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The Sligo Maid

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Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on November 28th 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 411 tunebooks.

Also known as O'Donnell's Sligo Maid, Sligo Maid, The Sligo Maid's Lament.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
A Man Apart by Sean Maguire
At It Again by John Carty
At Their Best. Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock by Sean Maguire
Équinoxe by Celtic Fiddle Festival
áthas by áthas
Celtic Fiddle by Sean Maguire
Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
Come To An Irish Dance Party by Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band.
Concertina Music From West Clare by Elizabeth Crotty
D Flute Album by Kevin Crawford
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 1 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 5 by Matt Cunningham
Drops Of Brandy by Sean McAloon And John Rea
Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty by Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty
Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
Folktrax 174 - Michael Gorman (fiddle) With Margaret Barry (banjo) by Michael Gorman
From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
Geantrai - Live Session Recordings From The TV Series by Various Artists
Gentle Breeze by Various Artists
Give It Shtick by Matt Cranitch
Gone To Australia (On Tour 1975-1984) by Steeleye Span
Hell For Leather by Swallow's Tail Céilí Band
Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
In Praise Of Lissycasey by Various Artists
In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
Ireland's Finest by The Dubliners
Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
Irish Accordion Masters by Joe Derrane And Jerry O'Brien
Irish Button Accordion by Billy Moran
Irish Dance Time by Jackie Roche And His Irish Dance Band
Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
Irish Violin by Jackie Roche
Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 2 by Various Artists
Leo Rowsome: Classics Of Irish Piping by Leo Rowsome
Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
Live At Winkles by The Lahawns
Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
Music Of Ireland by Sean McGuire And The Four Star Quartet
Past Masters Of Irish Fiddle Music by Various Artists
Pigtown Fling by Randal Bays And Joel Bernstein
Rags, Reels And Airs by Dave Swarbrick
Reunion Concert: Fleadh Nua 2001 by All-Ireland Céilí Band Champions
Rocket Cottage by Steeleye Span
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume IV by Various Artists
Sixty Years Of Sean Maguire by Sean Maguire
Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
Sweeney's Dream by Kevin Burke
Temple House 1 by Temple House Ceili Band
The Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
The Breeze From Erin by Various Artists
The Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrath
The Cobblestone Sessions by Various Artists
The Coleman Country Ceili Band by The Coleman Country Ceili Band
The Curlew by Cliff Moses
The Dubliners In Concert by The Dubliners
The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
The Floating Bow (Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal) by John Doherty
The Floating Bowhand by Jim McKillop
The Godfather by Brian Rooney
The Gravel Walks: The Fiddle Music Of Mickey Doherty by Mickey Doherty
The Lakes Of Sligo by Carmel Gunning
The Moons Of Glenloy by Cannach
The Plain Of Jars by Brian Kelly
The Raineys by The Raineys
The Rare Stuff by The Rare Stuff
The Return From Fingal by Séamus Ennis
The Rocky Road by Michael Kerry
The Seventh Veil by Theresa Kavanagh
The Sligo Champion (CD 2) by Michael Gorman
The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
The Willie Hunter Sessions by Willie Hunter And Violet Tulloch
They'll Be Good Yet by Kitty Hayes And Peter Laban
Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
Traditional Irish Music (traditional Music Session From Belfast) by Various Artists
Traditional Music Of Ireland, Vol. 2 by Sean Ryan And Peter Carberry
Troublesome Things by Brendan Ring
Up At The Crack Of Noon by Ciúnas
Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff
Women Of Ireland by Ceoltoiri Celtic Ensemble
Yeh, That's All It Is by John Carty

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Kevin Burke - Kevin Crawford

I just learned this tune from a CD I have by Kevin Burke. What a great tune! Then, as I was listening to a recording of Kevin Crawford tonight, I suddenly realized that he was playing the same tune! It took me a while to recognize it though, they both play it very diferently. It's really neat to see all the different varitions in tunes.

-Max

# Posted on June 18th 2004 by Max Becher

Sligo Maid

I'm wondering how you all play the bars 2 & 6 in the second part. I love this tune but have particular problems with those bars when playing with others.

I learned to play |b~g3 efge| but later started playing like |b2gb abge|. I think some different versions of the tune usually mix well, but I'm really uncomfortable with those bars.

Please inform me. Max? Or anybody else?

# Posted on June 18th 2004 by slainte

I play them as posted.

# Posted on June 18th 2004 by Dow

It's too short, but you'll hear Carmel Gunning's crazy whistle playing of the tune here: http://www.cisl.ie/tradmusic/musicsamples/sligo.mp3

# Posted on June 18th 2004 by slainte

Kevin's Version

The version that Kevin plays on his CD (and the one I learned) is a little different than what is posted here.

That's the version I know. I really like the G2BG DGBG in the third bar, rather than G2BG dGBG. I kind of gives it a rolling sound. Kevin Crawford does the second one, I think. Some variations that Kevin Burke threw in for the second time through the A part were:

The biggest differences are in bars 3 and 8.

-Max

# Posted on June 19th 2004 by Max Becher

Triplets

Oh, something I forgot was that Kevin takes the triplets out of the B part the second time through. I hope I wrote out the ABC right.

-Max

# Posted on June 19th 2004 by Max Becher

Thanks, it's very interesting to compare different versions. I'll do some experiments.

# Posted on June 19th 2004 by slainte

The Sligo Maid

I've been doing some experiment on this tune for weeks and invented my own setting of it. Not entirely different from the standard session setting, but I inserted some more interesting bits. I'm sure it works on flute or whistle.

# Posted on November 11th 2004 by slainte

Paddy Killoran version

Only know the blistering Paddy Killoran version, on 'From Ballymote to Brooklyn'- what a cracker!- and for me the best track among some very strong contenders.
What is it about this tune?- it even takes being played through 'Slow Me Down' and still sounds good.

# Posted on January 7th 2007 by P-K

Strangely, the abc on this post leaves out the triplets in the first, fifth and second last bars, even though they are there on the sheetmusic!

Here they are inserted:

# Posted on March 5th 2007 by Ger the Rigger

A Dorian key signature - 1 sharp

Just updated the key signature..

# Posted on April 14th 2008 by JNW

O'Donnell's Sligo Maid

An interesting version from Donegal fiddler Danny O'Donnell was recorded by the Tap Room Trio on this album: http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/736. I've heard it a few times in sessions, and transcribed this from a session recording:

# Posted on April 16th 2008 by Dow