss The Feathers ;-)

# Posted on March 31st 2004 by Jeremy

Two for the price of none!

i'm glad i checked out the comments section because i now get to put not one but TWO names to a tune i play that was previously a gan ainm for me.
it's on the famous session tape as propogated by danny.
i like to follow it by leslie's reel.
thanks to jeremy and jack

# Posted on March 31st 2004 by biggus dave

Tune names

Of course I realize that tunes have different names, Jeremy, but to list a tune by an uncommon name, when that particular name is common for a different tune, IMHO seems to be a bit of a confusion factor for a tune data base. As Jan points out in this thread, you have to be careful when adding it to your tunebook. I'm not suggesting that the uncommon name isn't valid -- but wouldn't it be a good idea to move the common name to the front?

# Posted on April 1st 2004 by Phantom Button

Brendan Bulger plays this as Maud Millar, and says it's commonly known by this name in Boston.

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by Reverend

Compare Julia Delaney's: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/589

# Posted on March 8th 2006 by slainte

This tune is in O'Neills' Dance Music of Ireland as 'Maude Miller' (no. 480)

# Posted on September 26th 2006 by Harry B

Sporting Molly

That is the title James Keane gives the tune on his "With Friends Like These" album but "Maude Miller" is the title on Harry B's CD. I'll call it Sporting Molly myself to avoid confusion. This was probably an older title and someone confused them when giving it to O'Neill. Maybe I'm wrong but it's a possibility nonetheless until someone can come up with another explanation.

# Posted on February 13th 2007 by 52Paddy

???

You'd better to call this tune "Maude Miller" to avoid confusion simply because there's another tune called Sporing Molly. Paddy, it seems you don't know the most common title of this reel is "Maude Miller." I've never heard someone call it otherwise.

# Posted on February 14th 2007 by slainte

Well, a couple of well-known musicians seems to have recorded it as Sporting Molly, as written above. But a majority of people call it "Maude Miller" so why not call it that way? It's a well-known fact that there's two tunes which have the title, so there'd be no confusion.

# Posted on February 14th 2007 by slainte

Yeah, right. Still, having said that, I learned the tune firstly as Sporting Molly.

# Posted on February 14th 2007 by 52Paddy

According to the Fiddler's Companion, it's also known as "Dunnigan's Reel," "Farewell to Leitrim," "Fiddler's Frolic," "Hawthorne's Reel," "Kennaw’s Reel," "Lawson's Favorite," "Molloy's Favourite," "Reidy Johnson's," "Roll Her in the Haystack," and "Take Her Out and Air Her." I like the last one.

# Posted on February 14th 2007 by slainte

Fiddler's Companion Titles

Yes, the tune seems to appear as Lawson's Favourite on Micheal O'Raghallaigh's Inside Out Album.

A different version of the tune appears on Dervish's Boys of Sligo album under the title "Return from Camdentown". This version is similiar to the tune on Joe Burke's Galways Own album, a tune which he calls Farewell to Leitrim.

So maybe Shane Mitchell got the tune from Joe Burke's recording (or wherever Joe Burke has his source for the tune). I don't know how the Camdentown title would have come attached to it though.

# Posted on February 14th 2007 by 52Paddy

and the mary bergin version?

# Posted on February 5th 2008 by AlonE