Drowsy Maggie
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Drowsy Maggie" is a very common reel, the basic form of which is known to most<br> Irish traditional musicians. There is also a version of "Drowsy Maggie" that is<br> particular to County Donegal.<br> It was printed in Breathnach's CRÉ 4 (1996),<br> Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Cranford's Jerry Holland: The Second Collection (2000),<br> Cranitch's The Irish Fiddle Book (1996),<br> Feldman & O'Doherty's The Northern Fiddler (1979),<br> Flaherty's Trip to Sligo (1990),<br> Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005),<br> P.M. Haverty's One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 2 (1858),<br> Kennedy's Fiddler's Tune-Book, vol. 2 (1954),<br> Martin & Hughes's Ho-ro-gheallaidh, vol. 1 (1990),<br> Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986),<br> O'Malley's Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music (1976),<br> O'Neill (Krassen) (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907),<br> Phillips' Fiddle Case Tunebook: British Isles (1989),<br> Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984),<br> Reiner's Anthology of Fiddle Styles (1977) and<br> Songer's Portland Collection (1997).<br> It was recorded by Wendy MacIssac on The 'Reel' Thing (1994),<br> The Cheiftains on Cheiftains 4 (1973),<br> Seamus O'Donnell on The Mountain Road (1999).<br> Dave Bromberg on Midnight on the Water,<br> Tulla Ceili Band on Dance Tunes (1990), <br> Fourgone Conclusions on Contra Dance Music from Western Massachusetts,<br> Altan on Harvest Storm (1992),<br> Wry Staw on From Earth to Heaven (1978),<br> Maggie Sansone on Music in the Great Hall (1992),<br> Frankie Gavin on Traditional Music of Ireland and<br> Dave Swarbrick on Swarbrick.<br> I learned it from print.<br>
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