Sheet Music: The Dairy Maid's Wish

TitleThe Dairy Maid's Wish
Alternate titlesThe Dairymaid
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyG major
RangeD4–G5
Time signature6/8
Tempo100 BPM
Performance time0:40
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2025-04-03
Last updated2025-04-03
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Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Thursday 3 April 2025

Tune of the Day: The Dairy Maid's Wish

Traditional Irish jig

The earliest appearance of this tune is in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman's mid-19th-century manuscripts. Goodman was an uilleann piper who collected melodies locally in County Cork as well as elsewhere in Munster.