Annotation:Village Maid
X:1 T:Village Maid, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 1st Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, B:edition of c. 1793, first published c. 1786, pp. 6-7) F: https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/61/IMSLP655929-PMLP1052069-campbells1stbook00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G V:1 G/F/G/A/ GB|AG G2|B/A/B/c/ Bd|cB B2|df/e/ da/f/|db/g/ db|c'agf|g2G2:| bg ef/g/|af de/f/|ged^c|d/c/d/e/ dd|bg ef/g/|af de/f/|ged^c|d2d2|| G/F/G/A/ GB|AG G2|B/A/B/c/ Bd|cB B2|df/e/ da/f/|db/g/ db|c'agf|g4|| [Bd]>[c/e/][B/4d/4] [Ac][GB]|[Ad][Ac][GB][FA]|[ce]>[d/f/][c/4e/4] [Bd][Ac]|[ce][ce][Bd][Ac]|[Bd][c/e/][B/d/] [Ac][GB]|[Bd][Bd][Ac][GB]|[Ec]AGF|G2 G,2|| Dd/c/ d=c|Bgfg|Dd/^c/ d=c|Bgfg|ec'c'c'|dbbb|(a/b/a/g/) (f/g/f/e/)| (d/e/d/c/) (B/c/B/A/)|de/d/ [Ac][GB]|[Bd][Bd][Ac][GB]|[ce][d/f/][c/e/] [Bd][Ac]|[ce][ce][Bd][Ac]|[Bd][c/e/][B/d/] [Ac][GB]|[Bd][Bd][Ac][GB]|cAGF|G4|| V:2 clef = bass G,,B,,D,G,|G,,2 z2|G,,B,,D,G,|G,,2z2|D,2C,2|G,,2G,,2|C,2D,2|G,,G, G,,2:| G,,2G,2|F,2D,2|G,2A,2|D,2D,,2|G,,2G,2|F,2D,2|G,2A,2|D,2D,,2|| G,,B,,D,G,|G,,2z2|G,,B,,D,G,|G,,2 z2|D,2C,2B,,2G,,2|C,2D,2|G,,2G,2|| G,4|G,4|C,4|C,4|G,4|G,4|A,2D,2|G,2G,,2|| D,2F,2|G,2G,,2|D,2F,2|G,2G,,2|C,2C2|G,,2G,2|C,4| D,2z2|G,4|G,4|C,4|C,4|G,4|G,4|C,2D,2|G,2G,,2||
VILLAGE MAID. English, Country Dance (2/4 time). F Major (Preston): G Major (Dale, Wilson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The tune appears in a number of end-of-the-18th-century and early 19th century tune books on both sides of the Atlantic. The Village Maid is one of the National Dances of Scotland. VILLAGE MAID. English, Country Dance (2/4 time). F Major (Preston): G Major (Dale, Wilson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The tune appears in a number of end-of-the-18th-century and early 19th century tune books on both sides of the Atlantic. The Village Maid is one of the solo National Dances of Scotland, and was, according to one story, danced by a barmaid on a bar or table top. Other stories connected with the dance say it was a village courting dance where young women would try to impress the young men of the village for matrimonial endeavors, or that it was danced by girls when the regiments would come to the villages recruiting, in hopes of catching the eye of a soldier. In modern times the dance is often performed at dance competitions to the melody Liberton Pipe Band."
