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"The Maid At The Well" is probably less likely to suffer from mis-interpretation.
Yes but I would associate that with a different variant (see CRE1, 13 nd DMI 24), the one Tommy Reck had. A close relation, obviously, but different enough to be separate. And as I play both versions, I'd like to distinguish between them, if only for myself.
There's a nice flow to the version I learned off the O'Raghallaighs, which is very close to DOB's take, especially the second part.
It was Paul de Grae who gave me the bovine reference, when I mused about the unlikeliness of the title, when considering it in the light of Goodman's time and place. Rather than a breed of cow, as I said above, a "stripper" is a cow at the end of her lactation, giving little milk.
Here is Goodman's take, slightly different from the version played in the clip.
Perhaps 'The Milkmaid' as per the North Kerry version is a good compromise?
