Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel reel

Also known as Fair Haired Kate, Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrell, The Maid Behind The Barrel, The Maid Behind The Barrell, Póg An Ghearrchaile Ar Chúl An Bhairille.

There are 68 recordings of a tune by this name.

A tune by this name has been recorded together with The Templehouse (a few times), Bulgarian Red (a few times), The Doon (a few times), The Gesto (a few times) and Lord Gordon’s (a few times).

Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel has been added to 13 tune sets.

Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel has been added to 301 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

X: 1
T: Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|: DG~G2 AG (3GGG | DG~G2 cAFA | DG~G2 ADFA | defd cAFA :|
dg~g2 aggf | dg~g2 agfe | df~f2 af~f2 | defd cAFA |
dg~g2| agfg | a2ag ~f2fg | afge fde^c | d2eg fdcA ||
|: G2dG BGdG | ~G2dB cAFA |1 G2dG BGBc |
defd cAFA :|2 ~B3G ADFA | defd cAFA ||
|: B3G ~A2AG | BABd gedc |1 B2GB ADFA |
defd cAFA :|2 BG~G2 ADFA | defd cAFA ||

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X: 2
T: Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
DG~G2 AG ~G2 | DG~G2 cAFA | DG~G2 AG~G2 | defd cAFA |!
DG~G2 AG ~G2 | DG~G2 cAFA | DG~G2 ~A3B | defd cAFA |!
dg~g2 ag~g2 | dg~g2 agfe | df~f2 af~f2 | defd cAFA |!
dg~g2| ag~g2 | ~a2ag ~f3g | afge fde^c | d2eg fdcA ||!
G2dG BGdG | ~G2Bd cAFA | ~G3A ~B3c | defd cAFA |!
G2BG dGBG | ~G2Bd cAFA | ~B3G ~A3B | defd cAFA ||!
|: ~B3G ~A3G | BABc dedc | ~B3G ~A3B | defd cAFA :||!

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X: 3
T: Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
DG~G2 AGGF | DG~G2 cAFA | DGGB AGFA |1 defd cAGF :|2 defd cAFA ||!
dg~g2 aggf | dg~g2 agfe | df~f2 af~f2 | defd cAFA |!
dg~g2 agfg | abag ~f3g | afge fde^c | d^cde fd=cA ||!
G2dG BGdG | ~G2dG cAFA | G2dG BABc | defd cAFA |!
G2dG BGdG | ~G2dG cAFA | ~B3G ABcA | defd cAFA ||!
~B3G ~A2GA | ~B3c dedc | BG~G2 AGFA |1 defd cAFA :|2 defd cAGF||!

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X: 4
T: Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:DG~G2 AG GF | DG~G2 cAFA | DG~G2 AGFA | defd cAFA :|
|dg~g2 aggf | dg~g2 agfe | df~f2 af~f2 | defd cAFA |
|dg~g2| agfg | abag ~f3g | af (3gfe fde^c | dfeg fdcA ||
|G2dG AGdG | ~G2dB cAFA | ~G3A ~B3c | defd cAFA |
|G2dG AGdG | ~G2dB cAFA | ~B3G ~A3B | defd cAFA ||
|: ~B3G ~A3G | ~B3c dedc | ~B3G AGFA | defd cAFA :|
|| BDGB ADFA | BDGB dedc | BDGB AGFA | defd cAFA |
| BBGA AGBB | GAAB dedc | BBBG AGFA | defd cAFA ||

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X: 5
T: Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
||D~G3 AGGE | D~G3 cAGE |D~G3 A2 (3ABc | defd cAFA |
D~G3 AGGE | D~G3 cAFA | B4c2 (3 ABc | defd cAFA ||
||dgfg agfe | dgfg agfe | d~f3 a~f3 | defd cAFA
|d~g3 b~g3 | abag fefg | afge fdec | d2 eg fdcA||
||G2dG BGdG | G2dG cAFA | G2dG BABc | defd cAFA |
G2dG BGdG | G2dG cAFA | G2dG BABc | defd cAFA ||
||g2 bg agab | g2bg defd | g2 bg agbg | defd cAFA |
g2 bg agab | g2bg defg | abag f3e | d2ed cAFA ||
||(3 Bcd BG (3 ABc AF | G4 cAGA | (3 Bcd BG A2 (3 ABc | defd cAFA |
~B3d A4 | G2B2 cAGA | ~B3d A2 (3 ABc | defd cAFA ||
||G2AA G2 (3 DEF | GABG cAFA | G2AA G2 (3 ABc | defd cAFA |
G2AA G2 (3 DEF | GABG cAFA | (3 EFG AB c2 (3ABc | defd cAFA||

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X: 6
T: Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
DG ~G2 AG ~G2 | DG ~G2 cAGF | DG ~G2 AG (A/B/c) | defd cAGF |
DG ~G2 AG ~G2 | DG ~G2 cAFD | B4 c2 (A/B/c) | defd cAFA ||
dgfg agfg | dgfg agfe | df ~f2 affe | defd cAFA |
dg ~g2 bgfg | abag ({e}f3) g | afge fgeg | d2 eg fdcA ||:
~G2 dG EGdG | ~G2 dG cAFD | ~G2 dG DG (A/B/c) | defd cAFA :|
g2 bg agab | gabg defa | g2 bg agbg | defd cAFA |
g2 bg agab | gabg defg | abag ({e}f3) e | d2 ed cAFA ||
(B/c/d) BG (A/B/c) AF | (G2 ~G2) cAFA | BdBG A2 (A/B/c) | defd cAFA |
BdBG AF ~F2 | GBdB cAFA | (B2 ~B2) cA ~A2 | defd cAFA ||
GdAG G3 D | G2 Bd cAFA | GdAG G2 (A/B/c) | defd cAFA |
GdAG GD .D/.D/.D | GABd cAFD | (E/F/G) AB c2 (A/B/c) | defd cAGF ||

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X: 7
T: Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
DG~G2 AG~G2|DG~G2 cAFA|DG~G2 AGFA|defd cAFA|
DG~G2 AG~G2|BG~G2 c2-cA|DG~G2 AGFA|defd cAFA||
dg~g2 ag~g2|dg~g2 agfe|df~f2 af~f2|defd cAFA|
dg~g2 ag~g2|a2ag effg|a2ag effe|defd cAFA||
G2dG BGdG|G2dB cAFA|G2dG Bcde|fdcB cAFA|
G2dG ~G2dG|G2dB cAFA|~G2GA BGcA|d2fd cAFA||
~B2BG ~A2AG|B2Bc dedc|~B2GB ~A2FA|d2fd cAFA:|

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Twenty-six comments

Identity theft?

Curiously enough, Frankie Gavin’s Frankie Goes to Town has a track he calls, "The Maid Behind the Barrel" . It is in Em, of course tuned up to Fm as is Frankie’s preference.
The liner notes even say it it sometimes called "Kiss The Maid Behind the Barrel".
It is quite different from this tune, a great new version of which is on Danu’s "All Things Considered"
Anybody else rune into this?

Pipe standard tune

I learnt this tune in a pipe lesson (intermediate level) at the Willy weel in Milltown Malbay.
The tune was used to show us to have lot of g roll practice…
It was about this version and under this name. I think it is a Seamus Ennis tune.

Another recording

Also check out The Mountain Road, a collection of South Sligo musicians. This tune is the first tune on that album.

Another recording

check out Noel Hill’s version on his solo album " The Irish Concertina".

Don’t do think this tune is a version of Steampacket? Or maybe this one came first.

Sorry, I just want to say "Don’t you think…?" Also compare this one with Trim the Velvet.

Kissing maids behind stuff

Here’s the ABCs for a piper’s version that would have all the rolls urs is talking about. It might be Paddy Keenan’s version, it’s from a tape someone gave me of stuff that was on the radio years ago and it sounds like him playing. Also, it can’t be Seamus Ennis’ tune, as urs suggests, because it shows up in O’Neill’s — which was published at the turn of the 20th Century. Seamus Ennis was born in 1919.

X:1
T:Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Gmaj
DG~G2 AG ~G2 | DG~G2 cAFA | DG~G2 AG~G2 | defd cAFA |!
DG~G2 AG ~G2 | DG~G2 cAFA | DG~G2 ~A3B | defd cAFA |!
dg~g2 ag~g2 | dg~g2 agfe | df~f2 af~f2 | defd cAFA |!
dg~g2| ag~g2 | ~a2ag ~f3g | afge fde^c | d2eg fdcA ||!
G2dG BGdG | ~G2Bd cAFA | ~G3A ~B3c | defd cAFA |!
G2BG dGBG | ~G2Bd cAFA | ~B3G ~A3B | defd cAFA ||!
|: ~B3G ~A3G | BABc dedc | ~B3G ~A3B | defd cAFA :||!

Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel - Peadar O’Loughlin’s setting

I heard Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O’Loughlin on Clare fm discussing their "older" settings for tunes on their recording, "The Thing Itself." Here’s the abcs for Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel based on that recording. I find it very enjoyable to play on flute.

X:1
T:Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
S:Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O’Loughlin: The Thing Itself
Z:Jack Gilder
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Gmaj
DG~G2 AGGF | DG~G2 cAFA | DGGB AGFA |1 defd cAGF :|2 defd cAFA ||!
dg~g2 aggf | dg~g2 agfe | df~f2 af~f2 | defd cAFA |!
dg~g2 agfg | abag ~f3g | afge fde^c | d^cde fd=cA ||!
G2dG BGdG | ~G2dG cAFA | G2dG BABc | defd cAFA |!
G2dG BGdG | ~G2dG cAFA | ~B3G ABcA | defd cAFA ||!
~B3G ~A2GA | ~B3c dedc | BG~G2 AGFA |1 defd cAFA :|2 defd cAGF||!

There’s nothing to beat Mick Mulvey’s flute version on "Within a Mile of Jamestown"

…IMHO!

An Ancestor?

The Dogs among the Bushes: https://thesession.org/tunes/595

Parts 1 and 2 are the same as the tune "Steampacket" (also know as Sporting Paddy). The other two parts I’ve never heard before. I’ll listen to Noel Hill’s version again and see if it matches this one.

The Steampacket also known as Sporting Paddy? I’m puzzled.

By the way, I’ve been playing the Steampacket as an easy substitute, but I really have to learn this in a couple of weeks. (Actually the first two parts are not exactly the same as the Steampacket.) I heard it played 2 or 3 times while I was travelling around in GB & NI quite recently. Definitely one of classic flute tunes often associated with John McKenna. Cathal McConnell recorded on his first album, Paul McGrattan did with Paul O’Shaughnessy, and Peadar O’Loughlin recently did with Maeve Donnelly. Thanks Jack for their transcription.

*the* transcription of their version.

You can listen to Josie McDermott play this reel on this page: http://www.lafferty.ca/music/irish/flute-geezers

Easier Substitute

The Milliner’s Daughter: https://thesession.org/tunes/1409

Is this related to Trim the Velvet?

McGoldrick

X:1
T:Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Gmaj
|:DG~G2 AG GF | DG~G2 cAFA | DG~G2 AGFA | defd cAFA :|
|dg~g2 aggf | dg~g2 agfe | df~f2 af~f2 | defd cAFA |
|dg~g2| agfg | abag ~f3g | af (3gfe fde^c | dfeg fdcA ||
|G2dG AGdG | ~G2dB cAFA | ~G3A ~B3c | defd cAFA |
|G2dG AGdG | ~G2dB cAFA | ~B3G ~A3B | defd cAFA ||
|: ~B3G ~A3G | ~B3c dedc | ~B3G AGFA | defd cAFA :|
"variation"
|| BDGB ADFA | BDGB dedc | BDGB AGFA | defd cAFA |
| BBGA AGBB | GAAB dedc | BBBG AGFA | defd cAFA ||

Sliabh Luachra version

X:1
T:Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Gmaj
||D~G3 AGGE | D~G3 cAGE |
D~G3 A2 (3ABc | defd cAFA |
D~G3 AGGE | D~G3 cAFA |
B4c2 (3 ABc | defd cAFA ||
||dgfg agfe | dgfg agfe |
d~f3 a~f3 | defd cAFA
|d~g3 b~g3 | abag fefg |
afge fdec | d2 eg fdcA||
||G2dG BGdG | G2dG cAFA |
G2dG BABc | defd cAFA |
G2dG BGdG | G2dG cAFA |
G2dG BABc | defd cAFA ||
||g2 bg agab | g2bg defd |
g2 bg agbg | defd cAFA |
g2 bg agab | g2bg defg |
abag f3e | d2ed cAFA ||
||(3 Bcd BG (3 ABc AF | G4 cAGA |
(3 Bcd BG A2 (3 ABc | defd cAFA |
~B3d A4 | G2B2 cAGA |
~B3d A2 (3 ABc | defd cAFA ||
||G2AA G2 (3 DEF | GABG cAFA |
G2AA G2 (3 ABc | defd cAFA |
G2AA G2 (3 DEF | GABG cAFA |
(3 EFG AB c2 (3ABc | defd cAFA||

Splitting The Already- Split Hair…(Sliabh Luachra Version 2.0)

Got this setting from Kerry box player Paudie O’Connor’s collaboration with piper John O’Brien (Mick’s younger brother) entitled "Wind & Reeds". Paudie says in the notes that he got this from fiddler Denis Murphy, hence the prefix I attached to the title:

X:1
T:Denis Murphy’s Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel
S:Paudie O’Connor & John O’Brien- "Wind & Reeds"
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Gmaj
DG ~G2 AG ~G2 | DG ~G2 cAGF | DG ~G2 AG (A/B/c) | defd cAGF |
DG ~G2 AG ~G2 | DG ~G2 cAFD | B4 c2 (A/B/c) | defd cAFA ||
dgfg agfg | dgfg agfe | df ~f2 affe | defd cAFA |
dg ~g2 bgfg | abag ({e}f3) g | afge fgeg | d2 eg fdcA ||:
~G2 dG EGdG | ~G2 dG cAFD | ~G2 dG DG (A/B/c) | defd cAFA :|
g2 bg agab | gabg defa | g2 bg agbg | defd cAFA |
g2 bg agab | gabg defg | abag ({e}f3) e | d2 ed cAFA ||
(B/c/d) BG (A/B/c) AF | (G2 ~G2) cAFA | BdBG A2 (A/B/c) | defd cAFA |
BdBG AF ~F2 | GBdB cAFA | (B2 ~B2) cA ~A2 | defd cAFA ||
GdAG G3 D | G2 Bd cAFA | GdAG G2 (A/B/c) | defd cAFA |
GdAG GD .D/.D/.D | GABd cAFD | (E/F/G) AB c2 (A/B/c) | defd cAGF ||

I thought it was different enough from enirehtac’s posting to include it here. Also, a helpful (hopefully) hint for our friend enirehtac (and anybody else posting ABC’s here): PLEASE write the ABC’s out four (4) measures per line. It prints out much nicer that way (& it’s a lot easier to read!). Thanks!

-Jay