"Gentle Maiden", in Gaelic "An Maigdean Ceannsa" is an Irish air. Edward Bunting collected it in 1839 from a Miss Murphy in Dublin. Bunting’s transcription was in 6/8 time. Bunting gives two titles for the tune, one in Irish and one in English; O'Sullivan (1983) suggests the original words were in Irish from a note in Bunting's MS. The lyrics set to the melody were recorded by John McCormick in 1940. It was printed in Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland (1840) and P.M. Haverty's One Hundred Irish Airs (1858). I learned this from the playing of Gordon Bok. I don't sing the lyrics. This is similar to and plays well with "Fannie Power" in the O'Carolan section.