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The Maid On The Green jig

Also known as An Gearrchaile Ar An BhFaiche, Maid Of The Green, Maid On Green, The Maids On The Green, The Mountain Boy, Patsy Touhey’s, Tom Greyhan’s.

There are 106 recordings of this tune.
This tune has been recorded together with

The Maid On The Green appears in 10 other tune collections.

The Maid On The Green has been added to 74 tune sets.

The Maid On The Green has been added to 423 tunebooks.

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Twelve settings

1
X: 1
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BGG dBG|BAG AB/c/d|
~g3 eGd|BeB dBA|BGG dBA|AGF GA/B/d:|
|:~g3 afd|~g3 a2a|bag agf|gef g2a|
bag agf|~g3 e2d|Bee dBA|AGF GA/B/d:|
2
X: 2
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
d|gfg afd|~g3 ~a3|g2g eag|fdd d2a|
bag agf|~g3 e2d|Bee dBA|BGF G2:|
3
X: 3
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
d|gag e2d|Bee dBA|BAG AGA|BAA A2d|
gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BAG dBA|AGG G2:|
e|ggg aff|ggg a2e|ggg egg|ffe d2e|
bbb aaa|ggg e2d|Bde dBA|AGG G2:|
4
X: 4
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
gfg e2 d|Bge dBA|BGG dGG|BAA AB/c/d|
gfg e2 d|BeB dBA|BGG dBA|AGF G:|
|:gfg afd|gfg abc'|bag agf|gef g2 a|
[1 bg/a/b afa|gfg e2 d|BeB dBA|AGF G:|
[2 bc'b ac/b/a|gea gdB|GeB dBA|AGF G||
5
X: 5
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B/c/d|gfg e2 d|Bge dBA|BGG dGG|BAA AB/c/d|
gfg e2 d|BeB dBA|BGG dBA|AGF G:|
|:B/c/d|:gfg afd|gfg abc’|bag agf|gef g2 a|
[1 bg/a/b afa|gfg e2 d|BeB dBA|AGF G:|
[2 bc’b ac’/b/a|gea gdB|GeB dBA|AGF G||
6
X: 6
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
d|:g(3ggg e2d|B(3eee dBA|BAG AGA|BAA A2G|
g(3ggg e2d|B(3eee dBA|BAG dBA|BGGG2:|
e|:gggaee|ggga2e|ggg egg|ffe d2e|
bbb aaa|ggg e2d|Bde dBA|BGGG:|
7
X: 7
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
d|:gfg e2d|Bee dBA|AGG dGG|BAG ABd|
gfg e2d|Bee dBA|AGG dBA|BGF GBd:|
|:g3 afd|g3 a3|bag agf|gef g2a|
bag agf|gfg e2d|Bee dBA|1 BGF GBd:|2 BGF G3||
8
X: 8
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
~g3 e2d|Bee dBA|BGG DGG|FAA ABd|
~g3 e2d|Bde dBA|BGG dBA|AGF G3:|
~g3 afd|~g3 a2f|~g3 eag|fd^c d2a|
bag agf|~g3 e2d|Bde dBA|AGF GB/c/d:|
9
X: 9
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BGG dGG|BAG ABd|
~g3 e2d|Bee dBA|BGG dBA|BGF G2d:|
|:~g3 afd|~g3 a2a|gfg eag|fdc dga|
bgb afa|~g3 e2d|Bee dBA|BGF GBd:|
10
X: 10
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:~g3 egd|B2e dBA|BGG dBG|BAG AB/c/d|
~g3 egd|B2e dBA|BGG dBA|AGF GBd:|
|:~g3 afd|~g3 afd|~g3 eag|fd^c dga|
bag agf|~g3 egd|B2e dBA|AGF GBd:|
11
X: 11
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:gfg e2d|Bde dBA|BAB dBG|BAA ABd|
gfg e2d|g2e dBA|BAB dBA|BGG GBd:|
|:gfg afd|gfg a2f|gfg afd|def g2a|
bgg aff|gfg e2d|g2e dBA|BGG GBd:|
12
X: 12
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:gfg (3efe d|Bde dBA|BGG dGG|BAG ABd|
gfg (3efe d|Bde dBA|BGG dBA|AGF GBd:|
|:gfg afd|gfg a2f|gfg eag|fd^c dga|
bgb afa|gfg e2d|Bde dBA|AGF GBd:|

Twenty-two comments

The Maid on the Green

The second part of the tune is more often played like this:

d|gfg afd|~g3 ~a3|g2g eag|fdd d2a|
bag agf|~g3 e2d|Bee dBA|BGF G2:|

The Maid on the Green

I guess there’s tons of variations on a tune like this. The version I know is a bit different in both the A and B parts::

X: 1
T: Maid On The Green, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
d|gag e2d|Bee dBA|BAG AGA|BAA A2d|
gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BAG dBA|AGG G2:|
e|ggg aff|ggg a2e|ggg egg|ffe d2e|
bbb aaa|ggg e2d|Bde dBA|AGG G2:|

Ornaments

As an after thought: I guess you could substitute the same-note triplets in the version I know for the trills that Slainte and Gian Marco have.

“The Maid on the Green” ~ another take, with a 2nd ending

X: 4
T: Maid on the Green
R: Jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
|: B/c/d |\
gfg e2 d | Bge dBA | BGG dGG | BAA AB/c/d |
gfg e2 d | BeB dBA | BGG dBA | AGF G :|
|: B/c/d |\
|: gfg afd | gfg abc’ | bag agf | gef g2 a |
[1 bg/a/b afa | gfg e2 d | BeB dBA | AGF G :|
[2 bc’b ac/b/a | gea gdB | GeB dBA | AGF G |]

High c’

[2 bc‘b ac’/b/a | gea gdB | GeB dBA | AGF G |]

Huh, I was sure I’d corrected that before posting it… I seem to have missed that second high c’….

The version off Páiraig Carrol’s The Irish Mandolin

X: 1
T: Maid On The Green, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
d|:g(3ggg e2d|B(3eee dBA|BAG AGA|BAA A2G|
g(3ggg e2d|B(3eee dBA|BAG dBA|BGGG2:|
e|:gggaee |ggga2e |ggg egg|ffe d2e|
bbb aaa|ggg e2d|Bde dBA|BGGG:|


perhaps becuase i learnt it this way i find this arrangement much nicer, the descending high notes in the b part are fun to ornamnent.

Patsy Touhy’s

I got this from a 1995 CD by piper Pat Broaders and singer/guitarist/’zouk player Jimmie Moore that I just found used at a pawn shop foe 25 cents. Broaders studied with Leon Rowsome and Tommy Reck before moving to Chicago.Here’s his website : http://patbroaders.com/ When I get a chance I’ll add the CD to the Recordings

Broader calls it Patsy Touhy’s. Touhy did record it, and I have some of his recordings but the sound quality makes them hard to listen to, so I’m not sure if this tune is on the disc I have.

The Maid In/On The Green, X:11

This setting is based on Pádraig O’Keeffe, Julia Clifford and Denis Murphy’s playing on Kerry Fiddles
https://thesession.org/recordings/519
- I’m not convinced it is spot on, but it is close enough to give a flavour of their fine version of this excellent, widespread, popular jig. It is sufficiently different from other settings to justify an 11th entry here!
POK taught this to at least four of his pupils while, unusually, always giving it its name (often “in the Green”). The four versions I have seen are surprisingly different from each other, and from the KF setting. Read into that what you will. These links take you to three of them.
https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/score/padraig_okeeffe_horan_ms_029
https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/score/padraig_okeeffe_oconnor_mss_d_005
https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/score/padraig-okeeffe-ms-bk-4-21
The version in Dan Herlihy’s book (Sliabh Luachra Music Masters Vol 1, p39 tune 2) is an outlier; here is its abc:
d|gfg e2d|Bee dBA|Bee ABd|BAA ABd|
gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BGG FGABGG G3||
|gfg afd|gfg a2f|gfg afd|def g2a|
bff aff|gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BGG G3||
As an aside, while the written version finish with a long G (G3 or G2), the players on KF happily link sections with GBd. (See https://thesession.org/discussions/47525#comment950980 )

The Maid On The Green, X:12

Here’s the version I learned from Cathal Ó Curráin in a bouzouki/mandolin workshop at the Belfast Trad Festival winter weekend.