Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1184 (Maid behind the Bar)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Major |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JDJO (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Maid behind the Bar, The / The Barmaid / The Green Mountain / Judy's Reel / The Judy Reel / Little Judy / Haymaker (2nd in set Kitty O'Shea on TC; for 5th figure of Victoria Jig Set on MISD 6; for 1st figure of Connemara Set on JRSLCB 2) (compare with 3rd part of French-Canadian reel Snoring Mrs. Gobeil / La Ronfleuse Gobeil in FF, included here, and compare The Green Mountain #2336)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 18#1 | [FBros] The Flanagan Brothers. The Tunes We Like to Play on Paddy's Day. Joe Flanagan (accordion), Louis Flanagan (guitar, banjo), Mike Flanagan (banjo, vocals, mandolin). |
| 1928 | 4#1 | [JDJO] Joe Derrane and Jerry O'Brien. Irish Accordion Masters. Joe Derrane (accordion), Jerry O'Brien (accordion). |
| 1934 | 18#1 | [IDM 2] various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. |
| 1937 | 9#2 | [GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. |
| ~1967 | 11#1 | [PKlly] Patrick Kelly. Patrick Kelly From Cree. Fiddle Music. Patrick Kelly (fiddle). |
| ~1974 | 12#1 | [ItS] various. In the Smoke. |
| ~1976 | 5#2 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy accompanied by Dónal Lunny. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). |
| ~1982 | 2.10#3 | [GL20] various. Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. |
| 1994 | 9#1 | [JDr 1] Joe Derrane with Felix Dolan. Give Us Another. Joe Derrane (accordion), Felix Dolan (piano). |
| ~1996 | A.5#1 | [MISD 6] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 6. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar). |
| ~1998 | 19#2 | [JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion). |
| ~2000 | 3#2 | [TC] various. Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. |
| ~2005 | 9#2 | [JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #62 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| On page 181 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 260 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As tune #21 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 39 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 64 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #9 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #4 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1923