MAID IN THE GARRETT
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Time signature: 2/4
Typical tempo ~260 bpm (very fast) |
Traditional Irish
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Button Accordion Notation
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Beats per bar = 2
Beat symbol = Two dots ( : ) or equivalent Verse 1 of 5: |
Either row: Buttons 4 - 8
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.7 .7* | .6 .5 .4 .4* | :5
Now I've of - ten heard it said /
.4 .4* | .5 .5 .5 .5 | .5* :5
From me fa-ther and me mo - ther, /
.6 | .7* .7* .7* .7 | .7* .6
That go - in' to a wed - din'
.6 .7* | .7 .6 .6 .6 | :5* :5 |
Is the ma - kin' of an - oth - er /
.7 .7 .8* .8 | :8*
Well, if this be true, /
.7 .7* | .6 .6 .7* .7 | .5* .5
Then I'll go with-out a bid - din, /
.4 .4* | :5 ;5 "5* | :5
Oh kind prov - i - dence, /
.4 .4* | .5 .5* .5 .4* | .4 .5
Won't you send me to a wed-din' ? /
Refrain:
.4 .4* | :5 :5* | ::5 | :7 .8* .8 | :8*
And its Oh dear me, / how would it be /
.7 .8* | :8 .7 .6 | :5 .6* .6 | ::7* | ::6~ | ~:
If I die an old maid / in the gar - rett____? /
Now I've of - ten heard it said /
.4 .4* | .5 .5 .5 .5 | .5* :5
From me fa-ther and me mo - ther, /
.6 | .7* .7* .7* .7 | .7* .6
That go - in' to a wed - din'
.6 .7* | .7 .6 .6 .6 | :5* :5 |
Is the ma - kin' of an - oth - er /
.7 .7 .8* .8 | :8*
Well, if this be true, /
.7 .7* | .6 .6 .7* .7 | .5* .5
Then I'll go with-out a bid - din, /
.4 .4* | :5 ;5 "5* | :5
Oh kind prov - i - dence, /
.4 .4* | .5 .5* .5 .4* | .4 .5
Won't you send me to a wed-din' ? /
Refrain:
.4 .4* | :5 :5* | ::5 | :7 .8* .8 | :8*
And its Oh dear me, / how would it be /
.7 .8* | :8 .7 .6 | :5 .6* .6 | ::7* | ::6~ | ~:
If I die an old maid / in the gar - rett____? /
youTube VIDEOS
Ten videos in keys of: A=1 C=1 D=1 F=1 F#=1 G=5
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Key: G
Tempo: ~120 bpm Performers: Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem Posted by: Vito Likavec |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~130 bpm. Group: Shanneyganock Posted by: Shanneyganock Live at Delta, St. John's, NL |
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Key of A
Tempo ~125 bpm. Performers: Masterless Men Posted by: NLTreasure |
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Key: D
Tempo: ~125 bpm Group: Whiskey and Pie Posted by: Whiskey and Pie |
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Key: C
Tempo: ~110 bpm. Performer: Hector Awol of Australia Posted by: Hector Awol |
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Key: G from time 0 to 1:02
Tempo: ~150 bpm (very fast) Instrumental: Baccalieu Rovers Posted by: Gerard Broderick This is followed at time 1:03 by the reel "Cock of the North", known in NL as "Auntie Mary". |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~1250 bpm Group: Sweeney's Men Posted by: Mick Connell Sweeney's Men: Andy Irvine, Johnny Moynihan and Terry Woods play the first Sweeney's single at Andy's birthday bash on 16th June 2012, Vicar Street (Dublin) |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~120 bpm Group: Sláinte Posted by: Slainte is a six-piece band (Bert, Denis, Doug, Curt, Greg & Carl) centered in Clarenville. (According to the boys, "sláinte" is a Gaelic greeting, like "cheers".) |
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Key: F (Time 0 to 2:53)
Tempo: ~110 bpm Singers: Maddy Prior & Gay Woods This video contains the "Maid in the Garrett" song as well as the reel "Tam Lin", starting at time 2:54.. |
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Key: F#
Tempo: ~105 bpm Singer: Rosemary (Brown) Scallon (aka DANA) Posted by: Friends of DANA |
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BACKGROUND LYRICS, INFO AND LINKS
Lyrics:
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Verse 1
Refrain Verse 2 Verse 3 Verse 4 Verse 5 |
Now I've often heard it said from me father and me mother
That the going tae a wedding is the making of another Well, if this be true, I will go without a biddin O kind providence, won't you take me tae a wedding And its O dear me, how would it be, if I die an old maid in a garret Well, there's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good looking Scarcely sixteen and a fella she was courting Now at twenty-four with a son and a daughter Here am I at forty-four and I've never had an offer I can cook and I can sew and I can keep the house right tidy Rise up in the morning and get the breakfast ready There's nothing in this whole world would make me half so cheery As a wee fat man to call me his own deary So come landsman or come skinsman, come tinker or come tailor Come fiddler or come dancer, come ploughboy or come sailor Come rich man, come poor man, come wise or come witty Come any man at all that will marry me for pity Well now I'm away home for nobody's heeding Nobody's heeding and nobody's pleading I'll go away to my own bitty garret If I can't get a man, then I'll have to get a parrot |
Translation:
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Garret (as used in this song)- : a (usually) small (and sometimes unpleasant) room or space area just below the roof of a building
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Composition: |
"Old Maid in a Garret is a popular and humorous (though politically incorrect, of course) traditional Irish folk song. Like many traditional folk songs, the original author is not known, but some sources say that the song is a derivative of an English ballad written by Martin Parker, an English pub-owner and balladeer who lived in the early 1600s. At any rate, it's a funny song with a rousing chorus, thus making it popular for pub sing-alongs (often sung by men for an added touch of irony)" ...
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