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 97 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Anthony Frawley’s (a few times),
Give Us A Drink Of Water (a few times),
Health To The Ladies (a few times),
The Wandering Minstrel (a few times) and
The Battering Ram (a few times).

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

The Maid On The Green has been added to 40 tune sets.

The Maid On The Green has been added to 372 tunebooks.

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Ten settings

X: 1
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig

X: 2
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig

X: 3
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig

X: 4
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig

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 |]

X: 6
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig

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||

X: 8
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig

X: 9
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig

X: 10
T: The Maid On The Green
R: jig

Nineteen comments

The Maid on the Green

Source: Mary Bergin
Transcription: g.m.p.

The Maid on the Green

Listen to Seamus Tansey playing this tune: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/rams/24july.ram (starts around 22:50) What a man he is!

The Maid on the Green

The Maid on the Green

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.

Go here for a setting in D: https://thesession.org/tunes/3202.

"The Blackthorn Stick" ~ more in the same genetic vein

"The Blackthorn Stick"
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on May 27th 2002 by kardshark87.
https://thesession.org/tunes/702

"Mick McGarry’s Jig" (already given just previously by Dow)
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on June 24th 2004 by Dow.
https://thesession.org/tunes/3202

"The Humours Of Bantry"

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on March 8th 2008 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/tunes/8328

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

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

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 On The Green, X:9

As played (more or less) on the "New Broom" album by Mike Rafferty and Willie Kelly.

The Maid On The Green, X:10

From the playing of Poppy Seeds.

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The Maid On The Green jig

Ten settings

Nineteen comments

The Maid on the Green

Ornaments

"The Blackthorn Stick" ~ more in the same genetic vein

"The Humours Of Bantry"

Setting #8

Mary Bergin & Alec Finn

The Night of the Fun = Slide setting of The Maid on the Green

Re: The Maid On The Green