Annotation:Milkmaid (6) (The)
X:1 T:Milk Maid [6], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A | d2d ede | fgf a2a | g2g f2f | ede d2A | d2d ede | fgf a2a | g2g f2f | ede d2 :| |: f2f edc | dcB A2E | A2c B2d | c2B c2A | f2f edc | f^ga e2e | fef ^gfg | (a3 a2)f/g/ | afd def | ged cBA | Bcd efg | fed cBA | afd def | ged cBA | Bcd Adc | d3 d2 :|
MILK MAID [6], THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The earliest printing of the tune appears to be in London publishers Longman, Lukey, & Broderip's Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillons (part 3, 1776, No. 9).
