Milltown Maid

[Penguin (Dunc)]

I've been looking at past Cropredy set lists, from 1993 when I started going, and a song/tune that has been played a few times is 'Milltown Maid'.  I don't actually know this song, and it's not on any of the live Cropredy recordings I have.  The only thing I can find on Google that is relevant is in a Songbook by Maart - Fairport Convention Songbook One v2.0 - and that lists 'Milltown Maid/Jenny's Wedding'.

Can someone please enlighten me as to where this I can find this song/tune?

Ta
Dunc

[folkicons]

It was a tune played regularly by Fairport in the early 90s. I think it's on Maart's first album.

[Ollie]

Well, the songbook says they're Trad arr Maart. It could be on Maart, his first solo album as it says on his site

as well as some instrumentals which became regulars in the Fairport live set.

Unfortunately it also says

Sorry, sold out

Hope that's of some help.

[Penguin (Dunc)]

Ta for that!

Never thought of just searching for Maart   - I've found it now!  It's on his 1990 solo album imaginatively entitled 'Maart', along with another Cropredy favourite 'Con Casey's Jig / Tripping Up The Stairs'.  A cassette of it is for sale on ebay, though I'm not sure I want to pay £17 for a cassette!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARTIN-ALLCOCK---MAART_W0QQitemZ330247250825QQcmdZViewItem?IMSfp=TL0806261117a18357

[hurdygurdyman (Paul)]

Although I haven't played it through, it seems likely it's also known as the Miltown Maid or The Cup of Tay .  If you want to play it rather just listen to it, you can find it in standard notation in O'Neills (Krassen edition) page 120 on in abc format on The Fiddlers Companion website http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MILL_MIS.htm#MILTOWN_MAID.  It looks like Maart has transcribed it from D to G. (Note to self: I really must try to get out more)

[Nick Reg]

It was used at Croppers for the Tommy Connolly dancers.