Annotation:Maid that Dare Not Tell (The)

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X:1 T:Maid that Dare Not Tell, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 647 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D G|FAAF GBBG|FAAF GFED|FAAF GFGA|BdAF D2D:|| g|fdeg fdef|gfed B2 Ag|fdeg fdeg|faef d2 dg| fdeg fdef|{a}gfed B2A2|FAFA GFGA|BdAF D2D||

MAID THAT DARE NOT TELL, THE (An aindear nar feud {do} innsin). AKA - "Maid (1) (The)," "Maid that Dare Not Tell It (The)." AKA and see "Heathery Cruach (2)," "Hornless Cow (1) (The)," "Maid of Athens." Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. As "The Maid that Daren't Tell," the title appears in a list of tunes in the repertoire of Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, brought to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). Samuel Bayard identified a Pennsylvania-collected variant called "Chase the Squirrel (1)."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances", (Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society), vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 51 (see also Donellan's "Maid (2) (The)", a different tune). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 132. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1405, p. 261. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 647, p. 116.

Recorded sources : - Green Linnet ‎GLCD 1227, Oisin Mac Diarmada - "Ar an Bhfidil: On the Fiddle" (2004).

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