Annotation:Maggie Tripping on the Shore

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X:1 % T:Maggie Tripping on the Shore M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 148. Mid-19th century, County Cork Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B/c/|BEDB dcBG|cABG AG E2|GEDB cABG|GABG A2G2:| Bdgd ed B2|dBgB AG D2|Bdgd ed g2|GABG A2G2| Bdgd ed B2|dBgB AG E2|gbeg dgBg|dgbg a2g||



MAGGIE TRIPPING ON THE SHORE. Irish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman under the title “Maggie Tripping on the Shore.” Goodman researchers Hugh and Lisa Shield note the reel is related to some versions of the Irish tune "Maggie Pickens," and also see similarities with "Whistle owre the lave o't" (Goodman mss., vol. 4, p. 22)

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