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