The Maid Of Holywell reel

From the playing of Harry Bradley at Miltown Malbay 2 years ago. I got the name of the tune from the CD by Christy Barry, Cyril O’Donohughe and Conor McCarthy.

I love this title, but I can’t stop laughing long enough to try the tune….
😀

good tune.

Sorry about this, Will. I’ve just noticed that the name of this reel is "The Maid Of HolyWELL" ( or Hollywell). Must have been one of them thar Freudian slips! At least you got a laugh out of it.

I’m currently setting out Josephine Keegan’s "lifetime collection", "A Drop In The Ocean" in abc … which I can read much faster than dots … and she has a setting which differs somewhat from the one posted here. Those that are interested in such matters might like to make comparisons.

X:1
T:Maid Of Holywell, The
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:D
|:dB|(3ABA FA B2dB|A2FA BEEB|A2FA BdAd|BdAG FDDB|
ADFA BdcB|A2FA BEEF|G3A Bdeg|1fdec d2:|2fdec d3||
e|:d2fd edBd|egfe dBAB|d2fd egfe|dBAG FDDA|
d2fd edBd|egfe dBAB|defg a3g|1f2eg fdd2:|2f2eg fd||

This is the last tune in the Tomin O’Dea set on Buttons & Bows "Grace Notes".

According to Denis Mac Mahon this is a Clare reel

Denis Mac Mahon and Connie Connell plays a great version of this tune in a setavailable on YouTube (B-flat setting)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IWXzVNzOuzM

play video

X:1
T:The Maids of Hollywell
S:Connie O’Connell & Denis Mac Mahon (fiddles, Cork/Kerry)
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:
A3 A ~B3 d | A2 FA BE ~E2 | ADFA (B/c/d) Ad | (B/c/d) AG FDDE |
D2 FA d2 cB | A2 GF GEEF | ~G3 A Bdeg | fedc d3 A ||
d3 f edBd | egfe dBAB | d3 d egfe | dBAG FD D2 |
d2 ~d2 edBd | egfe dBAB | defg ~a3 g | f2 eg fedB ||