Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on February 28th 2008 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.
Also known as The Maid's Request.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Maid's Complaint, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmaj
|: B | A2 F F2 d cBA | B2 c d2 e fdB | A2 F F2 d cBA |[1 BB/c/d edc d2 :|[2 Bcd AG/F/E D2 ||
|: e | f2 d d2 f fed | e2 c c2 e edc | d2 B B2 d cBA |[1 BB/c/d edc d2 :|[2 Bcd AG/F/E D2 |]
"The Maid's Complaint" ~ also played in F & G
"Ryan's Mammoth Collection", 1883
"Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes", 1940
X: 2
T: The Maid’s Complaint
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: F Major
|: c2 A A2 f edc | d2 e f2 g afd | c2 A A2 f edc |[1 def gfe f3 :|[2 def cAF F3 ||
|: a2 f f2 a agf | g2e e2g gfe | f2 d d2 f edc |[1 def gfe f3 :|[2 def cAF F3 |]
# Posted on February 28th 2008 by ceolachan
"Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Slip Jigs & Waltzes"
The Fiddler's Tune-Book Series
Compiled and edited by Peter Kennedy
Dave Mallinson Publications, 1999
ISBN: 10899512-51-9
Page 11, tune #44 ~ "The Maid's Complaint" ~ in F Major
This transcription is identical to the one just given except that it has lead-in notes ~
K: F Major
|: d | ~ |[1 def gfe f2 :|[2 def cAF F2 ||
|: f | ~ |[1 def gfe f2 :|[2 def cAF F2 ||
# Posted on February 28th 2008 by ceolachan
"The Maid's Complaint" ~ taken high or low or both ~ G
X: 3
T: The Maid’s Complaint
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K:G Major
|: e | d2 B B2 g fed | e2 f g2 a bge | d2 B B2 g fed |[1 e2 g agf g2 :|[2 e2 g dBG G2 ||
|: g | b2 g g2 b bag | a2 f f2 a agf | g2 e e2 g fed |[1 e2 g agf g2 :|[2 e2 g dBG G2 |]
|: E | D2 B, B,2 G FED | E2 F G2 A BGE | D2 B, B,2 G FED |[1 E2 G AGF G2 :|[2 E2 G DB,G, G,2 ||
|: G | B2 G G2 B BAG | A2 F F2 A AGF | G2 E E2 G FED |[1 E2 G AGF G2 :|[2 E2 G DB,G, G,2 |]
# Posted on February 28th 2008 by ceolachan