Sheet Music: The Merry Maiden

TitleThe Merry Maiden
Alternate titlesWilly Walsh's Jig
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyD major
RangeD4–A5
Time signature6/8
Tempo100 BPM
Performance time0:40
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2025-01-09
Last updated2025-01-09
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Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Thursday 9 January 2025

Tune of the Day: The Merry Maiden

Traditional Irish jig

This tune appears in both of Chicago Police Captain Francis O'Neill's large collections Music of Ireland (1903) and The Dance Music of Ireland (1907). Curiously, O'Neill prints the jig twice, once as “The Merry Maiden” and once as “Willy Walsh's Jig”, with only a difference between the two in the last two measures. Both versions are sourced to “O'Reilly”; perhaps Martin O'Reilly, “The Blind Piper of Galway”, or possibly Philip O'Reilly from Cavan.

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