How are you now my maid?

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 Theme code Index    342 351
 Also known as    Fear Mór (An), Is the Big Man Within?, Merry Tailor (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Ireland
 Genre/Style    English, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8, 9/8
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    P.W. Joyce
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 137, p. 70
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1909
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:How are you now my maid M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 747) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c|BAB c2A A2c|BAB d2G G2c|BAB c2A A2f|def g2G G2:| |:d|def gag fed|edB c2A A2d|def gag fed|def g2G G2:|]


X:1 T:How are you now my maid? M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 170) N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork in the mid-19th century F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=173&z=-5155.8953%2C0%2C18487.7906%2C6432 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c|Bcd def|gag g2d|gfe dBd|e2A A2c| Bcd def|gag g2d|gfe dgd|B2G G2:| |:(3B/c/d/|e2A A2c|BGB d2G|G2c Bcd|e2A A2c| Bcd def|gag g2d|gfe dgd|B2G G2:|]


X:1 T:How are you now, my maid? M:9/8 L:1/8 S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G c|BdB c2A A2c|BGB d2G G2c|Bcd e2A A2g|fef g2G G2|| L:1/8 M:6/8 c|Bcd def|gag g2 d|gfe dBd|e2A A2c|Bcd def|gag g2d|gfe dgd|B2G G2||