Annotation:Maid in Danger (The)
X:1 T:Maid in Danger, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:Goodman obtained the tune from the music manuscripts of N:19th century bookseller John O'Daly, according to Hugh & Lisa Shields S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 150) N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork from a variety of sources in the mid-19th century F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=153&z=-1091.0073%2C832.1148%2C10698.9529%2C3722.2222 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C D|(ED)(EG) (AG)(cA)|AGcA AG ED|(ED)(EG) AGcG|GEcE D2D:| eded c2c2|AGAc d2d2|eded c2 cA|GEcE D2D2| eded c2c2|AGAc d2d2|gedc ABcA|BEcE D2D||
MAID IN DANGER, THE. AKA and see "Grant's Strathspey," "Rothiemurchus Rant." Irish, Reel (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune, a version of the Scottish reel/strathspey "Grant's Strathspey" AKA "Rothiemurchus Rant" is contained in vol. 2 of the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist), who obtained it from the music manuscripts of 19th century Dublin bookseller John O'Daly, according to Hugh and Lisa Shields[1]. The melody is also related to the session reel "Graf Spee (The)."
